README.md

openbestand

A basic client for the Bestand Posture Trainer & Corrector (Amazon link).

Installation

To install or update from a release:

pip3 install https://github.com/jpleasu/openbestand/releases/download/openbestand-0.2.0/openbestand-0.2.0.tar.gz

Development

openbestand is built with poetry. In order to work with the source first install poetry:

pip3 install poetry

To build and install with system pip:

poetry build -f sdist
pip install dist/openbestand-*.tar.gz

To run directly from a virtual env without installing to system, first

poetry install

then, e.g.

poetry run openbestand_gui

Usage

All scripts take the same command line arguments which are ultimately passed to bleak.

openbestand_cli

Turn on the device to to start pairing, it should blink blue.

Run openbestand_cli and type h<enter>

Press s<enter> to start printing notifications. Notifications will be asynchronously print to the screen.

Press q<enter> to quit.

openbestand_rssi

A simple loop to scan for and show the RSSI for (the first) Bestand BLE device.

It attempts to report every --timeout seconds (default of 1). -- means the device wasn't found.

Note: The device has a really small operating distance! Moving it into position (stuck to your back) can kill the signal entirely.

You might find that an external bluetooth dongle works better. Use --adapter option in each of the tools:

e.g.

./openbestand_rssi --adapter hci1

openbestand_gui

A horrible Tkinter app to track your level.

Press h to dump keybindings to stdout. Type q to quit.