anyRemote - control PC with Bluetooth cell phone

## NAME

anyremote - control PC with Bluetooth/Wi-Fi cell phone

## SYNOPSIS

anyremote [-f file] [-s peer[,peer ...]] [-log] [-a]

[-fe port] [-u username] [-name SDP service name] [-password]

anyremote -h|-v

## DESCRIPTION

anyRemote is remote control software for applications using Bluetooth or WiFi.

It supports wide range of modern cell phones like Nokia, HTC, SonyEricsson, Motorola and others.

anyRemote was developed as thin "communication" layer between device with Bluetooth or WiFi support (which can be cell phone or tablet computer) and Linux PC.

In theory anyRemote could be configured to manage almost any kind of software.

anyRemote is console application, but in addition there are GUI frontends for Gnome and KDE.

## OPTIONS

### -h

print short help and exit

### -v

print version number and exit

### -f /path/to/configuration/file

By default anyremote will try to find and use $HOME/.anyremote.cfg, then ./.anyremote.cfg. It is possible to specify configuration file directly with -f option.

### -s peer[,peer ...]

where peer can be one of:

bluetooth:_channel_ (Server mode - bluetooth connection)

tcp:_port_ (Server mode - TCP/IP connection)

web:_port_ (Server mode - Web interface)

cmxml:_port_ (Server mode - XML services interface)

local:/dev/ircommX (Server mode - IR connection)

rfcomm:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:CC (AT mode - bluetooth connection,

where XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX is bluetooth device address and

CC is channel number - integer from 1 to 32)

/dev/ttyACM# (AT mode - cable connection)

/dev/ircomm# (AT mode - IR connection)

ilirc:_AF_LOCAL socket file_ (use with inputlircd)

stdin

Default peer value is bluetooth:19,tcp:5197,web:5080

It is possible to specify several peers for Server mode configuration files only.

It is possible to specify only single peer of web: or cmxml: type.

### -log

print verbose logging information to $HOME/.anyRemote/anyremote.log

### -a

reconnect automatically in case of connection failure, used only in AT mode

### -fe _port_

Work as backend for GUI frontend. Use specified port to connect to frontend.

### -name SDP_service_name

if bluetooth connection is used, allows one to specify SDP service name.

Default value for SDP service name is "anyRemote"

### -password

If this option is specified, then anyRemote will ask the client for the password.

Password phrase should be stored in $HOME/.anyRemote/password file in a plain text.

### -u|--user _username_

if started from root, allows one to set effective user ID to specified user

## AUTHORS

Mikhail Fedotov anyremote@mail.ru

http://anyremote.sf.net

## BUGS

If you find any bugs, please report to anyremote@mail.ru

## LICENCE

This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.