{"id":265,"date":"2007-03-22T13:55:17","date_gmt":"2007-03-22T12:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/index.php\/?p=265"},"modified":"2007-04-05T01:37:07","modified_gmt":"2007-04-05T00:37:07","slug":"bluetooth-wireless-pc-card-3com-3crwb6096","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/2007\/03\/bluetooth-wireless-pc-card-3com-3crwb6096\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluetooth Wireless PC card 3COM 3CRWB6096"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the ugly-cheap-o-dongle-microtune<\/a> I bought on Ebay for 20\u20ac inc P&P a PCMCIA 3Com bluetooth card:<\/p>\n

\"bt3como.jpg\"<\/a>\"bt3comc.jpg\"<\/a>
\nThe main advantage is the retractable antenna and the PCMCIA small size doesn’t protrude from the laptop ( very interesting, compared to the usb stick)
\nI assume you already install all the previous software needed in the previous topic.<\/p>\n

You should install all this packages:<\/p>\n

sudo apt-get install \t\t\t \t\t\t\tgnome-bluetooth obexserver bluez-utils bluez-passkey-gnome<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And add bt-applet<\/em> in start up session, to allow pairing.
\nStart the blutooth service.<\/p>\n

sudo sh \/etc\/init.d\/bluetooth start<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Insert the PC card, and type:<\/p>\n

tail \/var\/log\/syslog<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You will probably get that:<\/p>\n

pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
\npcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0
\nbt3c_open: Firmware request failed<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You need to download the 3Com firmware as detailed to the bluez website:<\/p>\n

\n

3com pcmcia driver<\/h2>\n

The driver for the 3Com and HP Bluetooth PCMCIA card is called bt3c_cs<\/em> and to make this device working a firmware download is needed. Due the licence issue the firmware is not distributed with any of the BlueZ packages. The firmware file can be found at the Windows driver distribution<\/a> or on the driver CD-ROM. The following command will extract the BT3CPCC.bin<\/em> file into the right place on the local file system:<\/p>\n

sudo sh<\/tt>
\n unzip -p btp1_1en.exe \\<\/tt>
\n Drivers.W2k\/BT3CPCC.bin > \/lib\/firmware\/BT3CPCC.bin<\/tt><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The 3Com Bluetooth card 3.0 (3CRWB6096B) will not work with this driver. This card is a simple serial port based Bluetooth PCMCIA card and must be used together with the hci_uart<\/em> driver.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And it works straight , that means, you can scann the service available.<\/p>\n

hcitool scan
\nScanning …
\n00:16:BC:D7:FC:18 Timothee-Nokia<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

sudo l2ping 00:16:BC:D7:FC:18
\nPing: 00:16:BC:D7:FC:18 from 00:04:76:E1:4C:5D (data size 44) …
\n0 bytes from 00:16:BC:D7:FC:18 id 0 time 30.42ms
\n0 bytes from 00:16:BC:D7:FC:18 id 1 time 32.10ms
\n0 bytes from 00:16:BC:D7:FC:18 id 2 time 30.33ms
\n3 sent, 3 received, 0% loss<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

sudo sdptool browse 00:16:BC:D7:FC:18
\nBrowsing 00:16:BC:D7:FC:18 …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then you can install Phone Manager to send SMS from your PC.<\/p>\n

Or also Wammu is a very good phone manager, compatible with nokia to manage sms, contact , sms, todos and also calendar.<\/p>\n

Select in device settings, the mac address and bluephonet as connection.
\nHere appear a problem, the need of pairing the device, when you try either from the phone or from the computer, it fails after asked you for the PIN.<\/p>\n

To solve it, edit the file to enable and set a new pin:<\/p>\n

sudo gedit \/etc\/bluetooth\/hcid.conf<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And in the file, be sure to have:<\/p>\n

# Automatically initialize new devices
\nautoinit yes;
\n# Pairing mode
\npairing multi;<\/p>\n

# Default PIN code for incoming connections
\npasskey “1234”; # or the pin you wish<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

References:<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bluez.org\/<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.teaparty.net\/technotes\/blue-gprs.html<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.symbianos.org\/cgi-bin\/viewcvs.cgi\/vaio_vx71p\/index.html?rev=1.5<\/p>\n

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