Play sounds (and possibly send arbitrary payloads to the tracked device)

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
macos, swift
Domain
desktop, embedded-iot, reverse-engineering

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. First map how the OpenHaystack app communicates with tracked tags and whether Apple's sound or lost-mode signals are supported; then define a single, agreed command scope. Done would require an agreed protocol and demonstrated device behavior.

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Description

enhancement

Background
AirTag and other official "Find My" compatible devices allow you to trigger a sound to be played. They also allow you to remotely turn on a feature called "lost mode."

Request
I would like to be able to trigger these action on OpenHaystack Tags (e.g., be able to press a button on the OpenHaystack app and send a signal to the OpenHaystack tag to initiate a playing a sound or triggering lost mode like normal AirTags).

Additional thoughts

  • Perhaps the play sound and lost mode could be bound to pre-defined scripts as a way of triggering them and not necessarily to perform the functions Apple uses them for.
  • If playing sounds and enabling lost mode are sent through a payload that can store arbitrary data, this could potentially allow for it to trigger more commands than just those two.
    • Failing that, it would be interesting if the lost mode and play sound signals could be modulated between in a binary code to send messages. Perhaps timing would make this infeasible.
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