BluetoothGPS
BluetoothGPS on *ubuntu
To get your Bluetooth GPS receiver to work on ubuntu, we need to install some packages:
sudo aptitude install bluez-pin bluez-utils gpsd gpsd-clients gpsdrive
Edit the bluetooth config file:
sudo vim /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf
Overwrite the content (delete everything in the file) and insert the following:
# # HCI daemon configuration file. # # HCId options options { # Automatically initialize new devices autoinit yes; # Security Manager mode # none - Security manager disabled # auto - Use local PIN for incoming connections # user - Always ask user for a PIN # security user; # Pairing mode # none - Pairing disabled # multi - Allow pairing with already paired devices # once - Pair once and deny successive attempts pairing multi; # PIN helper pin_helper /usr/bin/bluepin; # D-Bus PIN helper #dbus_pin_helper; } # Default settings for HCI devices device { # Local device name # %d - device id # %h - host name name "Nino's Laptop"; # Local device class class 0x3e0100; # Default packet type #pkt_type DH1,DM1,HV1; # Inquiry and Page scan iscan enable; pscan enable; # Default link mode # none - no specific policy # accept - always accept incoming connections # master - become master on incoming connections, # deny role switch on outgoing connections lm accept; # Default link policy # none - no specific policy # rswitch - allow role switch # hold - allow hold mode # sniff - allow sniff mode # park - allow park mode lp rswitch,hold,sniff,park; # Authentication and Encryption (Security Mode 3) #auth enable; #encrypt enable; }
Restart the bluetooth services:
sudo /etc/init.d/bluez-utils restart
Under Kubuntu it is this command instead:
sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart
Now scan for present devices:
hcitool scan
It should output the bluetooth receiver like this:
elav1@elav1-desktop:~$ hcitool scan Scanning ... 00:0A:3A:1F:C9:C9 BT GPS
Save the 12 digit MAC address! - You will need it later in this howto!
Find out with channel the serial port is located at:
sdptool browse 00:0A:3A:1F:C9:C9
It should output something like this:
Browsing 00:0A:3A:1F:C9:C9 ... Service Name: Bluetooth Serial Port Service RecHandle: 0x10007 Service Class ID List: "Serial Port" (0x1101) Protocol Descriptor List: "L2CAP" (0x0100) "RFCOMM" (0x0003) Channel: 1 Language Base Attr List: code_ISO639: 0x656e encoding: 0x6a base_offset: 0x100 Profile Descriptor List: "Serial Port" (0x1101) Version: 0x0100
In the above case, it's on channel 1 (see line 9) - If you don't get any output, just try channel 1!!!
Now edit the rfcomm config:
sudo vim /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf
Add this to the bottom of the file:
rfcomm4 { bind yes; device < GPS MAC ADDRESS>; channel 1; comment "Serial Port"; }
Establish a connection:
sudo rfcomm release 4 sudo rfcomm connect 4
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BluetoothGPS (last edited 2008-08-06 16:34:55 by localhost)