bt-adapter(1) bluez-tools bt-adapter(1)
NAME
bt-adapter - a bluetooth adapter manager
SYNOPSIS
bt-adapter [OPTION...]
Help Options:
-h, --help
Application Options:
-l, --list
-a, --adapter=<name|mac>
-i, --info
-d, --discover
--set <property> <value>
DESCRIPTION
This utility is used to manage Bluetooth adapters. You can list all available adapters, show information about adapter, change adapter
properties or discover remote devices.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Show help
-l, --list
List all available adapters
-a, --adapter <name|mac>
Specify adapter to use by his Name or MAC address
(if this option does not defined - default adapter used)
-i, --info
Show information about adapter (returns all properties)
-d, --discover
Discover remote devices (with remote device name resolving)
--set <property> <value>
Change adapter properties (see ADAPTER PROPERTIES section for list
of available properties)
ADAPTER PROPERTIES
string Address [ro]
The Bluetooth adapter address (MAC).
string Name [rw]
The Bluetooth adapter friendly name.
uint32 Class [ro]
The Bluetooth class of device.
boolean Powered [rw]
Switch an adapter on or off. This will also set the
appropiate connectable state.
boolean Discoverable [rw]
Switch an adapter to discoverable or non-discoverable
to either make it visible or hide it.
If the DiscoverableTimeout is set to a non-zero
value then the system will set this value back to
false after the timer expired.
In case the adapter is switched off, setting this
value will fail.
boolean Pairable [rw]
Switch an adapter to pairable or non-pairable.
Note that this property only affects incoming pairing
requests.
uint32 PaireableTimeout [rw]
The pairable timeout in seconds. A value of zero
means that the timeout is disabled and it will stay in
pareable mode forever.
uint32 DiscoverableTimeout [rw]
The discoverable timeout in seconds. A value of zero
means that the timeout is disabled and it will stay in
discoverable/limited mode forever.
The default value for the discoverable timeout should
be 180 seconds (3 minutes).
boolean Discovering [ro]
Indicates that a device discovery procedure is active.
list UUIDs [ro]
List of 128-bit UUIDs that represents the available local
services.
AUTHOR
Alexander Orlenko <zxteam@gmail.com>.
SEE ALSO
bt-agent(1) bt-audio(1) bt-device(1) bt-input(1) bt-monitor(1) bt-network(1) bt-serial(1)
2010-08-16 bt-adapter(1)
