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RFCOMM_SPPD(1)		FreeBSD	General	Commands Manual		RFCOMM_SPPD(1)

NAME
     rfcomm_sppd -- RFCOMM Serial Port Profile daemon

SYNOPSIS
     rfcomm_sppd [-bhtS] -a address -c channel

DESCRIPTION
     The rfcomm_sppd utility is	a Serial Port Profile daemon.  It can operate
     in	two modes: client and server.

     In	client mode, rfcomm_sppd opens RFCOMM connection to the	specified
     address server and	channel.  Once connection is established, the
     rfcomm_sppd utility provides access to the	server's remote	serial port
     via stdin/stdout or via pts(4) interface if -t option was specified.

     If	the -S option is specified, rfcomm_sppd	will operate in	server mode
     and act as	RFCOMM server, listening on ANY	address	and advertising	a vir-
     tual serial port via the sdpd(8) daemon.  If -t options was specified,
     the server	side of	the virtual serial port	is attached to a pseudo-termi-
     nal.  Otherwise the virtual serial	port is	attached to the	stdin/stdout.
     rfcomm_sppd should	be run as root in order	to communicate with sdpd(8) in
     this case.

     The rfcomm_sppd utility opens both	master and slave pseudo	terminals.
     This is done to ensure that RFCOMM	connection stays open until
     rfcomm_sppd is terminated.	 The data received from	the master pseudo ter-
     minal are sent over the RFCOMM connection.	 The data received from	the
     RFCOMM connection are written into	master pseudo terminal.	 The applica-
     tion in its turn opens the	slave pseudo terminal and operates on it just
     like it would operate over	the standard serial port.

     The options are as	follows:

     -a	address
	     In	client mode, this required option specifies the	address	of the
	     remote RFCOMM server.  If this option is specified	in server
	     mode, rfcomm_sppd will only accept	connections from the Bluetooth
	     device with address address.  The address can be specified	as
	     BD_ADDR or	name.  If name was specified then rfcomm_sppd utility
	     will attempt to resolve the name via bt_gethostbyname(3).

     -b	     Detach from the controlling terminal, i.e., run in	background.

     -c	channel
	     In	both client and	server mode, this option specifies the RFCOMM
	     channel to	connect	to or listen on.  In server mode, the channel
	     should be a number	between	1 and 30.  If not specified,
	     rfcomm_sppd will try to bind to ``wildcard'' RFCOMM channel num-
	     ber.  The actual RFCOMM channel will be obtained via
	     getsockname(2) call and will be used to register Serial Port ser-
	     vice with sdpd(8).	 In client mode, the channel could either be a
	     number between 1 and 30 or	a service name.	 Supported service
	     names are:	DUN (for DialUp	Networking service), FAX (for Fax ser-
	     vice), LAN	(for LAN Access	Using PPP service) and SP (for Serial
	     Port service).  If	channel	was not	specified then rfcomm_sppd
	     utility will try to obtain	RFCOMM channel for Serial Port service
	     via Service Discovery Protocol from the server.

     -h	     Display usage message and exit.

     -S	     Server mode; see DESCRIPTION.

     -t	     Use slave pseudo tty.  If not set stdin/stdout will be used.
	     This option is required if	-b option was specified.

FILES
     /dev/pts/[num]  slave pseudo terminals

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

EXAMPLES
	   rfcomm_sppd -a 00:01:02:03:04:05 -c 1 -t

     Will start	the rfcomm_sppd	utility	and open RFCOMM	connection to the
     server at 00:01:02:03:04:05 and channel 1.	 Once the connection has been
     established, a pts(4) can be used to talk to the remote serial port on
     the server.  rfcomm_sppd prints the name of the pts(4) to use on stdout.

SEE ALSO
     bluetooth(3), ng_btsocket(4), pts(4), rfcomm_pppd(8), sdpd(8)

AUTHORS
     Maksim Yevmenkin <m_evmenkin@yahoo.com>

BUGS
     Please report if found.

FreeBSD	11.1			April 21, 2008			  FreeBSD 11.1

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