On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Ram Bhamidipaty <rambham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I am writing some new software that talks to bluez-4.96. >> >> I have some how gotten a device into a weird state. When I make >> a dbus call to org.bluez.Adapter.GetProperties >> I see my target device in the list: >> >> dict entry( >> string "Devices" >> variant array [ >> object path "/org/bluez/8090/hci0/dev_00_22_48_85_50_1D" >> ] >> ) >> >> >> When a device is listed here - what does it mean? I am guessing that >> at this point the pairing process is over. Or does it mean something else? > > It's the list of devices already paired. So, if you paired anytime > before, the device will appear in this list. Thank you. This helps me understand this. > > >> >> However the device is not yet connected. So I next try to connect: >> >> dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.bluez >> /org/bluez/8090/hci0/dev_00_22_48_85_50_1D org.bluez.Input.Connect >> >> This fails with a cryptic: >> >> Error org.bluez.Error.Failed: Host is down (112) > > It's because the other host is down (sic.). The fact that this path > exists doesn't means the device is around, it just means that some > time ago you paired it with this adapter. Turn the devices on and try > again. > Thanks! In this case the device was in fact on. But it might be that the pairing information was somehow stale. Removing the device and re-pairing seemed to help. -Ram -- 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
