bluemon — Activate or deactivate programs based on bluetooth link quality
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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.
Name
bluemon — Activate or deactivate programs based on bluetooth link quality
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).
Synopsis
bluemon [-baa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff][--btidaa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff][-tthreshold][--thresholdthreshold][-iinterval][--intervalinterval][-s][--stdout][--no-syslog][-n][--no-fork][-v][--verbose][-d][--disconnect-hack][-q][--link-quality][-h][--help][-V][--version]
