Ubuntu Server Image, No Bluetooth

Operating system distributions Debian/Ubuntu
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Hi, Miha

To enable BT on Ubuntu Server, you should install the following package:

apt-get install bluez ap6256-firmware

First stop the rfkill

echo 1 > /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/state

Download the BT firmware with brcm_patchram_plus1 tool

brcm_patchram_plus1 -d --enable_hci --no2bytes\
--use_baudrate_for_downloade --tosleep  200000 \
--baudrate 1500000 --patchram \
/system/etc/firmware/BCM4345C5.hcd /dev/ttyS0 \
> /dev/null 2>&1  &

It will run on the background.

Now check the hci device

hciconfig

hci0:	Type: Primary  Bus: UART
	BD Address: 43:45:C5:00:1F:AC  ACL MTU: 1021:8  SCO MTU: 64:1
	UP RUNNING
	RX bytes:785 acl:0 sco:0 events:49 errors:0
	TX bytes:2284 acl:0 sco:0 commands:49 errors:0

Scan other BT devices

hcitool scan

You can add the first two lines on /etc/rc.local to download BT firmware every time.

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