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Scan for Bluetooth device - korenron - Jan-10-2022 Hello , I'm trying to scan for bluetooth devices around me I'm using this simple code I have found here ( https://geektechstuff.com/2020/06/01/python-and-bluetooth-part-1-scanning-for-devices-and-services-python/ # geektechstuff bluetooth import bluetooth def scan(): print("Scanning for bluetooth devices:") devices = bluetooth.discover_devices(lookup_names = True, lookup_class = True) number_of_devices = len(devices) print(number_of_devices,"devices found") for addr, name, device_class in devices: print("\n") print("Device:") print("Device Name: %s" % (name)) print("Device MAC Address: %s" % (addr)) print("Device Class: %s" % (device_class)) print("\n") returnwhen I run it it show me a list of devices my computer allready know and connect to them in the past 1. why is it ? 2. what do I need to in order to scan and see "Live" devices? Thanks, |