NAME
bluemon — Activate or deactivate programs based on bluetooth link
quality
SYNOPSIS
bluemon [-b aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff] [--btid aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff] [-t
threshold] [--threshold threshold] [-i interval] [--interval
interval] [-s ] [--stdout ] [--no-syslog ] [-n ] [--no-fork ] [-v
] [--verbose ] [-d ] [--disconnect-hack ] [-q ] [--link-quality ]
[-h ] [--help ] [-V ] [--version ]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the bluemon command.
bluemon monitors the quality of the link to a bluetooth device and
emits dbus signals when it drops below a given threshold or
disconnects. Used with the bluemon-client program, This can be used to
perform actions like locking the terminal when you walk away from it.
OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (‘-’). A summary of options is
included below.
-i --interval
The check interval, in ms.
-t --threshold
The link quality threshold, out of 255
-b --btid
The bluetooth ID to monitor (e.g. aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff). This
parameter may be specified multiple times to monitor multiple
devices.
-s --stdout --no-syslog
Log to stdout rather than syslog
-n --no-fork
Do not become a daemon
-d --disconnect-hack
Enable this if your bluetooth device disconnects regularly
while still in range, adds a small delay into noticing device
abscence upon disconnect.
-v --verbose
Enable verbose output
-q --link-quality
Check for link quality to device. Default only checks for
presence of connection.
-h --help
Show summary of options.
-V --version
print version.
SEE ALSO
hcitool (1), bluemon-client(1), bluemon-query(1), bluemon-dbus(7).
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Matthew Johnson <debian@matthew.ath.cx>
for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is
granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms
of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version
published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.