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ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,722

Bluetooth Serial Best Practice

Posting in Newbie corner because I feel like one right now.

I want to use serial over Bluetooth (RFCOMM, SPP, whatever).  I've done this in the past using hcitool and rfcomm, but our wiki has declared they are deprecated.  Indeed, the tools have been removed from the repos.

bluetoothctl connects to my device just fine, but is only cognisant of multimedia controls (the other device is an Android phone).  A bluetooth terminal application running on that phone thinks it connected to the Arch Box, but I have no device nodes to hook into.  I have played briefly with rfcomm from the AUR to no avail -- but it was a half hearted attempt.

Google provides a mishmash of advice that has morphed with time making it difficult to divine what is the current best practice.   

What is the current best practice in Arch land for serial Bluetooth?

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