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TheSaint

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Registered: 2007-08-19

Posts: 1,532

Bluez-utils, how to set up a SPP ?

Hello there

I was doing a very simple job to bind a block device and send data as a serial port, but I can't do it anymore.
hcitool, rfcomm and other things are not there any longer. My bluez-utils

$ pacman -Qi bluez-utils
Nome                      : bluez-utils
Versione                  : 5.44-1
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$ pacman -Ql bluez-utils |grep -i /usr/bin
bluez-utils /usr/bin/
bluez-utils /usr/bin/amptest
bluez-utils /usr/bin/avinfo
bluez-utils /usr/bin/avtest
bluez-utils /usr/bin/bccmd
bluez-utils /usr/bin/bdaddr
bluez-utils /usr/bin/bluemoon
bluez-utils /usr/bin/bluetooth-player
bluez-utils /usr/bin/bluetoothctl
bluez-utils /usr/bin/bneptest
bluez-utils /usr/bin/btattach
bluez-utils /usr/bin/btgatt-client
bluez-utils /usr/bin/btgatt-server
bluez-utils /usr/bin/btinfo
bluez-utils /usr/bin/btiotest
bluez-utils /usr/bin/btmgmt
bluez-utils /usr/bin/btmon
bluez-utils /usr/bin/btproxy
bluez-utils /usr/bin/btsnoop
bluez-utils /usr/bin/check-selftest
bluez-utils /usr/bin/cltest
bluez-utils /usr/bin/create-image
bluez-utils /usr/bin/eddystone
bluez-utils /usr/bin/gatt-service
bluez-utils /usr/bin/hcieventmask
bluez-utils /usr/bin/hcisecfilter
bluez-utils /usr/bin/hex2hcd
bluez-utils /usr/bin/hid2hci
bluez-utils /usr/bin/hwdb
bluez-utils /usr/bin/ibeacon
bluez-utils /usr/bin/l2ping
bluez-utils /usr/bin/l2test
bluez-utils /usr/bin/mcaptest
bluez-utils /usr/bin/mpris-proxy
bluez-utils /usr/bin/nokfw
bluez-utils /usr/bin/obex-client-tool
bluez-utils /usr/bin/obex-server-tool
bluez-utils /usr/bin/obexctl
bluez-utils /usr/bin/oobtest
bluez-utils /usr/bin/rctest
bluez-utils /usr/bin/scotest
bluez-utils /usr/bin/seq2bseq
bluez-utils /usr/bin/test-runner

Which of these program will do a Serial Port Profile ?

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Jristz

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Registered: 2011-06-11

Posts: 1,022

Re: Bluez-utils, how to set up a SPP ?

what about bluez-hid2hci?

when was last time it work (bluez/bluez-utils version)?
do the dispositives get recocgnized by the kernel(udev?

Last edited by Jristz (2017-03-03 05:24:26)

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TheSaint

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Registered: 2007-08-19

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Re: Bluez-utils, how to set up a SPP ?

The version you could see it above mentioned, that's 5.44-1
The bluetooth is working for all other functions, and I can use my mouse and smartphone with it.
The question here is that I'm try to send command to a bluetooth module, which requires simple text data transfer.

I was doing it before, just by

# rfcomm bind 0 <MAC>

Then I was using picocom as TTY to send the commands.
Lately bluez added new features fo BLE, but about the new commands there is a scarce documentation, I think. Therefore I don't know hot to work with.

EDIT
I found a workaround, PyBluez can do the connections, but  I hardly know how to complete a program that will let me send and receive across rfcomm.

EDIT2
I've tried some programming, but I can't get the server working, I'm just able to set the client to send my data.

Last edited by TheSaint (2017-03-06 04:42:19)

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clempar

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Registered: 2017-03-08

Posts: 1

Re: Bluez-utils, how to set up a SPP ?

Just had the same problem, I found the solution on the russian forum:
http://archlinux.org.ru/forum/topic/172 … ost-183844

Basically the only thing I understand :-) is:

Some tools such as hcitool and hciconfig have been deprecated upstream, and are no longer included in bluez-utils. Since these tools will no longer updated, it is recommended that scripts be updated to avoid using them. If you still desire to use them, install bluez-utils-compat AUR. See FS#53110 and the Bluez mailing list for more information.

rfcomm and others were removed from bluez-utils.The solution is to install bluez-utils-compat from AUR instead.

TheSaint

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Registered: 2007-08-19

Posts: 1,532

Re: Bluez-utils, how to set up a SPP ?

Thank you!!
You saved me to switch to a holder ARCH installation.

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