BlueZ bluetoothctl on Raspbian Jessie, connecting a Raspberry Pi to a Sphero

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When trying to connect to a Sphero (from Orbotix) through Bluetooth, on a Raspbian Jessie fully updated:

  • if I do (being root, with Sphero paired and trusted)

    # bluetoothctl [bluetooth]# connect {sphero-mac-address} [CHG] Device {sphero-mac-address} Connected:yes [CHG] Device {sphero-mac-address} Connected:no

    As you can see the connection fails

  • but if I do instead

    # rfcomm connect /dev/rfcomm0 {sphero-mac-address} Connected /dev/rfcomm0 to {sphero-mac-address} on channel 1

The connection succeeds, and the Sphero appears connected in bluetoothctl also, afterwards.

What do I do wrong with bluetoothctl connect?

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1 Answers

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i have the same phenomenom on raspberry pi 3 Jessie when i forgot to do pulseaudio --start before bluetoothctl