hcitool scan does not find my bluetooth device
I have a small device that has a bluetooth chip. I can see it through the GUI System Settings > Bluetooth, when adding and discovering a new bluetooth device nearby, but every time I try this command hcitool scan.,no devices can be found.
y@MyPC:~$ sudo hcitool scan
Scanning ...
y@MyPC:~$
Is the Bluetooth GUI using a different tool than hcitool to scan for bluetooth devices?
command-line bluetooth
asked Jun 28 '15 at 9:08
ArthisArthis
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I have a small device that has a bluetooth chip. I can see it through the GUI System Settings > Bluetooth, when adding and discovering a new bluetooth device nearby, but every time I try this command hcitool scan.,no devices can be found.
y@MyPC:~$ sudo hcitool scan
Scanning ...
y@MyPC:~$
Is the Bluetooth GUI using a different tool than hcitool to scan for bluetooth devices?
command-line bluetooth
asked Jun 28 '15 at 9:08
ArthisArthis
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I have a small device that has a bluetooth chip. I can see it through the GUI System Settings > Bluetooth, when adding and discovering a new bluetooth device nearby, but every time I try this command hcitool scan.,no devices can be found.
y@MyPC:~$ sudo hcitool scan
Scanning ...
y@MyPC:~$
Is the Bluetooth GUI using a different tool than hcitool to scan for bluetooth devices?
command-line bluetooth
asked Jun 28 '15 at 9:08
ArthisArthis
12113
I have a small device that has a bluetooth chip. I can see it through the GUI System Settings > Bluetooth, when adding and discovering a new bluetooth device nearby, but every time I try this command hcitool scan.,no devices can be found.
y@MyPC:~$ sudo hcitool scan
Scanning ...
y@MyPC:~$
Is the Bluetooth GUI using a different tool than hcitool to scan for bluetooth devices?
command-line bluetooth
command-line bluetooth
asked Jun 28 '15 at 9:08
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asked Jun 28 '15 at 9:08
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asked Jun 28 '15 at 9:08
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asked Jun 28 '15 at 9:08
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man hcitool lists the following option:
-i <hciX>
The command is applied to device hciX , which must be the name of an
installed Bluetooth device. If not specified, the command will be sent
to the first available Bluetooth device.
I suspect your “small device” bluetooth chip is not the default hci0, so hcitool doesn't send commands to it unless you say so. To display available local devices, run:
hcitool dev
This will show a list of devices with their device names. Pick the one you want and execute e.g.
hcitool -i hci1 scan
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man hcitool lists the following option:
-i <hciX>
The command is applied to device hciX , which must be the name of an
installed Bluetooth device. If not specified, the command will be sent
to the first available Bluetooth device.
I suspect your “small device” bluetooth chip is not the default hci0, so hcitool doesn't send commands to it unless you say so. To display available local devices, run:
hcitool dev
This will show a list of devices with their device names. Pick the one you want and execute e.g.
hcitool -i hci1 scan
answered Nov 27 '17 at 0:00
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man hcitool lists the following option:
-i <hciX>
The command is applied to device hciX , which must be the name of an
installed Bluetooth device. If not specified, the command will be sent
to the first available Bluetooth device.
I suspect your “small device” bluetooth chip is not the default hci0, so hcitool doesn't send commands to it unless you say so. To display available local devices, run:
hcitool dev
This will show a list of devices with their device names. Pick the one you want and execute e.g.
hcitool -i hci1 scan
answered Nov 27 '17 at 0:00
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man hcitool lists the following option:
-i <hciX>
The command is applied to device hciX , which must be the name of an
installed Bluetooth device. If not specified, the command will be sent
to the first available Bluetooth device.
I suspect your “small device” bluetooth chip is not the default hci0, so hcitool doesn't send commands to it unless you say so. To display available local devices, run:
hcitool dev
This will show a list of devices with their device names. Pick the one you want and execute e.g.
hcitool -i hci1 scan
answered Nov 27 '17 at 0:00
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man hcitool lists the following option:
-i <hciX>
The command is applied to device hciX , which must be the name of an
installed Bluetooth device. If not specified, the command will be sent
to the first available Bluetooth device.
I suspect your “small device” bluetooth chip is not the default hci0, so hcitool doesn't send commands to it unless you say so. To display available local devices, run:
hcitool dev
This will show a list of devices with their device names. Pick the one you want and execute e.g.
hcitool -i hci1 scan
answered Nov 27 '17 at 0:00
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