The following are instructions for connecting a Bluetooth device for serial communication on Arch Linux using BlueZ 5.31.
The following packages are required:
bluez
:bluetoothd
bluez-utils
:bluetoothctl
,rfcomm
(especially while expanding)
Warning: The exact commands may not match for your particular linux OS / Synology(NAS) device. I had to customize the commands after exploring my particular system's setup.
If you're new to linux, or this is a new piece of hardware / a new synology device, jump down to the section called "Inspecting a setup"