Bluetooth Serial Port

[Commander_Bob]

I am trying to connect to a bluetooth module I have (this one https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9358) and I am having some trouble. I am using Ubuntu 12.04 x64.

Ubuntu fails to connect when I try to go though the normal bluetooth interface. It gives me a pin number even when I choose do not pair and I have no way to enter the pin on the device.

However, if I use

sudo rfcomm bind /dev/rfcomm0 00:06:66:04:A5:14

and then open the port with minicom then my bluetooth device shows that it has been connected to. Sadly, it does not work still. If I send data to it it does not output the data.

In Windows I followed this guide (http://jondontdoit.blogspot.com/2011...-tutorial.html) and it worked perfectly.

Randomly when working on this too my computer will lock up and I have to restart. It usually happens when I am trying to connect to the device.

Any ideas on what might be going wrong and how I can fix it?

Thanks,
Justin

[Commander_Bob]

I got this to work by installing blueman and using that to set up the serial port. Works like a charm now.

[dcstar]

I got this to work by installing blueman and using that to set up the serial port. Works like a charm now.

Thank you for marking your thread. Not only is there now an answer for future forums users but everyone knows that it works.

[infirmus]

Cheers, I was stuffing around for ages with the command line trying to get a BT serial port working in 12.04. This worked first time.