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author | Jan Schubert <Jan.Schubert@GMX.li> | 2013-02-26 10:04:09 -0800 |
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committer | Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org> | 2013-02-26 10:04:09 -0800 |
commit | 906803b80f256c8f56e18923f93d85636891ab58 (patch) | |
tree | 0538f76c83384746542c73fff3195a516bb48192 /Documentation/user-manual.txt | |
parent | 0b5c48ee4edef1d9672f78782cd087f87a1176e0 (diff) | |
download | subsurface-906803b80f256c8f56e18923f93d85636891ab58.tar.gz |
Documentation: add information for Bluetooth connected devices
[Dirk Hohndel: did some reformatting and rewriting]
Signed-off-by: Jan Schubert <Jan.Schubert@GMX.li>
Signed-off-by: Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index bed46145c..ca45d40bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ equipment. Buddy information is not yet downloaded. [[S_HowFindDeviceName]] -How to Find the Device Name -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +How to Find the Device Name for USB devices +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you connect your dive computer by using an USB connector, usually Subsurface will propose a drop down list that contains the correct @@ -265,6 +265,69 @@ Simply try COM1, COM2, etc. The drop down list should contain all connected COM The drop down box should find all connected dive computers. +[[S_HowFindBluetoothDeviceName]] +Setting up bluetooth enabled devices +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +For dive computers communicating through bluetooth like the Heinrichs +Weikamp Frog or the Shearwater Predator and Petrel there is a +different procedure to get the devices name to communicate with +subsurface. In general it consists of these steps: + +.Enable bluetooth on your computer +Please make sure you have bluetooth enabled on your computer running +Subsurface. For Windows and Mac this should be working without any +further interaction. + +On Linux for most common distributions the same should be true, if not +then depending on your system running initd or systemd this might be +different and might also involve loading modules specific to your +hardware. If you run a common distribution it will most likely be +setup and up and running already. In case your system is running +systemd manually run 'sudo systemctl start bluetooth.service' to +enable it, in case of initd run something like 'sudo rc.config start +bluetoothd' or 'sudo /etc/init.d/buetooth start'. + +.Pairing the device +On Windows, Mac and most Linux distributions this is very straight +forward; simply follow system dialog provided (usually you have to +click on the Bluetooth symbol). + +Using Gnome3 for instance will show a bluetooth icon in the upper +right corner of your desktop where you select 'Set up New +Device'. This should show you a dialog where you are able to select +your device and pair it. If you have issues with PIN setting try +manually setting '0000'. Please do not forget to set your dive +computer in bluetooth mode before, if you use a Shearwater +Predator/Petrel just select 'Dive Log+' -> 'Upload Log' and wait until +you see the 'Wait PC' message. + +You may also use a manual approach by using these commands: + + * 'sudo hciconfig' - shows the bluetooth devices available on your +computer (not dive computer), most likely you will see a hci0, if not +try 'sudo hcitool -a' to see inactive devices and try to run 'sudo +hciconfig hci0 up' to bring them up + + * 'sudo hcitool scanning'- use this to get a list of bluetooth enabled +client devices, watch out for your dive computer and remember the MAC +address shown there + + * 'sudo bluez-simple-agent hci0 10:00:E8:C4:BE:C4' - this will pair +your dive computer with the bluetooth stack of your computer, copy/paste +the MAC address from the output of 'hcitool scanning' + +.Bind a rfcomm device +Unforturnately on Linux this has to be done manually by running + + * 'sudo rfcomm bind /dev/rfcomm0 10:00:E8:C4:BE:C4' - bind the dive +computer to a communication device in your computer, in case rfcomm is +not availabe just use rfcomm1 or up, please copy/paste the MAC address +from the output of 'hcitool scanning', the MAC shown in here will not +work for you :-). + +For downloading dives in subsurface you have then to specify +'/dev/rfcomm0' as device name to use. [[S_ViewingLogs]] Viewing and Completing Your Logs |