Fieldfox discovery tool

August 2021

Example code to locate FieldFox handheld RF analysers connected to a LAN.

Fieldfox units broadcast a discovery packet on UDP port 987 for discovery by the official Fieldfox PC applications. This script simply watches for that broadcast and prints out the IP and model reported by the unit. Once you have the IP, you should be able to FTP in to the Fieldfox to retrieve saved traces.

Source


import socket
import threading
import re

class FoxHunter(threading.Thread):
    def __init__(self):
        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
        self.name = 'thread_FoxHunter'
        self.units = []
        self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
        self.sock.bind(('', 987))
        
    def run(self):
        packet = self.sock.recvfrom(1024)
        ip = packet[1][0]
        data = packet[1].decode('utf-8', errors = 'ignore')
        
        re_id = re.search(r'i\.MX31 SOM\-LV(\W+)(\w+)\;(\w+)\;', data)
        if re_id:
            info = dict()
            
            model = re_id.group(2)
            serial = re_id.group(3)
            
            info['model'] = model
            info['serial'] = serial
            info['ip'] = ip           
            
            print('Found model ' + model + ' at ' + ip + ' - Serial ' + serial)
            
    def add_unit(self, info):
        for check in self.units:
            if check['ip'] == info['ip']:
                return
            else:
                self.units.append(info)
                break
                
    def get_units(self):
        return self.units
        
foxh = FoxHunter()
foxh.run()

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