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* BlueZ 5 : Tool recommendation for scripts
@ 2015-11-05 15:04 tony
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From: tony @ 2015-11-05 15:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi All,
	What is the recommended BlueZ 5 tool to connect a device from scripts?

'bluetoothctl' is very good in interactive mode. I tried using 'hcitool' 
+ 'simple-agent'. But they do not seem to detect device unless a scan is 
initiated from 'bluetoothctl' first.

hcitool scan does scan and find devices. But simple-agent returns

Exception: Bluetooth device not found.

bluetoothctl commands which does not take much time could be run from 
scripts.

eg:
#!/bin/bash
bluetoothctl << EOF
power on
EOF

But starting a scan does not work, because it exits before the scan is 
complete.

Many Thanks,
Tony

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