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From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: Rafael Vidal Aroca <rafael@3wt.com.br>
Cc: bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] Power level & Scan Timing
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 09:33:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1094715184.5237.3.camel@notepaq> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <413F701F.5020905@3wt.com.br>

Hi Rafael,

>     i'm playing with my dbt-120 d-link usb dongle, and i'm not managing 
> to do some things i wanted...
> 
>     1) I want to decrease the power or my dongle, cause de devices work 
> over 20m....i want they to be detected just near the computer. I know 
> it's possible, but could not find documentaion...so the question is: how 
> can i decreate the power of my bluetooth adapter?

don't worry about it, because your Bluetooth chip does this automaticly
and it is the job of the link manager.

>     2) I'm using hcitool scan to constantly detect if my ipaq is near my 
> desktop. It seems to be really slow (from 10 to 15 seconds to 
> scan)...can this time be reduced? Does bluez do some kind of cache? (i 
> ask that because i can turn my ipaq of, and hcitool scan will not only 
> detect my ipaq anymore in about 12 seconds...)

Check the specification for periodic inquiry or use the HCI directly.
You can also use the HCI socket directly and look for inquiry result
events.

Regards

Marcel




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  reply	other threads:[~2004-09-09  7:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-09-08 20:48 [Bluez-users] Power level & Scan Timing Rafael Vidal Aroca
2004-09-09  7:33 ` Marcel Holtmann [this message]
2004-09-09 17:26   ` Rafael Vidal Aroca
2004-09-10  8:35     ` Marcel Holtmann
2004-09-09  7:45 ` Rolf E. Thorup

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