NXT, Linux and Bluetooth
Overview
On Gentoo the following packages are required:
- bluez-utils
- bluez-libs
/etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf
options {
autoinit yes;
security auto;
pairing multi;
pin_helper /usr/bin/bluepin;
}
device {
name "BlueZ (%d)";
class 0x3e0100;
iscan enable; pscan enable;
lm accept;
lp rswitch,hold,sniff,park;
}
/etc/bluetooth/pin
1234
/etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf
rfcomm0 {
bind yes;
device 00:16:53:05:9E:78;
channel 1;
comment "NXT";
}
Commands:
As root do:
phantom ~ # /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart * Shutting down Bluetooth ... * Stopping rfcomm ... [ ok ] * Stopping sdpd ... [ ok ] * Stopping hcid ... [ ok ] * Starting Bluetooth ... * Starting hcid ... [ ok ] * Starting sdpd ... [ ok ] * Starting rfcomm ... [ ok ] phantom ~ #
As normal user do:
hanez@phantom ~ % hcitool scan
Scanning ...
00:16:53:05:9E:78 NXT
hanez@phantom ~ % hcitool inq
Inquiring ...
00:16:53:05:9E:78 clock offset: 0x7b0d class: 0x000804
hanez@phantom ~ %
Again as root do:
phantom bluetooth # l2ping -c 4 00:16:53:05:9E:78 Ping: 00:16:53:05:9E:78 from 00:04:3E:C0:B8:7E (data size 44) ... 4 bytes from 00:16:53:05:9E:78 id 0 time 8.92ms 4 bytes from 00:16:53:05:9E:78 id 1 time 17.97ms 4 bytes from 00:16:53:05:9E:78 id 2 time 26.77ms 4 bytes from 00:16:53:05:9E:78 id 3 time 8.59ms 4 sent, 4 received, 0% loss phantom bluetooth #
Hoooray! This seems to work... ;) Now you are able to use for example nxtlibc or LEGO::NXT.
$Date: 2011-06-30 00:10:52 +0200 (Thu, 30 Jun 2011) $