ciptool(1) Linux System Administration ciptool(1)

# [Name](#Name)

ciptool - Bluetooth Common ISDN Access Profile (CIP)

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**ciptool** \[*OPTIONS*] *COMMANDS*

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

[**ciptool(1)**](/man/os/bluez/ciptool.1) is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the CIP configuration of the Bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-i <hciX|BDADDR>**](#i)

The command is applied to device *hciX* , which must be the name or the address of an installed Bluetooth device.

If not specified, the command will be use the first available Bluetooth device.

[**-h*,* --help**](#h)

Show help options

# [COMMANDS](#COMMANDS)

[**show**](#show)

Display information about the connected devices.

[**search**](#search)

Search for Bluetooth devices and connect to first one that offers CIP support.

[**connect <*BDADDR*> \[*PSM*\]**](#connect)

Connect the local device to the remote Bluetooth device on the specified *PSM* number. If no *PSM* is specified, it will use the SDP to retrieve it from the remote device.

[**release \[*BDADDR*\]**](#release)

Release a connection to the specific device. If no *BDADDR* is given and only one device is connected this will be released.

[**loopback <*BDADDR*> \[*PSM*\]**](#loopback)

Create a connection to the remote device for Bluetooth testing. This command will not provide a CAPI controller, because it is only for testing the CAPI Message Transport Protocol.

# [RESOURCES](#RESOURCES)

<http://www.bluez.org>

# [REPORTING BUGS](#REPORTING_BUGS)

<linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org>

# [Author](#Author)

Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>

# [Copyright](#Copyright)

Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licenses (LGPL).

June 3, 2003 BlueZ

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Document: ciptool(1) from bluez 5.87-r4 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/bluez/bluez