noud-github / playmobil-racer

remote control of Playmobil Bluetooth toy car

Playmobil Racer

https://rcracers.playmobil.com

The Playmobil toy car is remote controlled with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).

This repository includes:

• reverse-engineered protocol
• python module

Status

The protocol has been analyzed using the Android application, thanks to the HCI log.

The python module is working on Linux by using bluepy.

Troubleshooting

Permission Denied

When scanning BLE devices, some root capabilities are required:

bluepy.btle.BTLEManagementError: Failed to execute management command 'le on' (code: 20, error: Permission Denied)

The solutions are either to run as root (sudo) or to grant capabilities to bluepy-helper:

find /usr -name 'bluepy-helper' -exec sudo setcap 'cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin+eip' '{}' \;