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Sniffing a Bosch laser tape 2

Hi.

I`m trying to figure out a way I can control a Bosch GLM120C laser measure device using a micro controller.

I`m a stage where I can activate  the laser(1st command) and take a measurement(2nd command) using NRF connect app on my phone.

Service UUID: 2A6C0D0-0451-4000-B000-FB3210111989

Command I`m writing "c05601001e"  first time it activates the laser and 2nd time it takes a measurement. 

While the app from Bosch does get the distance value. I can`t seem to figure out what packet  the data is being sent back in, I`m using Wireshark and BLE sniffer(52 dongle).

https://www.dropbox.com/s/z97dv8qdbm8emja/514mm%282%29.pcapng?dl=0

Any input would be much appreciated. 

Thanks Guys.

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  • I wanted to post a follow-up about the advertising data of the GLM120C.
    It is alarming that you can not stop the GLM120C Bosch laser tape from advertising.
    Even though Bluetooth is turned off in settings (it always falls back to bluetooth disabled when the device is turned on) and the device is turned off, it constantly advertises its PUBLIC address in an 8 second interval.
    When the device is turned off, it advertises using ADV_NONCONN_IND, so you can not connect and turn it on remotely as I speculated in a previous post. The MAC address is registered to Texas Instruments, so it likely uses a Chipcon radio. The device has a built-in Lithium-Battery, so I see no way to prevent this device from being trackable 24/7 (unless you make a cute little tin-foil hat for your laser tape). In terms of privacy, this is kind of alarming. I wonder if Bosch makes all their BLE connectable tools 24/7 trackable and how Bosch apps communicate the gathered device and location data with their servers.

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  • I wanted to post a follow-up about the advertising data of the GLM120C.
    It is alarming that you can not stop the GLM120C Bosch laser tape from advertising.
    Even though Bluetooth is turned off in settings (it always falls back to bluetooth disabled when the device is turned on) and the device is turned off, it constantly advertises its PUBLIC address in an 8 second interval.
    When the device is turned off, it advertises using ADV_NONCONN_IND, so you can not connect and turn it on remotely as I speculated in a previous post. The MAC address is registered to Texas Instruments, so it likely uses a Chipcon radio. The device has a built-in Lithium-Battery, so I see no way to prevent this device from being trackable 24/7 (unless you make a cute little tin-foil hat for your laser tape). In terms of privacy, this is kind of alarming. I wonder if Bosch makes all their BLE connectable tools 24/7 trackable and how Bosch apps communicate the gathered device and location data with their servers.

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