
	Bluetooth and Linux Setting up Linux to Use MyroC and Scribbler 2 Robots

Bluetooth Setup for Linux Workstations/Laptops

Linux computers communicate with Scribbler 2 robots using Bluetooth. Each robot has a different serial number, and communication is based upon that number.

Setting up Bluetooth pairings on Linux relies on a communication protocol called rfcomm. To accomplish this pairing, utilize the following steps.

Run
```
hcitool scan
```
to get the hardware (MAC) address for the IPRE robot (e.g., 00:1E:19:01:0E:13)

A System Administrator must edit the file

/etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf

inserting the MAC address into the rfcomm0 entry

   rfcomm0 {
         # Automatically bind the device at startup.
         bind yes;
         # Bluetooth address of the device
         device 00:1E:19:01:0E:13;  # IPRE6-365877
         # BorgDongle
         # RFCOMM channel for the connection
         channel 1;
         # Description of the connection
         comment "IPRE Scribbler Dongle";
  }

A System Administrator must create the following file

/etc/udev/rules.d/40-rfcomm.rules

containing the single line

>KERNEL=="rfcomm*", GROUP="dialout", MODE="0666"

The system MAY need to be rebooted at this point
In a terminal window, type
```
rfcomm bind all
```
This needs to be run each time the computer is rebooted. It can take some time (e.g., 10-15 minutes) for this to seem to take effect.