hid2hci(1)

hid2hci1

Bluetooth hid to hci mode switching utility

Usage

hid2hci [OPTIONS]

Overview

hid2hci(1) is used to set up switch supported Bluetooth devices into the HCI mode and back.

Options

--mode=[mode] Sets the mode to the device into. The possible values

for mode are hid, hci.

--method=[method] Which vendor method to use for switching the device.

The possible values for method are csr, csr2, logitech-hdi, dell.

--devpath

Specifies the device path in /sys

--help

Gives a list of possible options.

Resources

<http://www.bluez.org>

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9–11
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. Arch

--devpath since Debian 12 (Bookworm).

Reporting bugs

<[email protected]>

Author

Marcel Holtmann <[email protected]>

From bluez-hid2hci 5.87-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.