Thread: Connecting Bluetooth for file transfer
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2006-08-23 , 21:34
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Originally Posted by dandrewk
I am trying to set up file transfer (FTP), using the Obex server from maemo. He gives the usage, but then tells us to make sure "piscan" is running.

I have been looking all over for this, and finding as much as I can about hci, sdp etc. So far, I am just spinning my wheels.

Can someone give a brief walk-through on setting up the obex server? My PC can see and even connect to the 770, but it claims is has no services.

TIA for any guidance.
I assume youre talking about sobexsrv? If your PC can see your 770, then you must have done something right: the piscan-stuff ("hciconfig hci0 piscan" from the command line as root) is exactly for making the device visible, nothing else.

afterwards, you should start sobexsrv (like "sobexsrv -Ir <directory for files>") either on your 770 (so that it becomes the server) or the desktop PC (which would be more fun because it means you can browse your PC like a mobile phone from within the nokia 770 file manager).

trouble is: I never got it working. when it comes to connecting, I get errors about connections timed out, services not available etc.

sobexsrv does work for simply sending files, though: run it on your 770 and send a file from your mobile phone via bluetooth. your phone will detect the 770 and the file will end up in the directory given when you started sobexsrv.