Case study

ZOOM F8: BLE remote-control protocol reconstruction

ZOOM F8 BLE protocol documentation reconstructs remote control for F8-family field recorders. It describes advertising, GATT handles, the connection handshake, commands, telemetry, settings and SD-card browsing, while distinguishing live observations from firmware-derived and inferred details.

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

Stars: 5
Last commit: 2026-08-15

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Scope: A ZOOM F8n Pro was used for the documented hardware observations.
Limits: F8n and F8 compatibility is untested; F6, F3 and H-series devices are outside scope.
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{zoom-f8-ble-protocol-case,
  title = {{ZOOM F8: BLE remote-control protocol reconstruction}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Ashtry197/zoom-f8-ble-protocol}},
  url = {https://github.com/Ashtry197/zoom-f8-ble-protocol},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/zoom-f8-ble-protocol-case/}}
}

Plain text

ZOOM F8: BLE remote-control protocol reconstruction. https://github.com/Ashtry197/zoom-f8-ble-protocol (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/zoom-f8-ble-protocol-case/

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README.md GitHub · Ashtry197/zoom-f8-ble-protocol · Revision a91758e
LICENSE GitHub · Ashtry197/zoom-f8-ble-protocol · Revision a91758e