[PATCH] FAQ: update section on Bluetooth on Linux
Rick Walsh
rickmwalsh at gmail.com
Mon Apr 17 19:41:18 PDT 2017
Can this be applied? Or something similar?
On 6 Apr. 2017 8:28 am, "Rick Walsh" <rickmwalsh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Setting up an RFCOMM connection has not been required for a long time.
>
> Reported-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> Signed-off-by: Rick Walsh <rickmwalsh at gmail.com>
> ---
> Documentation/FAQ.wordpress | 115 ++----------------------------
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> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 110 deletions(-)
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> diff --git a/Documentation/FAQ.wordpress b/Documentation/FAQ.wordpress
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> +++ b/Documentation/FAQ.wordpress
> @@ -124,116 +124,11 @@ Dive history is different than the dive profiles on
> the log. The history only ke
> If you have downloaded your dives to different dive logging software
> before they were overwritten, there is a high change that Subsurface can
> import these. However, if the logs are only on your dive computer, they
> cannot be salvaged after being over written by new dives.
>
> [/expand]
> -[expand title="How do I download dives from my Shearwater Petrel 2 (or
> other Bluetooth dive computer) on Linux?"]
> -
> -Setting up a connection to download dives from your Bluetooth-enabled
> device, such as the Shearwater Petrel, is not yet an automated process and
> will generally require the command prompt. It is essentially a three step
> process.
> -
> -<ol>
> -<li>Enable Bluetooth controller and pair your dive computer</li>
> -<li>Establish an RFCOMM connection</li>
> -<li>Download the dives with Subsurface</li>
> -</ol>
> -
> -Users have reported difficulties with some Bluetooth controllers. If you
> have an onboard controller, try that first. It is simplest if you remove
> any USB Bluetooth dongles. If you have a USB dongle that came with your
> dive computer, try that before any others.
> -
> -Make sure you know how to put your dive computer into upload mode. On
> the Shearwater Petrel, Petrel 2 and Nerd, cycle through the menu, select
> 'Dive Log', then 'Upload Log'. The display will read 'Initializing', then
> 'Wait PC 3:00' and will countdown. Once the connection is established, the
> display reads 'Wait CMD ...' and the countdown continues. When downloading
> the dive from Subsurface, the display reads 'Sending' then 'Sent Dive'.
> -
> -To establish the connection you need to have root access through sudo or
> su, and you will need to have the correct permissions on your system to
> download the dives. On Fedora 22 and probably most other systems, this
> means becoming a member of the dialout group if you are not already. This
> can be done graphically, or on the command terminal, enter:
> -<pre><code style="font-size: 8pt;">sudo usermod -a -G dialout
> username</code></pre>
> -Log out and log in for the change to take effect.
> -
> -<em>Enabling the Bluetooth controller and pairing your dive computer</em>
> -You may be able to set up the Bluetooth controller and pair your dive
> computer using your distros graphical environment. Once you've set your
> dive computer to upload mode, click the Bluetooth icon in the system tray
> and selecting 'Add new device'. Your dive computer should appear. If
> asked for a password, enter 0000. Write down or copy the MAC address of
> your dive computer - you'll need this later. It should be in the form
> 00:11:22:33:44:55.
> -
> -If the graphical method didn't work, you need to pair the device from the
> command line. Open a terminal and use hciconfig to check the Bluetooth
> controller status
> -<pre><code style="font-size: 8pt;">hciconfig
> -hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB
> - BD Address: 01:23:45:67:89:AB ACL MTU: 310:10 SCO MTU: 64:8
> - DOWN
> - RX bytes:504 acl:0 sco:0 events:22 errors:0
> - TX bytes:92 acl:0 sco:0 commands:21 errors:0</code></pre>
> -This tells you you have one controller, with MAC address
> 01:23:45:67:89:AB, connected as hci0. Its status is 'DOWN', i.e. not
> powered. Additional controllers will appear as hci1, etc. If you didn't
> have a Bluetooth dongle plugged in when you booted your computer, hci0 is
> probably the onboard. We need to power on the controller and enable
> authentication:
> -<pre><code style="font-size: 8pt;">sudo hciconfig hci0 up auth
> -(enter password when prompted)
> -hciconfig
> -hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB
> - BD Address: 01:23:45:67:89:AB ACL MTU: 310:10 SCO MTU: 64:8
> - UP RUNNING PSCAN AUTH
> - RX bytes:1026 acl:0 sco:0 events:47 errors:0
> - TX bytes:449 acl:0 sco:0 commands:46 errors:0</code></pre>
> -Check that the status now includes 'UP', 'RUNNING' AND 'AUTH'
> -
> -If there are multiple controllers running, it's easiest if you turn off
> the controller(s) you don't plan to use. E.g.
> -<pre><code style="font-size: 8pt;">sudo hciconfig hci1 down</code></pre>
> -Next step is to 'trust' and 'pair' the dive computer. On distros with
> Bluez 5, such as Fedora 22, you can use a tool called blutootctl, which
> will bring up its own command prompt.
> -<pre><code style="font-size: 8pt;">bluetoothctl
> -[NEW] Controller 01:23:45:67:89:AB localhost.localdomain [default]
> -[bluetooth]# agent on
> -Agent registered
> -[bluetooth]# default-agent
> -Default agent request successful
> -[bluetooth]# scan on <----now set your dive
> computer to upload mode
> -Discovery started
> -[CHG] Controller 01:23:45:67:89:AB Discovering: yes
> -[NEW] Device 00:11:22:33:44:55 Petrel
> -[bluetooth]# trust 00:11:22:33:44:55 <----you can use the tab key
> to autocomplete the MAC address
> -[CHG] Device 00:11:22:33:44:55 Trusted: yes
> -Changing 00:11:22:33:44:55 trust succeeded
> -[bluetooth]# pair 00:11:22:33:44:55
> -Attempting to pair with 00:11:22:33:44:55
> -[CHG] Device 00:11:22:33:44:55 Connected: yes
> -[CHG] Device 00:11:22:33:44:55 UUIDs: 00001101-0000-1000-8000-
> 0089abc12345
> -[CHG] Device 00:11:22:33:44:55 Paired: yes
> -Pairing successful
> -[CHG] Device 00:11:22:33:44:55 Connected: no</code></pre>
> -If asked for a password, enter 0000. It's ok if the last line says
> 'Connected: no'. The important part is the line above, 'Pairing
> successful'.
> -
> -If your system has Bluez version 4 (e.g. Ubuntu 12.04 through to 15.04),
> you probably don't have bluetoothctl, but do have a script called
> bluez-simple-agent or just simple-agent.
> -<pre><code style="font-size: 8pt;">hcitool -i hci0 scanning
> -Scanning ...
> - 00:11:22:33:44:55 Petrel
> -bluez-simple-agent hci0 00:11:22:33:44:55</code></pre>
> -Once you have paired your dive computer, you are ready to set up the
> RFCOMM connection
> -
> -<em>Establishing the RFCOMM connection</em>
> -The command to establish an RFCOMM connection is:
> -<pre><code style="font-size: 8pt;">sudo rfcomm -i <controller>
> connect <dev> <bdaddr> [channel]</code></pre>
> -<controller> is the Bluetooth controller, hci0
> -<dev> is the RFCOMM device file, rfcomm0
> -<bdaddr> is the dive computer's MAC address, 00:11:22:33:44:55
> -[channel] is the dive computer's Bluetooth channel we need to connect
> to. If you omit it, channel 1 will be assumed. Based on a limited number
> of user reports, the channel for different dive computers is probably:
> -<ul>
> -<li>Shearwater Petrel 2: channel 5
> -<li>Shearwater Nerd: channel 5
> -<li>Shearwater Petrel 1: channel 1
> -<li>OSTC Sport: Channel 1
> -</ul>
> -E.g. to connect a Shearwater Petrel 2, set the dive computer to upload
> mode and enter:
> -<pre><code style="font-size: 8pt;">sudo rfcomm -i hci0 connect rfcomm0
> 00:11:22:33:44:55 5
> -(enter password when prompted)
> -Connected /dev/rfcomm0 to 00:11:22:33:44:55 on channel 5
> -Press CTRL-C for hangup</code></pre>
> -To connect a Shearwater Petrel 1 or OSTC Sport, set the dive computer to
> upload mode and enter:
> -<pre><code style="font-size: 8pt;">sudo rfcomm -i hci0 connect rfcomm0
> 00:11:22:33:44:55
> -(enter password when prompted)
> -Connected /dev/rfcomm0 to 00:11:22:33:44:55 on channel 1
> -Press CTRL-C for hangup</code></pre>
> -If you don't know what channel your dive computer uses, or the channel in
> the list above doesn't work, the command 'sdptool records' should help
> determine the appropriate channel. The output below is from a Shearwater
> Petrel 2.
> -<pre><code style="font-size: 8pt;">sdptool -i hci0 records
> 00:11:22:33:44:55
> -Service Name: Serial Port
> -Service RecHandle: 0x10000
> -Service Class ID List:
> - "Serial Port" (0x1101)
> -Protocol Descriptor List:
> - "L2CAP" (0x0100)
> - "RFCOMM" (0x0003)
> - Channel: 5</code></pre>
> -If you have a Bluetooth dive computer not in the list above, or if the
> channel listed is not correct, please let the Subsurface developers know on
> the user forum or the developer mailing list
> subsurface at subsurface-divelog.org.
> -
> -<em>Download the dives with Subsurface</em>
> -After establishing the RFCOMM connection and while the dive computer's
> upload mode countdown is still running, go to Subsurface, select
> 'Import'->'Import from dive computer' and enter appropriate Vendor (e.g.
> Shearwater), Dive Computer (Petrel), Device or Mount Point (/dev/rfcomm0)
> and click 'Download'.
> -
> -If you get a permissions error, you probably need to add yourself to the
> dialout group, logout and login again.
> +[expand title="How do I download dives from my Bluetooth dive computer
> (e.g. Shearwater, OSTC) on Linux?"]
> +
> +Downloading dives over Bluetooth on all platforms is done using the
> "Choose Bluetooth download mode" option when downloading dives, and pairing
> with the detected dive computer. This is further explained in the <a href="
> https://subsurface-divelog.org/documentation/subsurface-4-user-manual/">Subsurface
> User Manual</a>.
> +
> +Previous versions of Subsurface required setting up an RFCOMM connection
> from the command line before downloading dives from a Bluetooth enabled
> dive computer. This is no longer the case.
>
> [/expand]
> [expand title="How do I fix permission errors when trying to download
> from my Atomics Aquatics Cobalt under Linux?"]
> --
> 2.9.3
>
>
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