isotestπŸ”—

ISO testingπŸ”—

Authors:
Version:

BlueZ

Copyright:

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

Date:

May 4, 2022

Manual section:

1

Manual group:

Linux System Administration

SYNOPSISπŸ”—

isotest <MODE> [OPTIONS] [bdaddr] [bdaddr1]…

DESCRIPTIONπŸ”—

isotest(1) is used to test Isochronous (CIS/BIS) communications on the BlueZ stack

MODESπŸ”—

-d, –dump=[FILE] Listen and dump incoming data

(CIS server/BIS broadcaster) and optionally save the contents to FILE.

-c, --reconnect

Reconnect (CIS client).

-m, --multiple

Multiple connects (CIS client).

-r, –receive=[FILE] Receive (CIS server/BIS broadcast receiver) and

optionally save the contents to FILE.

-s, –send=[FILE] Connect and send (CIS client/BIS broadcaster), can

optionally use contents from FILE.

-n, --silent

Connect and be silent (CIS client/BIS broadcaster).

OPTIONSπŸ”—

-b, --bytes=<SIZE>

Send or Receive packet size

-i, --index=<NUM>

Select the specified HCI device index. hciNUM is also acceptable.

-j, --jitter=<JITTER>

Socket jitter buffer.

-h, –help

-q, --quiet

Disables packet logging.

-t, --timeout=<USEC>

Socket send timeout.

-C, --continue

Continuously send packets starting over in case of a file.

-W, --defer=<SEC>

Enable deferred setup.

-M, --mtu=<SDU>

Socket QoS SDU.

-S, –sca/adv-interval=<SCA/INTERVAL>

Socket QoS CIS SCA/BIS advertising interval.

-P, --packing=<PACKING>

Socket QoS Packing.

PACKING

Description

0x00

Sequential

0x01

Interleaved

-F, --framing=<FRAMING>

Socket QoS Framing.

FRAMING

Description

0x00

Unframed

0x01

Framed

-I, --interval=<USEC>

Socket QoS Interval.

-L, --latency=<MSEC>

Socket QoS Latency.

-Y, --phy=<PHY>

Socket QoS PHY.

PHY

Description

0x01

LE 1M

0x02

LE 2M

0x03

LE Coded

-R, --rtn=<NUM>

Socket QoS retransmissions.

-B, --preset=<PRESET>

Socket QoS preset.

-G, –CIG/BIG=<ID> Socket QoS CIG/BIG ID.

-T, –CIS/BIS=<ID> Socket QoS CIS/BIS ID.

-V, --type=<TYPE>

Socket destination address type:

TYPE

Description

le_public

LE Public Address

le_random

LE Random Address

-e, --enc=<ENCRYPTION>

Socket QoS BIG Encryption

ENCRYPTION

Description

0x00

BIG unencrypted

0x01

BIG encrypted

-k, --bcode=<BCODE>

Socket QoS Broadcast Code

-N, --nbis=<NBIS>

Number of BISes to create as part of a BIG (BIS broadcaster) or to synchronize to (BIS broadcast receiver)

EXAMPLESπŸ”—

Unicast CentralπŸ”—

$ tools/isotest -s XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

Unicast Central connecting to 2 peers using CIG 0x01πŸ”—

$ tools/isotest -G 0x01 -s XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX YY:YY:YY:YY:YY:YY

Unicast PeripheralπŸ”—

$ tools/isotest -d

BroadcasterπŸ”—

$ tools/isotest -s 00:00:00:00:00:00

Broadcast Receiver using hci1πŸ”—

$ tools/isotest -i hci1 -d XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

RESOURCESπŸ”—

http://www.bluez.org

REPORTING BUGSπŸ”—

linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org