community-sdk/doc/Connecting on Ubuntu and Debian.md

Connecting Emotiv device via USB dongle on Ubuntu 14.04/15.10 and Debian 8.3

Install HID configure for Emotiv USB dongle

sudo cp etc/udev/rules.d/70-emotiv.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/`
sudo service udev restart

Then plugin the USB dongle, you should see the flashing green light and it is ready to be connected to an Emotiv headset.

Connecting Emotiv device via BTLE on Ubuntu 14.04/15.10 and Debian 8.3 with BlueZ library

Install and configure lastest bluez

Build bluez

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev libdbus-1-dev libudev-dev libical-dev libreadline-dev
mkdir -p ~/tmp/bluez && cd ~/tmp/bluez
wget -c https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/bluetooth/bluez-5.37.tar.gz
tar -xvzf bluez-5.37.tar.gz
cd bluez-5.37/
./configure --disable-systemd --enable-threads --enable-library
make

Configure

• Add EnableGatt = true to file /etc/bluetooth/main.conf
• Backup then edit file /etc/dbus-1/system.d/bluetooth.conf, remove 1 from all the lines, such as:

`<allow send_interface="org.bluez.Agent1"/>` to `<allow send_interface="org.bluez.Agent"/>`

`<allow send_interface="org.bluez.GattDescriptor1"/>`  to `<allow send_interface="org.bluez.GattDescriptor"/>`

Run bluez service and test connection

Stop old bluez service

sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth stop

Start new bluez

sudo ./src/bluetoothd -n -E --plugin=audio

Test connection

Open other terminal and run bluetoothctl. Use following commands to test connection:

• List available Bluetooth adapters

  [bluetooth]#list

• Power on Bluetooth adapter

  [bluetooth]#power on

• Set Bluetooth adapter discoverable

  [bluetooth]#discoverable on

• Set Bluetooth adapter pairable

  [bluetooth]#pairable on

• Tell Bluetooth adapter to scan Bluetooth devices

  [bluetooth]#scan on

List and connect to device

• List all available bluetooth devices

  [bluetooth]#devices

• Get device info

  [bluetooth]#info [MAC_Address]

  Each Emotiv device has a specific service UUID 81072f40-9f3d-11e3-a9dc-0002a5d5c51b

• Connect to an Emotiv device

  [bluetooth]#connect [MAC Address]

Now you can run the SDK or app on Ubuntu - enjoy!

Using graphical view

To use the graphical view instead of command line, run d-feet & then select /org.bluez/hci0/[MAC_Address]