any console-based bluetooth wizard available?

[Willem van der Walt]

Thanks to those of you who answered me on this.
Kind regards, Willem


On Wed, 7 Aug 2013, acollins at icsmail.net wrote:

> Hello Willem.  For text console bluetooth access and configuration of
> devices, use the hci utilities.  In particular, there is a program
> called hcitool, which supports several bluetooth commands.  In order to
> see which bluetooth devices your computer can connect to, type:
>
> hcitool scan
>
> It will take a few seconds, then hcitool will return a list of addresses
> and devices.  In order to connect to a device, type hcitool cc
> <address>
>
> <address> is the address of the device you got from the scan list.  I
> hope this helps.
>
> Gene Collins
>
>
>> As per subject.
>> I am new to bluetooth in general, but have found btscanner which does show
>> some stuff regarding available devices.
>> How do most of you setup/configure your bluetooth devices from console?
>> TIA, Willem
>>
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