[Asterisk-Users] Cannot compile chan_bluetooth on Asterisk 1.2.1

[Joseph Tanner]

Please note this is a work in progress:

http://www.thetechguide.com/howto/asterisk/chanbluetooth.html

Basically the bluetoothfiles.tar.gz has the cvs code with the Makefile
that worked for me, plus the edited Makefile in
/usr/src/asterisk/channels, and the bluez edits I needed (hcid.conf
with the correct profile, the files needed for the pin which is set to
1234, etc.).  The guide is supposed to walk a person through the
entire process of getting an Asterisk box setup and bluetooth working,
but it's grossly incomplete.  Maybe it'll help you out.

Joseph Tanner

On 1/25/06, Nilesh Londhe <lvnilesh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Joseph:
>
> >>I still couldn't compile the newest cvs version of chan_bluetooth, so
> >>I again tried my trick of using the Makefile from an older version
> >>(which used .tmp to compile) and it worked!
>
> Can you please point to the cvs you used, the location and content of
> pin files you created and paste a copy of the make file that worked
> for you?
>
> Appreciate you sharing this information. Thanks.
>
> On 1/20/06, Joseph Tanner <joseph at thetechguide.com> wrote:
> > Ok, I did get this going (somewhat), and in case someone else has the
> > same issues I'll detail what I had to do.
> >
> > First, I was using the instructions at
> > http://mundy.org/blog/index.php?p=79.  They stated that Asterisk at Home
> > 2.2 already had all the rpms necessary for bluetooth and that I could
> > skip the yum install step.  I did, however, run the command anyways
> > after a few failed attempts.  There's an error in the rpm name, they
> > tell you to install bluez-libs, the correct name is bluez-libs-devel
> > (at least, that's what I needed to install).
> >
> > I still couldn't compile the newest cvs version of chan_bluetooth, so
> > I again tried my trick of using the Makefile from an older version
> > (which used .tmp to compile) and it worked!  Once compiled, I
> > installed and started up asterisk.  I then received a message on my
> > phone asking if I wanted to allow asterisk to connect, and then asked
> > for a pin.  This took a bit of figuring out, but I got passed that.
> > In /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf, there's a line that says "pin_helper
> > /usr/bin/bluepin;" (it may have a different path, the important thing
> > is the pin_helper part).  Now backup the script in question, i.e. in
> > my case mv /usr/bin/bluepin /usr/bin/bluepin.bak.  Use your editor of
> > choice to create a new file with the same name, and in it enter:
> >
> >
> > #!/bin/sh -e
> > echo "PIN:1234"
> >
> > Replace the 1234 with whatever you want your pin to be.  I don't know
> > if this is necessary, but I also edited /etc/bluetooth/pin to read:
> >
> > 1234
> >
> > Again, 1234 should be whatever you want your pin to be.  I then
> > stopped asterisk, stopped the bluetooth service, started the bluetooth
> > service back up, started asterisk, then when my phone asked for a pin
> > I put in 1234, and it worked!
> >
> > You may also need to make another edit to hcid.conf, under Local
> > Device Class change it to read class "0x200404;" or possibly "class
> > 0x700408;".  This makes your bluetooth dongle look like a headset, and
> > not a data device (I experienced some flakiness until I changed this).
> >
> > Now, I edited /etc/asterisk/bluetooth.conf appropriately (changed the
> > channel for the phone to 7, it's a Motorola V551), started it all up,
> > made some test calls and...no audio!  The cellphone works  great
> > otherwise.  It'll connect, stay connected as long as I want it to, and
> > when I hang up the asterisk extension the cellphone will disconnect
> > too.  Too bad I didn't realize 611 was a free call until after I made
> > a lot of test calls (it's a prepaid phone).  I did call our home
> > number directly to see if maybe I just had a one-way audio problem,
> > but nobody could hear a thing on either end.  I will continue to
> > troubleshoot this before I ask another question about it, but it's not
> > looking good.  BTW, the usb dongle I'm using is a Linksys USBBT100.
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