NAME

btpin — Bluetooth PIN utility

SYNOPSIS

btpin

[-P] [-d device] [-s path] {-p pin | -r [-l len]} -a address

DESCRIPTION

The btpin utility is used to register a temporary PIN with the bthcid(8) daemon for the purposes of pairing Bluetooth devices. The PIN will be valid for 5 minutes or until used, whichever comes first.

The options are as follows:

-a address

Specify the remote device address. The address can be specified as BD_ADDR or a name. If a name was specified, the btpin utility attempts to resolve the name via bt_gethostbyname(3).

-d device

Specify the local device address. The device can be specified by BD_ADDR or device name. See btconfig(8) for a list of devices available. If no device is specified, the PIN will be valid for any local device.

-l len

Specify length of PIN to generate, where 1 ≤ len ≤ 16.

-P

Pair with remote device. btpin will attempt to open an authenticated L2CAP connection to the Service Discovery Service on the remote device, to force immediate pairing.

-p pin

The PIN to register. The PIN may be up to 16 bytes in length.

-r

Generate a random PIN, the default length is 4 bytes.

-s path

Specify path to the control socket. The default path is /var/run/bthcid.

EXIT STATUS

The btpin utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

FILES

• /var/run/bthcid

SEE ALSO

btkey(1), btconfig(8), bthcid(8)

AUTHORS

Iain Hibbert for Itronix, Inc