# BLE detector error

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ble-detector-error/20982>\
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**Created:** [29 January 2020 06:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ble-detector-error/20982 "2020-01-29T06:54:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![krambriw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/krambriw/32/5429_2.png) [@krambriw](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/krambriw)\
**Post date:** [30 January 2020 06:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ble-detector-error/20982/6 "2020-01-30T06:52:01Z")

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@Panos

Maybe this solution might be of interest. I am running this myself

> [@BLE Support on a raspberry pi](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ble-support-on-a-raspberry-pi/15666/20):
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> Next experiment was, well, definitively more advanced and required quit a lot of work and perseverance... The idea was to create an external service that could do the scanning and report the results to NR via MQTT. I also wanted a solution that would work in later NR versions without any eventual dependency of node.js specific versions Since there are already libraries for GATT Protocol for Bluetooth LE devices available, I decided to jumpstart with one of them, [gattlib](https://bitbucket.org/OscarAcena/pygattlib/src/default/) for Python Now the rea…

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