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ChannelId -1

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, node.js
Domain
embedded-iot

Research direction

Start with the failing call in node_modules/node-bluetooth/index.js at line 18 and the example call in script.js at line 17. Check how the channel value is supplied and verify the Bluetooth device and channel details; done means the example connects without the ChannelID error.

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Description

Hello there,

Whenever i try to run the example, this error comes up:
/home/pi/node-bluetooth/node_modules/node-bluetooth/index.js:18
const port = new BTSerialPortBinding(address, channel, function (err) {
^

TypeError: ChannelID should be a positive int value.
at Function.connect (/home/pi/node-bluetooth/node_modules/node-bluetooth/index.js:18:18)
at /home/pi/node-bluetooth/script.js:17:15

How can i solve this?

Greetings,
Bart

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