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HCICONFIG(1) | Linux System Administration | HCICONFIG(1) |
NAME¶
hciconfig - Configure Bluetooth devices
SYNOPSIS¶
hciconfig -h
hciconfig [-a]
hciconfig [-a] hciX [COMMAND [PARAMETERS]]
DESCRIPTION¶
hciconfig(1) is used to configure Bluetooth devices. hciX is the name of a Bluetooth device installed in the system. If hciX is not given, hciconfig prints name and basic information about all the Bluetooth devices installed in the system.
If hciX is given but no command is given, it prints basic information on device hciX only. Basic information is interface type, BD address, ACL MTU, SCO MTU, flags (up, init, running, raw, page scan enabled, inquiry scan enabled, inquiry, authentication enabled, encryption enabled).
OPTIONS¶
- -a, --all
- Print features, packet type, link policy, link mode, class, Version other than the basic info.
- -h, --help
- Show help options
COMMANDS¶
- up
- Open and initialize HCI device.
- down
- Close HCI device.
- reset
- Reset HCI device.
- rstat
- Reset statistic counters.
- auth
- Enable authentication (sets device to security mode 3).
- noauth
- Disable authentication.
- encrypt
- Enable encryption (sets device to security mode 3).
- noencrypt
- Disable encryption.
- secmgr
- Enable security manager (current kernel support is limited).
- nosecmgr
- Disable security manager.
- piscan
- Enable page and inquiry scan.
- noscan
- Disable page and inquiry scan.
- iscan
- Enable inquiry scan, disable page scan.
- pscan
- Enable page scan, disable inquiry scan.
- ptype [type]
- With no type , displays the current packet types. Otherwise, all the packet types specified by type are set. type is a comma-separated list of packet types, where the possible packet types are DM1, DM3, DM5, DH1, DH3, DH5, HV1, HV2, HV3.
- name [name]
- With no name, prints local name. Otherwise, sets local name to name.
- class [class]
- With no class, prints class of device. Otherwise, sets class of device to class. class is a 24-bit hex number describing the class of device, as specified in section 1.2 of the Bluetooth Assigned Numers document.
- voice [voice]
- With no voice, prints voice setting. Otherwise, sets voice setting to voice. voice is a 16-bit hex number describing the voice setting.
- iac [iac]
- With no iac, prints the current IAC setting. Otherwise, sets the IAC to iac.
- inqtpl [level]
- With no level, prints out the current inquiry transmit power level. Otherwise, sets inquiry transmit power level to level.
- inqmode [mode]
mode | Description |
0 | Standard Inquiry |
1 | Inquiry with RSSI |
2 | Inquiry with RSSI or Extended Inquiry |
- inqdata [data]
- With no data, prints out the current inquiry data. Otherwise, sets inquiry data to data.
- inqtype [type]
- With no type, prints out the current inquiry scan type. Otherwise, sets inquiry scan type to type.
- inqparams [win:int]
- With no win:int, prints inquiry scan window and interval. Otherwise, sets inquiry scan window to win slots and inquiry scan interval to int slots.
- pageparms [win:int]
- With no win:int, prints page scan window and interval. Otherwise, sets page scan window to win slots and page scan interval to int slots.
- pageto [to]
- With no to, prints page timeout. Otherwise, sets page timeout to to slots.
- afhmode [mode]
- With no mode, prints out the current AFH mode. Otherwise, sets AFH mode to mode.
mode | Description |
0 | Enable |
1 | Disable |
- sspmode [mode]
- With no mode, prints out the current Simple Pairing mode. Otherwise, sets Simple Pairing mode to mode.
mode | Description |
0 | Enable |
1 | Disable |
- aclmtu mtu:pkt
- Sets ACL MTU to mtu bytes and ACL buffer size to pkt packets.
- scomtu mtu:pkt
- Sets SCO MTU to mtu bytes and SCO buffer size to pkt packets.
- delkey <bdaddr>
- This command deletes the stored link key for bdaddr from the device.
- oobdata
- Get local OOB data (invalidates previously read data).
- commands
- Display supported commands.
- features
- Display device features.
- version
- Display version information.
- revision
- Display revision information.
- lm [mode]
- With no mode, prints link mode. CENTRAL or PERIPHERAL mean, respectively, to ask to become central or to remain peripheral when a connection request comes in. The additional keyword ACCEPT means that baseband connections will be accepted even if there are no listening AF_BLUETOOTH sockets. mode is NONE or a comma-separated list of keywords, where possible keywords are CENTRAL and ACCEPT. NONE sets link policy to the default behaviour of remaining peripheral and not accepting baseband connections when there are no listening AF_BLUETOOTH sockets. If CENTRAL is present, the device will ask to become central if a connection request comes in. If ACCEPT is present, the device will accept baseband connections even when there are no listening AF_BLUETOOTH sockets.
- block <bdaddr>
- Add a device to the reject list
- unblock <bdaddr>
- Remove a device from the reject list
- lerandaddr <bdaddr>
- Set LE Random Address
- leadv [type]
- Enable LE Advertising.
type | Description |
0 | Connectable undirected advertising (default) |
3 | Non connectable undirected advertising |
RESOURCES¶
REPORTING BUGS¶
linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org
AUTHOR¶
Maxim Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>, Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>, Fabrizio Gennari <fabrizio.gennari@philips.com>
COPYRIGHT¶
Free use of this software is granted under ther terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licenses (LGPL).
November 11, 2002 | BlueZ |