1HCICONFIG(8) Linux System Administration HCICONFIG(8)
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6 hciconfig - configure Bluetooth devices
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9 hciconfig -h
10 hciconfig [-a]
11 hciconfig [-a] [command [command parameters]]
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15 hciconfig is used to configure Bluetooth devices. hciX is the name of
16 a Bluetooth device installed in the system. If hciX is not given, hci‐
17 config prints name and basic information about all the Bluetooth
18 devices installed in the system. If hciX is given but no command is
19 given, it prints basic information on device hciX only. Basic informa‐
20 tion is interface type, BD address, ACL MTU, SCO MTU, flags (up, init,
21 running, raw, page scan enabled, inquiry scan enabled, inquiry, authen‐
22 tication enabled, encryption enabled).
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25 -h, --help
26 Gives a list of possible commands.
27 -a, --all
29 Other than the basic info, print features, packet type, link
30 policy, link mode, name, class, version.
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33 up Open and initialize HCI device.
34 down Close HCI device.
36 reset Reset HCI device.
38 rstat Reset statistic counters.
40 auth Enable authentication (sets device to security mode 3).
42 noauth Disable authentication.
44 encrypt
46 Enable encryption (sets device to security mode 3).
47 noencrypt
49 Disable encryption.
50 secmgr Enable security manager (current kernel support is limited).
52 nosecmgr
54 Disable security manager.
55 piscan Enable page and inquiry scan.
57 noscan Disable page and inquiry scan.
59 iscan Enable inquiry scan, disable page scan.
61 pscan Enable page scan, disable inquiry scan.
63 ptype [type]
65 With no type , displays the current packet types. Otherwise, all
66 the packet types specified by type are set. type is a comma-
67 separated list of packet types, where the possible packet types
68 are DM1, DM3, DM5, DH1, DH3, DH5, HV1, HV2, HV3.
69 name [name]
71 With no name, prints local name. Otherwise, sets local name to
72 name.
73 class [class]
75 With no class, prints class of device. Otherwise, sets class of
76 device to class. class is a 24-bit hex number describing the
77 class of device, as specified in section 1.2 of the Bluetooth
78 Assigned Numers document.
79 voice [voice]
81 With no voice, prints voice setting. Otherwise, sets voice set‐
82 ting to voice. voice is a 16-bit hex number describing the
83 voice setting.
84 iac [iac]
86 With no iac, prints the current IAC setting. Otherwise, sets the
87 IAC to iac.
88 inqmode [mode]
90 With no mode, prints out the current inquiry mode. Otherwise,
91 sets inquiry mode to mode.
92 inqdata [data]
94 With no name, prints out the current inquiry data. Otherwise,
95 sets inquiry data to data.
96 inqtype [type]
98 With no type, prints out the current inquiry scan type. Other‐
99 wise, sets inquiry scan type to type.
100 inqparams [win:int]
102 With no win:int, prints inquiry scan window and interval. Other‐
103 wise, sets inquiry scan window to win slots and inquiry scan
104 interval to int slots.
105 pageparms [win:int]
107 With no win:int, prints page scan window and interval. Other‐
108 wise, sets page scan window to win slots and page scan interval
109 to int slots.
110 pageto [to]
112 With no to, prints page timeout. Otherwise, sets page timeout to
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114 afhmode [mode]
116 With no mode, prints out the current AFH mode. Otherwise, sets
117 AFH mode to mode.
118 aclmtu mtu:pkt
120 Sets ACL MTU to to mtu bytes and ACL buffer size to pkt packets.
121 scomtu mtu:pkt
123 Sets SCO MTU to mtu bytes and SCO buffer size to pkt packets.
124 putkey <bdaddr>
126 This command stores the link key for bdaddr on the device.
127 delkey <bdaddr>
129 This command deletes the stored link key for bdaddr from the
130 device.
131 commands
133 Display supported commands.
134 features
136 Display device features.
137 version
139 Display version information.
140 revision
142 Display revision information.
143 lm [mode]
145 With no mode , prints link mode. MASTER or SLAVE mean, respec‐
146 tively, to ask to become master or to remain slave when a con‐
147 nection request comes in. The additional keyword ACCEPT means
148 that baseband connections will be accepted even if there are no
149 listening AF_BLUETOOTH sockets. mode is NONE or a comma-sepa‐
150 rated list of keywords, where possible keywords are MASTER and
151 ACCEPT . NONE sets link policy to the default behaviour of
152 remaining slave and not accepting baseband connections when
153 there are no listening AF_BLUETOOTH sockets. If MASTER is
154 present, the device will ask to become master if a connection
155 request comes in. If ACCEPT is present, the device will accept
156 baseband connections even when there are no listening AF_BLUE‐
157 TOOTH sockets.
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160 Written by Maxim Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com> and Marcel Holtmann
161 <marcel@holtmann.org>
162 man page by Fabrizio Gennari <fabrizio.gennari@philips.com>
164BlueZ Nov 11 2002 HCICONFIG(8)