# How to add adress Bluetooth BlueZ Adapter **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-Topic\ **Tags:** bluetooth, add-ons1, openhab3\ **Created:** [September 15, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/how-to-add-adress-bluetooth-bluez-adapter/126530 "2021-09-15T08:47:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wannabe](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/wannabe/32/66162_2.png) [@wannabe](https://community.openhab.org/u/wannabe)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/how-to-add-adress-bluetooth-bluez-adapter/126530/1 "2021-09-15T08:47:14Z")
Where can I get this address from? ![tempsnip](https://community-openhab-org.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/7/4/7473bf8ac411fa24bb700c469c1c0d13fa01bac5.png) ---
**Author:** ![Sascha\_Billian](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/sascha_billian/32/17056_2.png) [@Sascha\_Billian](https://community.openhab.org/u/Sascha_Billian)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/how-to-add-adress-bluetooth-bluez-adapter/126530/2 "2021-09-15T16:50:34Z")
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**Author:** ![wannabe](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/wannabe/32/66162_2.png) [@wannabe](https://community.openhab.org/u/wannabe)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/how-to-add-adress-bluetooth-bluez-adapter/126530/3 "2021-09-17T07:37:53Z")
I tried to find the address but it’s not correct. I would like some advice that I can find. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_VG](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mark\_VG](https://community.openhab.org/u/Mark_VG)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/how-to-add-adress-bluetooth-bluez-adapter/126530/4 "2021-09-17T07:47:16Z")
That looks like the Bluetooth MAC address. Try search for how to find blouetooth mac address for your OS. ---
**Author:** ![wannabe](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/wannabe/32/66162_2.png) [@wannabe](https://community.openhab.org/u/wannabe)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 7:59am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/how-to-add-adress-bluetooth-bluez-adapter/126530/5 "2021-09-17T07:59:09Z")
![Capture](https://community-openhab-org.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/5/b5c31dc739a22085b3ab0b9c167e674ca0465be0.png) ![Capture](https://community-openhab-org.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/2/d/2d32213f290d1f7a3590d591672cec36dbf15703.png) Am I using this command right? ---
**Author:** ![Wolfgang\_S](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/wolfgang_s/32/52719_2.png) [@Wolfgang\_S](https://community.openhab.org/u/Wolfgang_S)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 8:06am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/how-to-add-adress-bluetooth-bluez-adapter/126530/6 "2021-09-17T08:06:27Z")
`hcitool dev` is the correct command. ---
**Author:** ![wannabe](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/wannabe/32/66162_2.png) [@wannabe](https://community.openhab.org/u/wannabe)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 8:10am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/how-to-add-adress-bluetooth-bluez-adapter/126530/7 "2021-09-17T08:10:23Z")
Why doesn’t the mac address show? ---
**Author:** ![Wolfgang\_S](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/wolfgang_s/32/52719_2.png) [@Wolfgang\_S](https://community.openhab.org/u/Wolfgang_S)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 8:21am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/how-to-add-adress-bluetooth-bluez-adapter/126530/8 "2021-09-17T08:21:16Z")
Here it does. What is the output of: ```php dmesg | grep -i blue ``` example output: ```php [8.040110] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22 [8.040262] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized [8.040951] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized [8.040977] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized [8.041020] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized [8.060161] Bluetooth: HCI UART driver ver 2.3 [8.060191] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol H4 registered [8.060357] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Three-wire (H5) registered [8.061847] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Broadcom registered [8.573682] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3 [8.573694] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast [8.573710] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized ``` What is the output of: ```php lsmod | grep -i blue ``` example output: ```php bluetooth 393216 24 hci_uart,bnep,btbcm ecdh_generic 16384 2 bluetooth rfkill 32768 6 bluetooth,cfg80211 ``` What is the output of: ```php ps -ef |grep -i [b]lue ``` example output: ```php root 549 1 0 Sep16 ? 00:00:00 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd ``` ---
**Author:** ![wannabe](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/wannabe/32/66162_2.png) [@wannabe](https://community.openhab.org/u/wannabe)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 8:33am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/how-to-add-adress-bluetooth-bluez-adapter/126530/9 "2021-09-17T08:33:24Z")
![1](https://community-openhab-org.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/9/c95ba2e013b5e676cc7fafef671793fe8beab648.png) The last command shows nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfgang\_S](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/wolfgang_s/32/52719_2.png) [@Wolfgang\_S](https://community.openhab.org/u/Wolfgang_S)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 9:56am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/how-to-add-adress-bluetooth-bluez-adapter/126530/10 "2021-09-17T09:56:03Z")
What is the output of following commands: ```php dpkg -l |grep -i blue cat /etc/os-release uname -a cat /proc/cpuinfo | tail -15 ``` Best would be if you could copy paste the text output instead of taking screenshots as it is easier to read text than screenshots. Do you want to use the internal bluetooth ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community-openhab-org.s3-eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/6/6a52f2ac5d00e4c7b50471a354b3a9221188be90.png) [@system](https://community.openhab.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/how-to-add-adress-bluetooth-bluez-adapter/126530/11 "2021-10-29T01:56:13Z")
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