Affix Bluetooth HOWTO

Andrei Emeltchenko

Nokia Research Center / Helsinki
Revision History
Revision 0.1May 30, 2002
Initial revision
Revision 2.0July 12, 2003
Revision 2.12004

Table of Contents

1. General information
Copyright notice and disclaimer
Getting the latest version of Affix
Supported systems
Supported hardware
Mailing lists and other sources of information
Acknowledgements
2. Setting up Affix software
Prerequisites and kernel setup
Compilation and Installation
Configure, Compiling and Installing affix-kernel package
Configuring, compiling and installing affix package
Updating system configuration
3. Installing Debian Affix packages
Installing user space utilities
Building and Installing affix kernel modules
4. Connecting Bluetooth devices
PCMCIA Bluetooth devices
USB Bluetooth devices
Serial Bluetooth devices
Other Bluetooth devices
5. Usage and Features
Discovering bluetooth devices in the neighbourhood
Finding available services on the remote bluetooth devices
Connecting to the remote bluetooth device
Setting up PPP connection
Using OBEX for file transfer to/from mobile phone
Handling Phonebook and Calendar entries.
The format of the Phonebook entry
The format of the Calendar entry
Managing Profiles
Other tools shipping with affix package
Programming interface
User space API
Socket interface
Assigned numbers
Difference beetwen Bluez and Affix sockets
6. Affix GUI
7. FAQ
I. Reference Page
btctl - Manage Bluetooth devices