hciconfig is used to configure Bluetooth devices on host like laptop or PC.
hciconfig -h
hciconfig [-a]
hciconfig [-a] hciX [command [command parameters]]hciX is the name of a Bluetooth device installed in the system. If hciX is not given, hciconfig prints name and basic information about all the Bluetooth devices installed in the system. If hciX is given but no command is given, it prints basic information on device hciX only. Basic information is interface type, BD address, ACL MTU, SCO MTU, flags (up, init, running, raw, page scan enabled, inquiry scan enabled, inquiry, authentication enabled, encryption enabled).
$ hciconfig -a
hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB
BD Address: 70:1A:04:59:69:04 ACL MTU: 1021:8 SCO MTU: 64:8
UP RUNNING PSCAN
RX bytes:1495 acl:0 sco:0 events:61 errors:0
TX bytes:3623 acl:0 sco:0 commands:53 errors:0
Features: 0xff 0xff 0x8f 0xfe 0x9b 0xff 0x79 0x83
Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3
Link policy: RSWITCH HOLD SNIFF PARK
Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT
Name: 'ubuntu-0'
Class: 0x2c010c
Service Classes: Rendering, Capturing, Audio
Device Class: Computer, Laptop
HCI Version: 2.1 (0x4) Revision: 0x51c8
LMP Version: 2.1 (0x4) Subversion: 0x423d
Manufacturer: Broadcom Corporation (15)Other commands supported by hciconfig are as below,
$ hciconfig --help
hciconfig - HCI device configuration utility
Usage:
hciconfig
hciconfig [-a] hciX [command ...]
Commands:
up Open and initialize HCI device
down Close HCI device
reset Reset HCI device
rstat Reset statistic counters
auth Enable Authentication
noauth Disable Authentication
encrypt Enable Encryption
noencrypt Disable Encryption
piscan Enable Page and Inquiry scan
noscan Disable scan
iscan Enable Inquiry scan
pscan Enable Page scan
ptype [type] Get/Set default packet type
lm [mode] Get/Set default link mode
lp [policy] Get/Set default link policy
name [name] Get/Set local name
class [class] Get/Set class of device
voice [voice] Get/Set voice setting
iac [iac] Get/Set inquiry access code
inqtpl [level] Get/Set inquiry transmit power level
inqmode [mode] Get/Set inquiry mode
inqdata [data] Get/Set inquiry data
inqtype [type] Get/Set inquiry scan type
inqparms [win:int] Get/Set inquiry scan window and interval
pageparms [win:int] Get/Set page scan window and interval
pageto [to] Get/Set page timeout
afhmode [mode] Get/Set AFH mode
sspmode [mode] Get/Set Simple Pairing Mode
aclmtu Set ACL MTU and number of packets
scomtu Set SCO MTU and number of packets
delkey Delete link key from the device
oobdata Get local OOB data
commands Display supported commands
features Display device features
version Display version information
revision Display revision information
block Add a device to the blacklist
unblock Remove a device from the blacklist
lerandaddr Set LE Random Address
leadv [type] Enable LE advertising
0 - Connectable undirected advertising (default)
3 - Non connectable undirected advertising
noleadv Disable LE advertising
lestates Display the supported LE states
