hciemu
emulates a Bluetooth HCI device
TLDR
Start HCI emulator
$ sudo hciemu
Emulate specific device$ sudo hciemu -d [vhci]
Set device name$ sudo hciemu -n [TestDevice]
Verbose output$ sudo hciemu -v
SYNOPSIS
hciemu [options]
DESCRIPTION
hciemu emulates a Bluetooth HCI (Host Controller Interface) device. It creates virtual Bluetooth adapters for testing.
The tool is useful for Bluetooth protocol testing and development. It enables testing Bluetooth applications without physical hardware.
PARAMETERS
-d DEV
Device type to emulate.-n NAME
Device name.-v
Verbose mode.-h
Display help.
CAVEATS
Requires root or Bluetooth permissions. Testing tool only. Part of BlueZ.
HISTORY
hciemu was developed as part of BlueZ, the official Linux Bluetooth stack, for testing and development purposes.
SEE ALSO
hciconfig(1), hcitool(1), bluetoothctl(1)