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