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IOBluetoothDeviceMBS class

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
class Bluetooth MBS Bluetooth Plugin 18.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No Desktop, Console & Web
An instance of IOBluetoothDevice represents a single remote Bluetooth device.

An IOBluetoothDevice object may exist independent of the existence of a baseband connection with the target device. Using this object, a client can request creation and destruction of baseband connections, and request the opening of L2CAP and RFCOMM channels on the remote device. Many of the other APIs in the IOBluetooth framework will return this object, or it's C counterpart (IOBluetoothDeviceRef).
This is an abstract class. You can't create an instance, but you can get one from various plugin functions.

Link Types

Constant Value Description
kBluetoothACLConnection 1 ACL Connection
kBluetoothESCOConnection 2 ESCO Connection
kBluetoothLinkTypeNone 255 None set
kBluetoothSCOConnection 0 SCO Connection

Bluetooth Page Scan Modes

Constant Value Description
kBluetoothPageScanModeMandatory 0 Mandatory
kBluetoothPageScanModeOptional1 1 Optional 1
kBluetoothPageScanModeOptional2 2 Optional 2
kBluetoothPageScanModeOptional3 3 Optional 3

Bluetooth Page Scan Period Modes

Constant Value Description
kBluetoothPageScanPeriodModeP0 0 P0
kBluetoothPageScanPeriodModeP1 1 P1
kBluetoothPageScanPeriodModeP2 2 P2

Bluetooth Page Scan Repetition Modes

Constant Value Description
kBluetoothPageScanRepetitionModeR0 0 R0
kBluetoothPageScanRepetitionModeR1 1 R1
kBluetoothPageScanRepetitionModeR2 2 R2

Encryption Modes

Constant Value Description
kEncryptionDisabled 0 Encryption Disabled
kEncryptionForBothPointToPointAndBroadcastPackets 2 Encryption for both point to point and broadcast packets.
kEncryptionOnlyForPointToPointPackets 1 Encryption only to point to point packets.

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The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS Bluetooth Plugin.


IOBluetoothDeviceInquiryMBS   -   IOBluetoothDeviceSelectorControllerMBS


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