bluez-box

This is my development box for working with BlueZ. Base image is Ubuntu 15.04 LTS. BlueZ 5.x requires systemd to support all of its tools. Ubuntu 15.04 was the first Ubuntu release to support BlueZ 5.x out of the box.

Prerequisites

To follow with the BlueZ 5.x introduction series you will need a bluetooth dongle that can support Bluetooth 4.0. I am using these. If you do use the same dongle as I am everything should already be configured for you.

If you are not using the same Bluetooth 4.0 dongle as I am you will need to know your dongle's product and vendor IDs are. To figure out what your product and vendor IDs are use lsusb in Linux, or check usb in System Information on a Mac (I don't know how to find that info on Windows).

Once you've found your product and vendor IDs, you'll need to export them as environment variables (replace XXXX with your ID in hex).

$ export BLUETOOTH_PRODUCT_ID='0xXXXX'
$ export BLUETOOTH_VENDOR_ID='0xXXXX'

Getting Started

To get started, do the the following. The vagrant reload command is required to load a new kernel.

$ vagrant up
$ vagrant provision
$ vagrant reload
$ vagrant ssh

There should be a bluez directory in your home.