Reading from a Bluetooth device

[Petter Adsen]

On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 17:42:27 +1000
Phil <phil_lor at bigpond.com> wrote:

> On 23/08/15 16:59, Petter Adsen wrote:
> 
> >
> > If you are getting error messages related to a config file, maybe it
> > would be a good idea to post the file?
> 
> Thank you Petter for your quick response.
> 
> 
> phil at Asus:~$ hcitool scan
> Scanning ...
>          20:15:07:02:02:04       HC-05
> 
> 
>   phil at Asus:~$ more /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf
> #
> # RFCOMM configuration file.
> #
> 
> #rfcomm0 {
> #       # Automatically bind the device at startup
>          bind no;
> #
> #       # Bluetooth address of the device
> #       device 11:22:33:44:55:66;
>          device 20:15:07:02:02:04;
> #
> #       # RFCOMM channel for the connection
>          channel 1;
> #
> #       # Description of the connection
> #       comment "Example Bluetooth device";
>          comment "HC-05";
> #}

This won't work. Try this:

rfcomm0 {
#       # Automatically bind the device at startup
         bind no;
#       # Bluetooth address of the device
         device 20:15:07:02:02:04;
#       # RFCOMM channel for the connection
         channel 1;
#       # Description of the connection
         comment "HC-05";
}

The first and last lines here are what you did wrong - you didn't open
and close the statement.

> >
> > Are the bluetooth modules loaded?
> >#       # Automatically bind the device at startup
> 
> I can transfer files to my tablet so that much is working.
> 
> I've done another Google search and it seems that /dev/rfcomm should be 
> created once the rfcomm config file is enabled.

If it doesn't work after changing the config file, send the output of
this command:

lsmod | grep rfcomm

You might also need to unload and reload the relevant modules, I'm not
all that familiar with bluetooth.

Petter

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