tools/hcitool.1

.TH HCITOOL 1 "Nov 12 2002" BlueZ "Linux System Administration"
.SH NAME
hcitool \- configure Bluetooth connections
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B hcitool [-h]
.br
.B hcitool [-i <hciX>] [command [command parameters]]

.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
.B
hcitool
is used to configure Bluetooth connections and send some special command to
Bluetooth devices. If no
.B
command
is given, or if the option
.B
-h
is used,
.B
hcitool
prints some usage information and exits.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI -h
Gives a list of possible commands
.TP
.BI -i " <hciX>"
The command is applied to device
.I
hciX
, which must be the name of an installed Bluetooth device. If not specified,
the command will be sent to the first available Bluetooth device.
.SH COMMANDS
.TP
.BI dev
Display local devices
.TP
.BI inq
Inquire remote devices. For each discovered device, Bluetooth device address,
clock offset and class are printed.
.TP
.BI scan
Inquire remote devices. For each discovered device, device name are printed.
.TP
.BI name " <bdaddr>"
Print device name of remote device with Bluetooth address
.IR bdaddr .
.TP
.BI info " <bdaddr>"
Print device name, version and supported features of remote device with
Bluetooth address
.IR bdaddr .
.TP
.BI spinq
Start periodic inquiry process. No inquiry results are printed.
.TP
.BI epinq
Exit periodic inquiry process.
.TP
.BI cmd " <ogf> <ocf> [parameters]"
Submit an arbitrary HCI command to local device.
.IR ogf ,
.IR ocf
and
.IR parameters
are hexadecimal bytes.
.TP
.BI con
Display active baseband connections
.TP
.BI cc " [--role=m|s] [--pkt-type=<ptype>] <bdaddr>"
Create baseband connection to remote device with Bluetooth address
.IR bdaddr .
Option
.I
--pkt-type
specifies a list of allowed packet types.
.I
<ptype>
is a comma-separated list of packet types, where the possible packet types are
.BR DM1 ,
.BR DM3 ,
.BR DM5 ,
.BR DH1 ,
.BR DH3 ,
.BR DH5 ,
.BR HV1 ,
.BR HV2 ,
.BR HV3 .
Default is to allow all packet types. Option
.I
--role
can have value
.I
m
(do not allow role switch, stay master) or
.I
s
(allow role switch, become slave if the peer asks to become master). Default is
.IR m .
.TP
.BI dc " <bdaddr> [reason]"
Delete baseband connection from remote device with Bluetooth address
.IR bdaddr .
The reason can be one of the Bluetooth HCI error codes. Default is
.IR 19
for user ended connections. The value must be given in decimal.
.TP
.BI sr " <bdaddr> <role>"
Switch role for the baseband connection from the remote device to
.BR master
or
.BR slave .
.TP
.BI cpt " <bdaddr> <packet types>"
Change packet types for baseband connection to device with Bluetooth address
.IR bdaddr .
.I
packet types
is a comma-separated list of packet types, where the possible packet types are
.BR DM1 ,
.BR DM3 ,
.BR DM5 ,
.BR DH1 ,
.BR DH3 ,
.BR DH5 ,
.BR HV1 ,
.BR HV2 ,
.BR HV3 .
.TP
.BI rssi " <bdaddr>"
Display received signal strength information for the connection to the device
with Bluetooth address
.IR bdaddr .
.TP
.BI lq " <bdaddr>"
Display link quality for the connection to the device with Bluetooth address
.IR bdaddr .
.TP
.BI tpl " <bdaddr> [type]"
Display transmit power level for the connection to the device with Bluetooth address
.IR bdaddr .
The type can be
.BR 0
for the current transmit power level (which is default) or
.BR 1
for the maximum transmit power level.
.TP
.BI afh " <bdaddr>"
Display AFH channel map for the connection to the device with Bluetooth address
.IR bdaddr .
.TP
.BI lp " <bdaddr> [value]"
With no
.IR value ,
displays link policy settings for the connection to the device with Bluetooth address
.IR bdaddr .
If
.IR value
is given, sets the link policy settings for that connection to
.IR value .
Possible values are RSWITCH, HOLD, SNIFF and PARK.
.TP
.BI lst " <bdaddr> [value]"
With no
.IR value ,
displays link supervision timeout for the connection to the device with Bluetooth address
.IR bdaddr .
If
.I
value
is given, sets the link supervision timeout for that connection to
.I
value
slots, or to infinite if
.I
value
is 0.
.TP
.BI auth " <bdaddr>"
Request authentication for the device with Bluetooth address
.IR bdaddr .
.TP
.BI enc " <bdaddr> [encrypt enable]"
Enable or disable the encryption for the device with Bluetooth address
.IR bdaddr .
.TP
.BI key " <bdaddr>"
Change the connection link key for the device with Bluetooth address
.IR bdaddr .
.TP
.BI clkoff " <bdaddr>"
Read the clock offset for the device with Bluetooth address
.IR bdaddr .
.TP
.BI clock " [bdaddr] [which clock]"
Read the clock for the device with Bluetooth address
.IR bdaddr .
The clock can be
.BR 0
for the local clock or
.BR 1
for the piconet clock (which is default).
.SH AUTHORS
Written by Maxim Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com> and Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
.PP
man page by Fabrizio Gennari <fabrizio.gennari@philips.com>