From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Subject: Re: [Bluez-devel] Bluetooth Power Modes From: Marcel Holtmann To: "Williams, Richard" Cc: "Bluez-Devel (E-mail)" In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1090876602.4650.1.camel@pegasus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: bluez-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:16:42 +0200 Hi Richard, > I'm working on an embedded system, with a USB Bluetooth dongle. This is a battery operated > system, so power consumption is very important to me. > > Does BlueZ support the Bluetooth low-power modes, such as Park and Sniff ? all of them are supported, but you have to call the HCI commands for it by yourself. I still have the automatic-sniff-mode feature on my todo list, but don't expect this very soon. I have other stuff that must be done first. > If I have a Bluetooth dongle in my USB port, and I turn off the BlueZ stack by using > "/etc/rc.d/init.d/bluetooth stop" which then does an "hciconfig hci0 down" the Bluetooth dongle > is not powered down. (The Blue LED inside the dongle is still blinking.) Is this a function of > the Bluetooth stack or is this a USB responsibility ? Maybe a reset of the device helps here, but I am not sure. Regards Marcel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721&alloc_id=10040&op=click _______________________________________________ Bluez-devel mailing list Bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-devel