Re: [Bluez-devel] DBus interface - determining whether a device exists

Matthew Garrett
2006-08-16T21:46:06Z

On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 01:16:17AM +0200, Marcel Holtmann wrote:

> this is a general Bluetooth problem. If you don't have a connection
> between two devices then there is no radio traffic. This is one of big
> difference between Bluetooth and WiFi.

Right. But the DBus interface doesn't seem to provide any mechanism for
initiating a connection to the device. GetName and the like appear to
provide cached results even if the device is now out of range, which
isn't what I want.

There's an obvious use case for having a function that is, effectively,
"Can I currently connect to the device with this bluetooth address". The
patch I sent provides that, but if that's unacceptable then what should
the interface look like?

Thanks,
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