From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Marcel Holtmann To: BlueZ users In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:10:01 +0100 Message-Id: <1174317002.3690.15.camel@aeonflux.holtmann.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] friendly name in pin exchange Reply-To: BlueZ users List-Id: BlueZ users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: bluez-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Hi Vincent, > I have a pin helper script that does pin exchange in my Bluez stack. > The pin script detects incoming arguments and then hands out a pin > accordingly. > > I am working with a device that the manufacturer says has a friendly name > that is 20+ characters long. But incoming arguments, as I can see from the > pin script, has only the bluetooth address of this remote device. I am > looking at the Bluez D-Bus API but I do not see anything appropriate that I > can call during pin exchange to fetch information like the friendly name. > Is there another way to retrieve additional info about this device? This > device is master and not discoverable so I have to wait for it to connect to > my host. the D-Bus API is the way to go. However you might wanna look at bluez-gnome and its bluetooth-applet application, because that is handling the passkey requests and also the name resolving. Regards Marcel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bluez-users mailing list Bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-users