Re: [Bluez-users] Anycom USB-240 & firmware

[Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>]

Hi Jesse,

> I recently bought an Anycom USB-240. It ships
> with BT 1.1 firmware, as depicted below, but
> it *should* be BT 1.2 capable hardware.
> 
> % hciconfig -a
> hci0:   Type: USB
>         BD Address: 00:0B:0D:34:1F:E0 ACL MTU: 120:20  SCO MTU: 64:0
>         UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN
>         RX bytes:254 acl:0 sco:0 events:43 errors:0
>         TX bytes:416 acl:0 sco:0 commands:30 errors:0
>         Features: 0xff 0xff 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
>         Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3
>         Link policy: RSWITCH HOLD SNIFF PARK
>         Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT
>         Name: 'BlueZ (0)'
>         Class: 0x100100
>         Service Classes: Object Transfer
>         Device Class: Computer, Uncategorized
>         HCI Ver: 1.1 (0x1) HCI Rev: 0x0 LMP Ver: 1.1 (0x1) LMP Subver: 0x757
>         Manufacturer: Silicon Wave (11)
> 
> My interest in Bluetooth is primarily tied to
> audio right now. I've been doing a lot of work
> with SIP phones lately so I've ordered a BT 1.2
> Logitech Mobile Freedom Headset to play with.
> It should arrive in a week or two.
> 
> Anyway, the Logitech headset is BT 1.2 capable
> so I'd like to upgrade my USB-240 firmware to
> 1.2 also (freq hopping to avoid my 802.11b nets,
> etc...), but this post on the Anycom website
> claims that the USB-240's headset and handsfree
> profiles don't work well under Linux with BT
> 1.2 firmware:
>     http://tinyurl.com/5pqnm
> 
> So in the interest of NOT frying my shiny new
> USB-240, does anyone on this list currently use
> a USB-240 with a headset or handsfree profile
> device? Which firmware do you use?

if you wanna play with audio then you should better buy a dongle with a
CSR chip.

> Also, if I *do* decide to upgrade the adapter's
> firmware, am I likely to have better luck with
> Anycom's firmware via a Win32 install? Or with
> Bluez supplied firmware? Does the Bluez firmware
> even work with my Silicon Wave chipset?

As far as I know these Silicon Wave chips are ROM only version and so
you can't update the firmware. However I don't even know of any firmware
updates for Silicon Wave.

Regards

Marcel




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