| .. _bluetooth-ipsp-sample: |
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| Bluetooth: IPSP Sample |
| ###################### |
| |
| Overview |
| ******** |
| Application demonstrating the IPSP (Internet Protocol Support Profile) Node |
| role. IPSP is the Bluetooth profile that underneath utilizes 6LoWPAN, i.e. gives |
| you IPv6 connectivity over BLE. |
| |
| Building and Running |
| ******************** |
| |
| This sample can be found under :file:`samples/bluetooth/ipsp` in the |
| Zephyr tree. |
| |
| Testing with a Linux host |
| ========================= |
| |
| To test IPSP please take a look at samples/net/README, in addition to running |
| echo-client you must enable 6LowPAN module in Linux with the following commands |
| (as root): |
| |
| .. code-block:: console |
| |
| # modprobe bluetooth_6lowpan |
| # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/bluetooth/6lowpan_enable |
| |
| If you connected your board to a UART console, you will see an output similar to |
| (may vary slightly by application and Zephyr versions): |
| |
| .. code-block:: console |
| |
| [bt] [WRN] set_static_addr: Using temporary static random address |
| [bt] [INF] show_dev_info: Identity: cb:af:14:57:d8:6e (random) |
| [bt] [INF] show_dev_info: HCI: version 5.0 (0x09) revision 0x0000, manufacturer 0xffff |
| [bt] [INF] show_dev_info: LMP: version 5.0 (0x09) subver 0xffff |
| [bt] [WRN] bt_pub_key_gen: ECC HCI commands not available |
| [ipsp] [INF] init_app: Run IPSP sample |
| [ipsp] [INF] listen: Starting to wait |
| |
| The output above shows the BLE address assigned to your board for the |
| current session; the address will be different on subsequent sessions. |
| |
| Alternatively, you may scan for your board on the host. The modern way to do |
| that is using ``bluetoothctl`` utility (included in the recent versions of |
| BlueZ package) and its ``scan on`` command: |
| |
| .. code-block:: console |
| |
| $ bluetoothctl |
| [NEW] Controller A3:24:97:EB:D6:23 ubuntu-0 [default] |
| [NEW] Device D7:5C:D6:18:14:87 Zephyr |
| [NEW] Device E1:E7:F9:56:EC:06 Zephyr |
| [NEW] Device C8:12:C5:08:86:E1 Zephyr |
| [bluetooth]# scan on |
| Discovery started |
| [NEW] Device DC:98:FB:22:CA:3A Zephyr |
| |
| When started, ``bluetoothctl`` shows all BLE (and likely, BT/EDR) devices it |
| knows about. As discussed above, the IPSP uses static random addresses, so |
| entries for previously connected devices, as shown above, can accumulate and |
| become stale. You need to be extra careful to find an entry for the active |
| address. The best approach may be to reset your board after issuing |
| ``scan on`` command. This way it will reinitialize with the BLE address |
| which will be discovered after the command. |
| |
| As an alternative to ``bluetoothctl``, you can use the legacy ``hcitool`` |
| utility which talks directly to hardware and always shows fresh scan results: |
| |
| .. code-block:: console |
| |
| $ sudo hcitool lescan |
| LE Scan ... |
| CB:AF:14:57:D8:6E (unknown) |
| CB:AF:14:57:D8:6E Test IPSP node |
| |
| After you have found the board's BLE address, connect to the board (as root): |
| |
| .. code-block:: console |
| |
| # echo "connect <bdaddr> <type>" > /sys/kernel/debug/bluetooth/6lowpan_control |
| |
| Where ``<bdaddr>`` is the BLE address and ``<type>`` is BLE address type: |
| 1 for public address and 2 for random address. As you can see from |
| the IPSP sample output above, it uses a static random address. So, with the |
| sample output above, the command will be: |
| |
| .. code-block:: console |
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| # echo "connect CB:AF:14:57:D8:6E 2" > /sys/kernel/debug/bluetooth/6lowpan_control |
| |
| Once connected a dedicated interface will be created, usually bt0. You can verify this |
| with the following command: |
| |
| .. code-block:: console |
| |
| # ifconfig |
| bt0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr F8-2F-A8-FF-FE-EB-6D-8C-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 |
| inet6 addr: fe80::fa2f:a8ff:feeb:6d8c/64 Scope:Link |
| UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1280 Metric:1 |
| RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:3 overruns:0 frame:0 |
| TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 |
| collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 |
| RX bytes:92 (92.0 B) TX bytes:233 (233.0 B) |
| |
| As can be seen from the output, only a link-local IPv6 address was assigned |
| to the interface. |
| |
| At this point, you can test IPv6 connectivity (and discover your board's IPv6 |
| address) by pinging "All local-link nodes" IPv6 address: |
| |
| .. code-block:: console |
| |
| # ping6 -I bt0 ff02::1 |
| PING ff02::1(ff02::1) from fe80::fa54:a8ff:feeb:218f bt0: 56 data bytes |
| 64 bytes from fe80::fa54:a8ff:feeb:218f: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.088 ms |
| 64 bytes from fe80::c9af:14ff:fe57:d86e: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=285 ms (DUP!) |
| |
| For each ping packet, both your host and the BLE board send a reply. You |
| can see the board's reply marked as ``(DUP!)``. You can ping the board |
| directly with: |
| |
| .. code-block:: console |
| |
| # ping6 fe80::c9af:14ff:fe57:d86e%bt0 |
| PING fe80::c9af:14ff:fe57:d86e%bt0(fe80::c9af:14ff:fe57:d86e) 56 data bytes |
| 64 bytes from fe80::c9af:14ff:fe57:d86e: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=177 ms |
| 64 bytes from fe80::c9af:14ff:fe57:d86e: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=53.0 ms |
| |
| Note that the command uses a "scoped IPv6 address", where the scope is |
| defined by the networking interface, with ``%bt0`` appended in this case. |
| A specification like that is an alternative to passing ``-I bt0`` to |
| ``ping6`` (and works with other networking tools like ``telnet``, ``nc``, |
| ``curl``, etc.) |
| |
| While we can use a link-local address, it's not very convenient, as it must be |
| scoped and will change on each run. Instead, the IPSP sample is configured with |
| ``2001:db8::1`` static address and we'll configure the host's interface to |
| access that address by configuring ``bt0`` with the complementary address |
| ``2001:db8::2``: |
| |
| .. code-block:: console |
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| # ip address add 2001:db8::2/64 dev bt0 |
| |
| Now we can ping the board's static address with: |
| |
| .. code-block:: console |
| |
| # ping6 2001:db8::1 |
| PING 2001:db8::1(2001:db8::1) 56 data bytes |
| 64 bytes from 2001:db8::1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=282 ms |
| |
| The IPSP sample includes builtin echo server for UDP and TCP on a port 4242, |
| which we can test with: |
| |
| .. code-block:: console |
| |
| $ telnet 2001:db8::1 4242 |
| Trying 2001:db8::1... |
| Connected to 2001:db8::1. |
| Escape character is '^]'. |
| test |
| test |
| test2 |
| test2 |
| ^] |
| telnet> quit |
| Connection closed. |
| |
| In the output above, first ``test`` line was typed, next was echoed back by |
| the board. Likewise for ``test2``. To quit telnet tool, type Ctrl+], then |
| "quit" at the prompt. |
| |
| As an alternative to using well-known networking tools above, and also to |
| test both TCP and UDP echo, you can use Zephyr's helper tool in the GitHub |
| ``zephyrproject-rtos/net-tools`` repository: |
| |
| .. code-block:: console |
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| $ echo-client -i bt0 <ip> |
| |
| .. note:: |
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| For hosts using kernels released before 4.12 CONFIG_NET_L2_BT_ZEP1656 |
| shall be selected: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/issues/3111 |