Linux bluetooth for console-only devices

File transfer without X

I was using a NB with Ubuntu, and a development board, with ARM CPU, ARM Debian installed, which currently only have serial console.

bluetooth
bluez
bluez-gnome
obexftp
obexd-server

DUT to other device

1. insert required module
2. if DBus/Bluetoothd is not up yet, bring it up.
   /etc/init.d/dbus restart;
   /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart;
   
3. hcitool dev
4. l2test
   (For unknown reason, I cannot find l2test in any package of Ubuntu, so I download a new bluez-4.58, running configure with --enable-test to get l2test. It works just fine.)
   l2test -I 2000 -r&
   l2test -s 00:11:67:8A:A9:26
   ./l2test -s 0:11:67:8A:A9:27
   
5. start authorization agent
   bluetooth-agent 0000 &
   
6. do file transfer
   
   bluetooth-sendto --dest=0E:70:24:91:66:01 video.mp4
   (require X)
   
   obexftp -b 0E:70:24:91:66:01 -p 2008-10-09-211.jpg
   (doesn't require X)
   

other device to DUT

1. enable inquiry scan
   hciconfig hci0 piscan
2. enable file transfer server
   obexftpd -b /
   (doesn't require X)
   
   obex-data-server
   (require X)
   

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BlueZ
http://www.bluez.org/

Linux BlueZ Howto
http://jeremythompson.uklinux.net/RH8-0/bluezhowto.pdf

The Penguin with the BlueZ
http://fedoraproject.org/w/uploads/4/40/FUDCon_FUDCon2_FUDCon2MarcelHoltmann.pdf

BlueZ aware applications
http://wiki.bluez.org/wiki/UsingBluez

BlueZ: HOWTO/Authorization
http://wiki.bluez.org/wiki/HOWTO/Authorization

BlueZ: Bluetooth Services
http://wiki.bluez.org/wiki/Services

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