BluetoothService

CEG-4981

Intellisert

Group 14

Bluetooth service on device side to accept bluetooth requests

Setup

1. Install necessary packages: sudo apt-get install bluez bluez-tools python-bluez pi-bluetooth
2. Add the following line to /etc/bluetooth/main.conf: DisablePlugins = pnat
3. Under /lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service, change ExecStart=/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd to ExecStart=/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd -C
4. Restart the bluetooth system service: sudo systemctl restart bluetooth
5. run server: sudo python path/to/bluetoothService.py
   • If error occurs saying no device found, Restart Raspberry Pi device and then issue the command: sudo systemctl start hciuart

Creating service for running on startup

• Create File under /etc/systemd/system/{your-service-name.service}
• Enter the following contents:

    [Unit]
    Description=Bluetooth Service for Intellisert
    After=bluetooth.service
    StartLimitIntervalSec=0

    [Service]
    Type=simple
    Restart=always
    RestartSec=1
    User={your-user}
    ExecStart=/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/python /path/to/BluetoothService/bluetoothServer.py

    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target

• Enable service to start on boot: sudo systemctl enable {your-service-name}
• Start up the service: sudo systemctl start {your-service-name}
• Check status of the service: sudo systemctl status {your-service-name}

An adaptation and extension of bluetooth service from: http://blog.davidvassallo.me/2014/05/11/android-linux-raspberry-pi-bluetooth-communication/