This library is a side project to a side project, to create a TypeScript
interface for the Microsoft Band and Microsoft Band 2.
I've barely made a start, but have managed to achieve connecting to my Band via
Web Bluetooth through a WebStorm debugger, which is a great baseline to make
the first commit.
Ideally I'll be able to add full BLE and USB support, and export as some kind
of minified JS file which you can just include in the <head> to integrate
Band support to any website or webapp.
- Connecting to a Band over BLE
- Communicating with a Band over USB
- Communicating with a Band over BLE
- Getting/setting Band time
- Decoding/encoding Band RLE icons
- Reading/setting the Me Tile (watchface background)
- Reading tile icons (and default tiles)
- Downloading device logs
- Updating device firmware version
- Parsing/building command packets
- Escaping demo mode
- Entering demo mode (not recommended)
- Escaping OOBE
- Customising profile
- Customising tile layout
- Customising colour scheme
- Updating calendar items
- Setting up custom workouts
- Generating and uploading ephemeris data to reduce TTFF
- Updating timezone info
- Processing live data from sensors
- Downloading and processing historical data
- Framework for interactive tiles running from the browser
Shenanigans
msbandjs depends on node for building, construct-js for parsing/building
data structures, and uuid for UUID stuff.
Thankfully, pnpm takes care of setting up the virtual environment correctly,
so here's the short set of instructions to get started:
- Install
node-jsandpnpm git clone git@github.com:hire-marat/msbandjs.git --depth 1cd msbandjspnpm installnpx webpack- Start
index.htmlin your favourite local debugger (WebStorm is good for this)
- Open
index.htmlsomewhere - Start pairing the Band with your machine, making sure to press
Yeswhen it prompts to use an iPhone/BLE - Run the following in the Console:
iband = new msband.BLEv2Interface();await iband.acquire();- Find your Band in the popup list and connect to it
characteristics = await service.getCharacteristics()- To be continued...