Haiku Bluetooth Stack Release

I promised Andrea a Xmas gift and I have already delayed it enough. So let's zip all we showed in the last posts and give some instructions on how to deal with it. Now the kit has some functionality implemented so it makes more sense a release for people that wants to play a bit with it, As some application as a Preference could be actually written.

Before proceeding please, read this other article about the possible risks.

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Installation steps for R5(not tested under Haiku or ZETA):

Install the driver (/h2/h2generic) :

Place the driver in:
/boot/home/config/add-ons/kernel/drivers/bin

And make a link to it, placing it in:
/boot/home/config/add-ons/kernel/drivers/dev/bluetooth

Most likely you dont have the folder, just create it. Ensure your dongle is recognized by the USB stack. Use usb_dev_info command. After this, make sure the device is published correctly by:

$ find /dev/bluetooth/
/dev/bluetooth/
/dev/bluetooth/h2generic
/dev/bluetooth/h2generic/0

If not, a restart or $ rescan h2generic might help.


Intall the library (/lib/libbluetooth.so) :

Place the lib in :
/boot/home/config/lib/

Run the bluetooth_server (/server/bluetooth_server) :

You can place this component in any place.
E.G: /boot/beos/system/servers/

Run any of the provided apps (/apps/*) :

These are command line applications. You can place this component in any place, just ensure you run them from terminal to see the results

Functionlity available:

Everything used by command lines applications under:

/haiku/trunk/src/bt_*.cpp

LocalDevice::SetDiscovery();

Which is not used by any of the applications in point 1


Download Bluetooth for Haiku (Arce.4.1)


note: If anybody creates any nice script or "Drop me here link folders", with pleasure, I will publish it here.