Raspberry Pi Bluetooth setup

Setting up Bluetooth

Plug in USB dongle and using the command lsusb to get a list of connected devices.

pi@raspberrypi:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)

Install USB software:

 sudo apt-get install bluetooth bluez-utils blueman

Check for bluetooth status

/etc/init.d/bluetooth status

Scan for devices

pi@raspberrypi:~$ hcitool scan
Scanning ...
    D3:A3:FA:FA:FA:00	MyPC

Ping device to check resonse times

pi@raspberrypi:~$ sudo l2ping D3:A3:FA:FA:FA:00
Ping: D3:A3:FA:FA:FA:00 from 00:1B:DC:02:44:21 (data size 44) ...
44 bytes from D3:A3:FA:FA:FA:00 id 0 time 18.21ms
44 bytes from D3:A3:FA:FA:FA:00 id 1 time 73.55ms
44 bytes from D3:A3:FA:FA:FA:00 id 2 time 20.72ms
44 bytes from D3:A3:FA:FA:FA:00 id 3 time 16.76ms
44 bytes from D3:A3:FA:FA:FA:00 id 4 time 32.01ms
44 bytes from D3:A3:FA:FA:FA:00 id 5 time 17.67ms
44 bytes from D3:A3:FA:FA:FA:00 id 6 time 34.67ms
44 bytes from D3:A3:FA:FA:FA:00 id 7 time 18.65ms
44 bytes from D3:A3:FA:FA:FA:00 id 8 time 12.76ms
44 bytes from D3:A3:FA:FA:FA:00 id 9 time 12.60ms
44 bytes from D3:A3:FA:FA:FA:00 id 10 time 13.67ms

Pair

sudo bluez-simple-agent hci0 C8:BC:C8:EA:BE:86

Add device to trusted list.

sudo bluez-test-device trusted C8:BC:C8:EA:BE:86 yes

Set discoverable

sudo hciconfig hci0 piscan