Re: [Bluez-users] Audio & Bluetooth

Marcel Holtmann
2004-11-08T23:28:22Z

Hi Martin,

> > > I have a question: for my mobile I use an HAMA Bluetooth headset. If I
> > > buy a bluetooth PCMCIA card for my notebook, will I be able to use this
> > > headset with this card? recognized as a second soundcard? as a normal
> > > headset for my integrate soundcard? recognized by my software phone
> > > clients? If I buy an USB bluetooth device, would it be the same? better?
> >
> > actually this is not an easy to answer question. First thing is that you
> > should get a Bluetooth device with a CSR chip and at least HCI 16.x
> > firmware on it. The second is that it must route the SCO traffic through
> > the HCI and via a PCM. Then it should be possible.
>
> How to identify version 16.x or higher ? hciconfig -a only gives a
> hexadecimal value, that not really gives me get a clue on the firmware
> version.
>
> HCI Ver: 1.1 (0x1) HCI Rev: 0xbc LMP Ver: 1.1 (0x1) LMP Subver: 0xbc

you are kidding me? Use "hciconfig hci0 revision" or look at my webpage
where most of the build ids are decoded.

Regards

Marcel