qingping 0.3

Qingping utilities

qingping client library

Tool for configuring your Qingping Air Monitor Lite without internet or app.

WARNING

Carefully check your device model before use. Author is not responsible for possible damage or device bricking.

In practive device can not be killed by bluetooth packets, but incompatibilities between firmware and/or hardware may cause fatal damage when operating on unknown opcodes. You must understand and accept the risks before using this utility.

How to use

Install with

pip install qingping

If you want to connect your device to your MQTT server, put it into pairing mode and do

python3 -m qingping.bluetooth \
    --verbose \
    --mac MAC__ADDRESS__HERE \
    --wifi-ssid "WIFI__SSID__HERE" \
    --wifi-password "WIFI__PASSWORD__HERE" \
    --link-token "00112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF" \
    --mqtt-host "MQTT__HOST__HERE" \
    --mqtt-port 1883 \
    --mqtt-login qingping \
    --mqtt-password qingping \
    --mqtt-client "MQTT__CLIENT__HERE" \
    --mqtt-read "MQTT__TOPIC__READ__HERE" \
    --mqtt-write "MQTT__TOPIC__WRITE__HERE"

Optionally change mqtt-login, mqtt-pasword and link-token.

Supported devices

Currently supported devices:

• Qingping Air Monitor Lite (CGDN1)

Features

• Full offline device setup
• Support of all (known) bluetooth commands with docs and examples
• Support of all (known) MQTT configuration commands with docs and examples
• Library and a standalone script

Bluetooth

See bluetooth.md

Pipeline

Connection pipeline described pipeline.md

TODO:

• Discover other packet types
• Documentation for MQTT commands
• Support cli configuration over MQTT

License

qingping - python tools for air monitor
Copyright (C) 2025  bitrate16 ([e-mail])

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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