NAME

btpin - Bluetooth PIN utility

SYNOPSIS

btpin [-P] [-d device] [-s path] {-p pin | -r[ -l len]} -a address

DESCRIPTION

The btpin utility is used to register a temporary PIN with the bthcid(8) daemon for the purposes of pairing Bluetooth devices. The PIN will be valid for 5 minutes or until used, whichever comes first.

The options are as follows:

-a address
Specify the remote device address. The address can be specified as BD_ADDR or a name. If a name was specified, the btpin utility attempts to resolve the name via bt_gethostbyname(3).

-d device
Specify the local device address. The device can be specified by BD_ADDR or device name. See btconfig(8) for a list of devices available. If no device is specified, the PIN will be valid for any local device.

-l len
Specify length of PIN to generate, where 1 len 16.

-P
Pair with remote device. btpin will attempt to open an authenticated L2CAP connection to the Service Discovery Service on the remote device, to force immediate pairing.

-p pin
The PIN to register. The PIN may be up to 16 bytes in length.

-r
Generate a random PIN, the default length is 4 bytes.

-s path
Specify path to the control socket. The default path is /var/run/bthcid.

EXIT STATUS

FILES

/var/run/bthcid

SEE ALSO

btkey(1), btconfig(8), bthcid(8)

AUTHORS

Iain Hibbert
for Itronix, Inc