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+BlueZ D-Bus Advertisement Monitor API Description
+*************************************************
+
+This API allows an client to specify a job of monitoring advertisements by
+registering the root of hierarchy and then exposing advertisement monitors
+under the root with filtering conditions, thresholds of RSSI and timers
+of RSSI thresholds.
+
+Once a monitoring job is activated by BlueZ, the client can expect to get
+notified on the targeted advertisements no matter if there is an ongoing
+discovery session (a discovery session is started/stopped with methods in
+org.bluez.Adapter1 interface).
+
+Advertisement Monitor hierarchy
+===============================
+Service org.bluez
+Interface org.bluez.AdvertisementMonitor1 [experimental]
+Object path freely definable
+
+Methods void Release() [noreply]
+
+ This gets called as a signal for a client to perform
+ clean-up when (1)a monitor cannot be activated after it
+ was exposed or (2)a monitor has been deactivated.
+
+ void Activate() [noreply]
+
+ After a monitor was exposed, this gets called as a
+ signal for client to get acknowledged when a monitor
+ has been activated, so the client can expect to receive
+ calls on DeviceFound() or DeviceLost().
+
+ void DeviceFound(object device) [noreply]
+
+ This gets called to notify the client of finding the
+ targeted device. Once receiving the call, the client
+ should start to monitor the corresponding device to
+ retrieve the changes on RSSI and advertisement content.
+
+ void DeviceLost(object device) [noreply]
+
+ This gets called to notify the client of losing the
+ targeted device. Once receiving this call, the client
+ should stop monitoring the corresponding device.
+
+Properties uint8 Type [read-only]
+
+ The type of the monitor. See SupportedMonitorTypes in
+ org.bluez.AdvertisementMonitorManager1 for the available
+ options.
+
+ (Int16, Uint16, Int16, Uint16) RSSIThreshholdsAndTimers [read-only, optional]
+
+ This contains HighRSSIThreshold, HighRSSIThresholdTimer,
+ LowRSSIThreshold, LowRSSIThresholdTimer in order. The
+ unit of HighRSSIThreshold and LowRSSIThreshold is dBm.
+ The unit of HighRSSIThresholdTimer and
+ LowRSSIThresholdTimer is second.
+
+ If these are provided, RSSI would be used as a factor to
+ notify the client of whether a device stays in range or
+ move out of range. A device is considered in-range when
+ the RSSIs of the received advertisement(s) during
+ HighRSSIThresholdTimer seconds exceed HighRSSIThreshold.
+ Likewise, a device is considered out-of-range when the
+ RSSIs of the received advertisement(s) during
+ LowRSSIThresholdTimer do not reach LowRSSIThreshold.
+
+ array{(uint8, uint8, string)} Patterns [read-only, optional]
+
+ If Type is set to 0x01, this must exist and has at least
+ one entry in the array.
+
+ The structure of a pattern contains the following.
+ uint8 start_position
+ The index in an AD data field where the search
+ should start. The beginning of an AD data field
+ is index 0.
+ uint8 AD_data_type
+ See https://www.bluetooth.com/specifications/
+ assigned-numbers/generic-access-profile/ for
+ the possible allowed value.
+ string content_of_pattern
+ This is the value of the pattern.
+
+Advertisement Monitor Manager hierarchy
+=======================================
+Service org.bluez
+Interface org.bluez.AdvertisementMonitorManager1 [experimental]
+Object path /org/bluez/{hci0,hci1,...}
+
+Methods void RegisterApplication(object application)
+
+ This registers a hierarchy of advertisement monitors.
+ The application object path together with the D-Bus
+ system bus connection ID define the identification of
+ the application registering advertisement monitors.
+
+ Possible errors: org.bluez.Error.InvalidArguments
+ org.bluez.Error.AlreadyExists
+
+ void UnregisterApplication(object application)
+
+ This unregisters advertisement monitors that have been
+ previously registered. The object path parameter must
+ match the same value that has been used on
+ registration.
+
+ Possible errors: org.bluez.Error.InvalidArguments
+ org.bluez.Error.DoesNotExist
+
+Properties array{string} SupportedMonitorTypes [read-only]
+
+ This lists the supported types of advertisement
+ monitors. An application should check this before
+ instantiate and expose an object of
+ org.bluez.AdvertisementMonitor1.
+
+ Possible values for monitor types:
+
+ "patterns_with_logic_or"
+ Patterns with logic OR applied. With this type,
+ property "Patterns" must exist and has at least
+ one pattern.
+
+ array{string} SupportedFeatures [read-only]
+
+ This lists the features of advertisement monitoring
+ supported by BlueZ.
+
+ Possible values for features:
+
+ "controller-based-monitor-by-patterns"
+ If the controller is capable of performing
+ advertisement monitoring by patterns, BlueZ
+ would offload the patterns to the controller to
+ reduce power consumption.