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RFCOMM_SPPD(1)		     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 virtual
     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-terminal.
     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 terminal are sent
     over the RFCOMM connection.  The data received from the  RFCOMM  connection
     are written into master pseudo terminal.  The application 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 number.  The actual
	     RFCOMM channel will be obtained via getsockname(2) call and will be
	     used to register Serial Port service 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 ser-
	     vice),  FAX  (for	Fax service), LAN (for LAN Access Using PPP ser-
	     vice) and SP (for Serial Port service).  If channel was not  speci-
	     fied 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  estab-
     lished,  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 ports 15.1		 April 21, 2008 		  RFCOMM_SPPD(1)

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