Marslert Guy - A walking guy to the M@rs » obexftp http://marslert.com/blog M@rsGuy Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:41:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Having fun with Bluetooh in Ubuntu Part 1 http://marslert.com/blog/2009/07/22/having-fun-with-bluetooh-in-ubuntu-part-1/ http://marslert.com/blog/2009/07/22/having-fun-with-bluetooh-in-ubuntu-part-1/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:41:10 +0000 marslert http://marslert.com/blog/?p=158 Today, my post is about having fun with Bluetooh device in Ubuntu.

First and foremost, lets install obexftp and obexpushd package from OpenOBEX project.

sudo apt-get install obexftp obexpushd

Then, insert your bluetooth device. You should see the bluetooth logo appears in left upper side of your desktop.

Screenshot

Else, you can enable it by System > Preferences > Blueooth > General tab > Check the setting of Notification Area.

Send file to mobile device :

Activating mobile bluetooth connection and scan the device via below comman.

obexftp -b

Scanning result like this,

~$ obexftp -b
Scanning …
Using    00:17:E2:8B:07:7E    Mr.D
Browsing 00:17:E2:8B:07:7E …
Channel: 9

Try to send a file via below command,

obexftp -b 00:17:E2:8B:07:7E -p song.mp3

Receive file from mobile device :

Turn on bluetooth device to discoverable mode.

hciconfig hci0 piscan

Enable obexpushd to listen  incoming bluetooth connection.

obexpushd -B

Try to send a file from your mobile device or scan for your bluetooth device.

obexftp -b
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