[Asterisk-Users] Cannot compile chan_bluetooth on Asterisk 1.2.1

Wed Jan 25 23:21:06 MST 2006

Thanks a lot. I succeeded in pairing my Sony Ericson T616 using your
instructions at
http://www.thetechguide.com/howto/asterisk/chanbluetooth.html without
any problems. I rebooted and the phone prompted me to connect to
asterisk. I provided the pin 1234 and voila it connected...

Couple of observations:

I started off with clean slate and booted off from A at H 2.2 CD.
skipped the initial yum -u update part to save some time.

When I ran the "sdptool search --bdaddr MACADDRESS 0x111F" command,
below is what I got:

Class 0x111F
Searching on MACADDRESS
Service Name: HF Voice Gateway
Service RecHandle: 0x10007
Service Class ID List:
"" (0x111f)
"Generic Audio" (0x1203)
Protocol Descriptor List:
"L2CAP" (0x0100)
"RFCOMM" (0x0003)
Channel: 6
Profile Descriptor List
"" 0x111e
Version 0x0100

Note that in /etc/asterisk/bluetooth.conf, I kept Channel = 3 (did not
change it to 6) and it paired my tooth in the first attempt after I
rebooted asterisk box.

Now, I want to get rid of my Doc-N-Talk that I currently connect my
T616 to and the other end of Doc-N-Talk goes to x100p.

Although I have worked with linux a bit, I am basically an ASTERISK
NEWBIE so please pardon my ignorane but I don't know what to do
next...that is.. how to define this bluetooth channel to make and
receive calls using this setup...

Appreciate your help.

On 1/25/06, Joseph Tanner <joseph at thetechguide.com> wrote:
> 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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