Return-Path: Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:03:37 -0700 (PDT) From: shaun lim To: BlueZ development In-Reply-To: <2EB6297382462046A9427D7324788A4801C72749@MCLNEXVS06.resource.ds.bah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <855075.73379.qm@web50209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Bluez-devel] Mutliple Dongles with Bluez Reply-To: BlueZ development List-Id: BlueZ development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1006373294==" Sender: bluez-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net --===============1006373294== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-1944892858-1176217417=:73379" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --0-1944892858-1176217417=:73379 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit thanks for the replies guys! i'll try it out and post my experience here "Williams, Richard" wrote: Shaun, > Anybody knows if its possible to interface multiple bluetooth dongles with Bluez? > I would like to get pass the maximum 7 connections per dongle limitation of Bluetooth > by installing more than one bluetooth dongle to a computer and thus increasing the > number of connections available. > > Anybody have experience developing such applications? > This works fine, but make sure you have the latest Bluez libs. And make sure you have a kernel at least 2.6.20 vintage. If not, then when you're running two simultaneous commands to two different Bluetooth devices, you may get a kernel oops. Otherwise, its easy enough to write a multi-threaded application that addresses multiple dongles. And it works very well. -Rich --------------------------------- We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list.------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV_______________________________________________ Bluez-devel mailing list Bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-devel --------------------------------- Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. --0-1944892858-1176217417=:73379 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit thanks for the replies guys! i'll try it out and post my experience here

"Williams, Richard" <williams_richard_b@bah.com> wrote:
 Shaun, 
 > Anybody knows if its possible to interface multiple bluetooth dongles with Bluez?  
> I would like to get pass the maximum 7 connections per dongle limitation of Bluetooth  
> by installing more than one bluetooth dongle to a computer and thus increasing the  
> number of connections available.
 > 
 > Anybody have experience developing such applications?
 > 
 
This works fine, but make sure you have the latest Bluez libs. And make sure you have a
kernel at least 2.6.20 vintage. If not, then when you're running two simultaneous commands to
two different Bluetooth devices, you may get a kernel oops.
 
Otherwise, its easy enough to write a multi-threaded application that addresses multiple dongles.
And it works very well.
 
-Rich
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