Omron data -

[Bob Goodwin]

I have an Omron BP786N for checking blood pressure. It will connect to 
the iPhone via Bluetooth but it would be more convenient if I can 
connect it directly to my Fedora 31 desktop workstation.

Is there an application for doing that?

[Samuel Sieb]

On 1/28/20 7:13 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> I have an Omron BP786N for checking blood pressure. It will connect to 
> the iPhone via Bluetooth but it would be more convenient if I can 
> connect it directly to my Fedora 31 desktop workstation.
>
> Is there an application for doing that?

There's an old project for reading data from USB devices:
https://github.com/openyou/libomron
That might provide some hints on how to read from the bluetooth device, 
but will likely still require some serious reverse engineering work.

[George N. White III]

On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 at 11:15, Bob Goodwin  wrote:
> I have an Omron BP786N for checking blood pressure. It will connect to
> the iPhone via Bluetooth but it would be more convenient if I can
> connect it directly to my Fedora 31 desktop workstation.

One  Omron BP786N review
https://www.geritech.org/2016/07/omron-blood-pressure-monitor-review.html/
indicates
you can email (as a simple CSV format file) data
from the iPhone.
> Is there an application for doing that?

Note that the Omron BP786N uses Bluetooth LE and may not be compatible with
older BT hardware.   There was Omron Open API Announcement
http://www.devsworld.com/topics/devsworld/articles/423248-omron-healthcare-announces-release-open-api.htm
which
seems
to be for data uploaded by your device to Omron's "cloud".    OPBM
cross-platform app https://github.com/LazyT/obpm
supports USB devices. OBPM Issue 25
https://github.com/LazyT/obpm/issues/25 is a request for BT support and
has a link to
an example of reverse engineering a BT scale.  BPM also involves very small
data.
Unless the data are obfuscated, reverse engineering should be similar to
that for a
scale -- could make a nice project for a youngster.