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.TH HCITOOL 1 "Nov 12 2002" BlueZ "Linux System Administration"
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hcitool \- configure Bluetooth connections
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.B hcitool [-i <hciX>] [command [command parameters]]
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is used to configure Bluetooth connections and send some special command to
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Bluetooth devices. If no
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is given, or if the option
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prints some usage information and exits.
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Gives a list of possible commands
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The command is applied to device
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, which must be the name of an installed Bluetooth device. If not specified,
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the command will be sent to the first available Bluetooth device.
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Inquire remote devices. For each discovered device, Bluetooth device address,
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clock offset and class are printed.
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Inquire remote devices. For each discovered device, device name are printed.
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Print device name of remote device with Bluetooth address
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Print device name, version and supported features of remote device with
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Start periodic inquiry process. No inquiry results are printed.
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Exit periodic inquiry process.
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.BI cmd " <ogf> <ocf> [parameters]"
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Submit an arbitrary HCI command to local device.
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are hexadecimal bytes.
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Display active baseband connections
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.BI cc " [--role=m|s] [--pkt-type=<ptype>] <bdaddr>"
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Create baseband connection to remote device with Bluetooth address
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specifies a list of allowed packet types.
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is a comma-separated list of packet types, where the possible packet types are
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Default is to allow all packet types. Option
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(do not allow role switch, stay master) or
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(allow role switch, become slave if the peer asks to become master). Default is
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.BI dc " <bdaddr> [reason]"
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Delete baseband connection from remote device with Bluetooth address
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The reason can be one of the Bluetooth HCI error codes. Default is
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for user ended connections. The value must be given in decimal.
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.BI sr " <bdaddr> <role>"
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Switch role for the baseband connection from the remote device to
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.BI cpt " <bdaddr> <packet types>"
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Change packet types for baseband connection to device with Bluetooth address
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is a comma-separated list of packet types, where the possible packet types are
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Display received signal strength information for the connection to the device
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with Bluetooth address
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Display link quality for the connection to the device with Bluetooth address
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.BI tpl " <bdaddr> [type]"
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Display transmit power level for the connection to the device with Bluetooth address
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for the current transmit power level (which is default) or
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for the maximum transmit power level.
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Display AFH channel map for the connection to the device with Bluetooth address
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.BI lp " <bdaddr> [value]"
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displays link policy settings for the connection to the device with Bluetooth address
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is given, sets the link policy settings for that connection to
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Possible values are RSWITCH, HOLD, SNIFF and PARK.
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.BI lst " <bdaddr> [value]"
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displays link supervision timeout for the connection to the device with Bluetooth address
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is given, sets the link supervision timeout for that connection to
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slots, or to infinite if
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Request authentication for the device with Bluetooth address
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.BI enc " <bdaddr> [encrypt enable]"
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Enable or disable the encryption for the device with Bluetooth address
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Change the connection link key for the device with Bluetooth address
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.BI clkoff " <bdaddr>"
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Read the clock offset for the device with Bluetooth address
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.BI clock " [bdaddr] [which clock]"
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Read the clock for the device with Bluetooth address
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for the local clock or
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for the piconet clock (which is default).
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Written by Maxim Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com> and Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
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man page by Fabrizio Gennari <fabrizio.gennari@philips.com>
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