Case study

Berbel Remote Emulator: reconstructing kitchen-hood BLE controls

Berbel Remote Emulator recreates BFB 6bT, 8bT and 7bT remote commands on ESP32 firmware for Berbel kitchen hoods. It decodes hood status frames and exposes controls through MQTT and Home Assistant. The protocol research uses BLE captures and a Linux fake hood that pairs with real remotes to record button notifications and test status frames.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 15
Last commit: 2026-10-20
Language: C++
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: An ESP32 board with BLE and Wi-Fi, a compatible Berbel hood and an MQTT broker are required for the firmware.
Prerequisites: The fake-hood research tool requires Linux, BlueZ and a BLE adapter.
Testing evidence: The author reports that the seven BFB 7bT-specific codes were read from a remote but not tried against a Skyline Edge hood.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{berbel-remote-emulator-case,
  title = {{Berbel Remote Emulator: reconstructing kitchen-hood BLE controls}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/tfohlmeister/berbel-remote}},
  url = {https://github.com/tfohlmeister/berbel-remote},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/berbel-remote-emulator-case/}}
}

Plain text

Berbel Remote Emulator: reconstructing kitchen-hood BLE controls. https://github.com/tfohlmeister/berbel-remote (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/berbel-remote-emulator-case/

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REVERSE_ENGINEERING.md GitHub · tfohlmeister/berbel-remote · Revision 2c3c6c4
README.md GitHub · tfohlmeister/berbel-remote · Revision 2c3c6c4
tools/fakehood/README.md GitHub · tfohlmeister/berbel-remote · Revision 2c3c6c4
LICENSE GitHub · tfohlmeister/berbel-remote · Revision 2c3c6c4