CIPTOOL(1) Linux System Administration CIPTOOL(1)
NAME
ciptool - Bluetooth Common ISDN Access Profile (CIP)
SYNOPSIS
ciptool [OPTIONS] COMMANDS
DESCRIPTION
ciptool(1) is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the CIP configura-
tion of the Bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel.
OPTIONS
-i <hciX|BDADDR>
The command is applied to device hciX , which must be the name or
the address of an installed Bluetooth device.
If not specified, the command will be use the first available
Bluetooth device.
-h, --help
Show help options
COMMANDS
show Display information about the connected devices.
search Search for Bluetooth devices and connect to first one that offers
CIP support.
connect <BDADDR> [PSM]
Connect the local device to the remote Bluetooth device on the
specified PSM number. If no PSM is specified, it will use the
SDP to retrieve it from the remote device.
release [BDADDR]
Release a connection to the specific device. If no BDADDR is
given and only one device is connected this will be released.
loopback <BDADDR> [PSM]
Create a connection to the remote device for Bluetooth testing.
This command will not provide a CAPI controller, because it is
only for testing the CAPI Message Transport Protocol.
RESOURCES
<http://www.bluez.org>
REPORTING BUGS
<linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org>
AUTHOR
Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
COPYRIGHT
Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU Lesser
General Public Licenses (LGPL).
BlueZ June 3, 2003 CIPTOOL(1)
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