Re: [Bluez-users] Re: Trouble pairing with new phone... (FIXED!)

[Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>]

Hi Jay,

> I figured out how to pair with my T610 phone.
> 
> Point 1: The computer must initiate the connection. (If you attempt to scan for 
> new devices on your phone and add it there, apparently bluez will not accept 
> incoming pairing requests. Something to do with roleswitch and bluez wanting to 
> be the master? Perhaps...)
> 
> Point 2: My version of blueZ ignores the /etc/bluetooth/pin file (even when in 
> "auto" mode) and I HAD to replace the pin_helper with a link to a script which 
> simply printed "PIN:1234" (replace number with your pin).
> 
> So, once I replace "pin_helper /usr/bin/bluepin" with "pin_helper /sbin/pintest" 
> (where the pintest file contained "echo "PIN:1234") and initiated an rfcomm 
> connection to the phone with my pppd chat script, I was able to type the pin 
> into my phone and pair.
> 
> [(going the other way, from the phone to the computer, didn't work...possibly a 
> problem with the phone, possibly a problem with bluez (as it works under 
> windows...)]
> 
> My hcid.conf options are as follows:
> Options:
> autoinit yes;
> security auto;
> pairing multi;
> pin_helper /sbin/pintest
> 
> Device:
> name "BlueZ (%d)";
> class 0x100;
> iscan enable;
> pscan enable;
> lp rswitch,hold,sniff,park;
> lm accept,master;
> # Authentication and Encryption
>          auth enable;
>          encrypt enable;

if you still wanna use security mode 3 then go with it. If you set
yourself to master then go with it. These are not defaults settings and
there is a reason why.

Regards

Marcel




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