Hi Ossama On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:12:20 -0700 "Othman, Ossama" <ossama.othman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to leverage the LE advertising API in BlueZ 5.31 but > advertisement registration sometimes fails with an Invalid Parameters > error: > > Jun 24 21:56:06 orion bluetoothd[21940]: > src/advertising.c:register_advertisement() RegisterAdvertisement > Jun 24 21:56:06 orion bluetoothd[21940]: > src/advertising.c:advertisement_create() Adding proxy for > /org/iotivity/gatt/advertisement0 > Jun 24 21:56:06 orion bluetoothd[21940]: > src/advertising.c:register_advertisement() Registered advertisement at > path /org/iotivity/gatt/advertisement0 > Jun 24 21:56:06 orion bluetoothd[21940]: > src/advertising.c:parse_advertising_service_uuids() Adding > ServiceUUID: ADE3D529-C784-4F63-A987-EB69F70EE816 > Jun 24 21:56:06 orion bluetoothd[21940]: > src/advertising.c:refresh_advertisement() Refreshing advertisement: > /org/iotivity/gatt/advertisement0 > Jun 24 21:56:06 orion bluetoothd[21940]: Failed to add advertisement: > Invalid Parameters (0x0d) > > It looks like my LEAdvertisement1 object itself is fine since BlueZ > doesn't complain about it. There are times when registration succeeds, > as well. > > Adding an advertisement with the same data through the btmgmt tool > will fail in the same way if I provide a bogus instance ID: > > [mgmt]# add-adv -c -g -u ADE3D529-C784-4F63-A987-EB69F70EE816 0 > Add Advertising failed with status 0x0d (Invalid Parameters) > > but is fine if I provide a suitable instance ID: > > [mgmt]# add-adv -c -g -u ADE3D529-C784-4F63-A987-EB69F70EE816 1 > Instance added: 1 > > As a sanity check I ran test/example-advertisement but it fails for > other reasons: > > $ ./example-advertisement > Failed to register advertisement: org.bluez.Error.Failed: Failed to > parse advertisement > > The log output > Jun 25 11:04:43 void-dev bluetoothd[758]: > src/advertising.c:register_advertisement() > RegisterAdvertisement > Jun 25 11:04:43 void-dev bluetoothd[758]: > src/advertising.c:advertisement_create() Adding proxy for > /org/bluez/example/advertisement0 > Jun 25 11:04:43 void-dev bluetoothd[758]: > src/advertising.c:register_advertisement() Registered advertisement at > path /org/bluez/example/advertisement0 > Jun 25 11:04:43 void-dev dbus[793]: [system] Rejected send message, 1 > matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.2" (uid=0 pid=758 > comm="/usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd --experimental -") > interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="GetAll" error > name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.222" (uid=1000 > pid=13905 comm="/usr/bin/python ./example-advertisement ") > Jun 25 11:04:43 void-dev bluetoothd[758]: Failed to read "Type" > property of advertisement > > Any ideas on what could be causing the intermittent advertisement > registration failures when using the BlueZ D-Bus advertising API? > I had exactly same problem on FC22 with latest kernel from bluetooth-next and tip from the Bluez. After updating the system to latest version (./sudo dnf update) then it started to work. I think there is some issue on DBUS not the bluez. Any way, once I run the example-advertisement script, I cannot run it again until I restart the bleutooth daemon. This is known issue. Hope this help. > Thanks, > -Ossama > -- > 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 -- 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