wsbluetoothR

R package for processing Wildlife Systems Bluetooth data.

Overview

wsbluetoothR provides fast C++-based processing of Bluetooth RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) data files. The package aggregates device detections by datetime and supports flexible filtering based on device name prefixes.

Features

• High Performance: C++ implementation using Rcpp for fast processing of large datasets
• Multi-File Support: Process multiple files simultaneously with automatic aggregation
• Name Filtering: Include or exclude records based on device name prefixes
• Visualization Functions: Built-in plotting for timeline analysis, prefix distribution, and detection heatmaps
• Metadata Tracking: Comprehensive processing statistics and device information

Installation

Install from GitHub using:

# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("Wildlife-Systems/wsbluetoothR")

Usage

Basic Processing

library(wsbluetoothR)

# Process a single Bluetooth data file
data <- process_bluetooth("data/bluetooth_data.txt")

License

GPL-3

Author

Ed Baker ([email protected])