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UBERTOOTH-SCAN(1) User Commands UBERTOOTH-SCAN(1)

NAME

ubertooth-scan - Scan frequency band active(Bluez) device scan and inquiry supported by Ubertooth

SYNOPSIS

ubertooth-scan [-s] [-x]

DESCRIPTION

This tool uses a normal Bluetooth dongle to perform Inquiry Scans and Extended Inquiry scans of Bluetooth devices. It uses Ubertooth to discover undiscoverable devices and can use BlueZ to scan for discoverable devices.

EXAMPLES

Use Ubertooth to discover devices and perform Inquiry Scan with BlueZ:

ubertooth-scan

Use BlueZ and Ubertooth to discover devices and perform Inquiry Scan and Extended Inquiry Scan:

ubertooth-scan -s -x

OPTIONS

  • -s : hci Scan - use BlueZ to scan for discoverable devices
  • -x : eXtended scan - retrieve additional information about target devices
  • -t <seconds> : scan Time - length of time to sniff packets. [Default: 20s]
  • -e <0-4> : Maximum Access Code Errors (default: 2)
  • -b hciN : Bluetooth device (default: hci0)
  • -U<0-7> : which Ubertooth device to use

SEE ALSO

ubertooth-rx(1): Discover devices passively with Ubertooth

ubertooth(7): overview of Project Ubertooth

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Mike Ryan.

COPYRIGHT

ubertooth-scan(1) is Copyright (c) 2010-2017. This tool is released under the GPLv2. Refer to COPYING for further details.

March 2017 Project Ubertooth