How do I get data sensor data from Microsoft band 2 to a Raspberry pi without SDK? (To a programming language)

Question

How can I get sensor data from the Microsoft Band 2 to a Raspberry Pi 3 (Raspbian Jessie)? The data should be available in a higher level programming language such as Python, Java or similar.

I want to be able to run a program (Java, Python or similar) that automatically receive data for processing when the Band is in range.

It is ok to pair the MS Band with a supported phone (and app) first in order to get past the setup on the Band. It is also ok to run some command-line tools on the Raspberry in order to pair the devices the first time (keys etc).

I have managed to pair and connect to the device using command-line tool: sudo bluetoothctl -a

But I can't create any connection from Python using BluePy or following Tony DiCola's tutorial: https://learn.adafruit.com/bluefruit-le-python-library/installation

My guess is that the Bluetooth LE privacy is messing things up?

Thanks for your time!

Answer 1

You should take a look at the documentation which for some reason is all jammed into a PDF here.

It appears at the moment the only supported ways to get data of the band is using the SDK which only has support for iOS, Windoze and Andriod.

Answer 2

I'm trying to achieve a similar result (direct connection via BLE without SDK on Windows/other OS) but even if I managed to connect to the band "manually" it is impossible for me to understand the GATT profiles to read the data from sensors. I can't find any (unofficial) documentation on the web to read data directly.