On Thu, 17 Dec 2009, Ed Tsang wrote: > The situation is: I am using a linux box. It will have to talk to other > devices (cell phone, notbook ..etc.). The linux box is unmaned. It could > force the box to use a fix pin by modifying the simple-agent. All other > devices user know the fix pin. It work fine with most cell phones so far > (not the latest phone?). But with Window Vista, it fail, because vista > when try to pair with the box will generate a random number (great > security) and expect us to enter the same number in the other side. > I am not sure but I guess it is associate with the new simple paring > feature? > Is there a way to tell the other side we do not support simple pairing? It does not sound related to simple pairing. > Or is there a way to tell the other side that we do not have a pin input > method? Not that I know of. (for a gross hack, you could change the class of device to be the same as a device that does not have a pin input method, that might make it guess that a fixed pin is needed) but if you pair from the Vista side you should be able to provide a PIN. Here is a page that describes setting up a Bluetooth connection http://www.vista4beginners.com/How-to-setup-a-Bluetooth-connection and the pictures show exactly what you want to be possible.. iain -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
