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BTPIN(1)                    General Commands Manual                   BTPIN(1)

NAME
     btpin - Bluetooth PIN utility

SYNOPSIS
     btpin [-P] [-d device] [-s path] {-p pin | -r [-l len]} -a address

DESCRIPTION
     The btpin utility is used to register a temporary PIN with the bthcid(8)
     daemon for the purposes of pairing Bluetooth devices.  The PIN will be
     valid for 5 minutes or until used, whichever comes first.

     The options are as follows:

     -a address        Specify the remote device address.  The address can be
                       specified as BD_ADDR or a name.  If a name was
                       specified, the btpin utility attempts to resolve the
                       name via bt_gethostbyname(3).

     -d device         Specify the local device address.  The device can be
                       specified by BD_ADDR or device name.  See btconfig(8)
                       for a list of devices available.  If no device is
                       specified, the PIN will be valid for any local device.

     -l len            Specify length of PIN to generate, where 1 <= len <=
                       16.

     -P                Pair with remote device.  btpin will attempt to open an
                       authenticated L2CAP connection to the Service Discovery
                       Service on the remote device, to force immediate
                       pairing.

     -p pin            The PIN to register.  The PIN may be up to 16 bytes in
                       length.

     -r                Generate a random PIN, the default length is 4 bytes.

     -s path           Specify path to the control socket.  The default path
                       is /var/run/bthcid.

FILES
     /var/run/bthcid

EXIT STATUS
     The btpin utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
     btkey(1), btconfig(8), bthcid(8)

AUTHORS
     Iain Hibbert for Itronix, Inc

NetBSD 10.99                     May 16, 2009                     NetBSD 10.99