[Bluez-users] Automatically accepting pairing from a mouse?

[Bluez-users] Automatically accepting pairing from a mouse?

[Joe Emenaker]

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Please forgive the newbie question... I'm still a little new to how 
bluetooth devices interact.

I've got bluez-utils running on my debian laptop and I can use it to 
find my bluetooth mouse.
I can run "hcitool scan" and, provided that I've clicked the little 
"pairing" button on my mouse, the scan finds it.
Then, I can run "hidd --connect aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff" (not the actual hw 
address I use) and it connects!

However, I'd like to avoid having to open a konsole window and do this 
pairing every time I boot my laptop. Furthermore, the mouse I have likes 
to go to sleep after about 5-10 minutes of inactivity... at which point 
it requires pairing again.

It would be nice if I could just click the pairing button on my mouse 
and have the rest happen automatically.

In an attempt to do this, I've changed my "HIDD_OPTIONS=--master 
--server" to "HIDD_OPTIONS=-i aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff --server", but this 
doesn't seem to have done anything.

So now, I'm kinda stuck. I guess I'm looking for a bluetooth equivalent 
to "waproamd" for WiFi, where it periodically scans for available 
devices and connects to them if it has a configuration for it.

Is there anything in bluez-utils that does auto-scan-and-connect like that?

If not, what's the alternative? Do I have to find a mouse that can 
scan-and-connect from *it's* end?

Lastly, does anyone have any suggestions for a better mouse? My current 
one is pretty nifty, though. It has an on/off switch so that I can save 
batteries when the laptop is packed away. And it's a mini-style. But the 
timeout-sleep thing is just killing me....

- Joe

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Re: [Bluez-users] Automatically accepting pairing from a mouse?

[Marco Trudel]

Hello Joe

My suggestion for this is to write a little bash-script or something like 
that (but there might be a better solution). something like:

while [ 1 -eq 1 ] # endless loop
do
	# if mouse not connected, connect to it
	if [ `hcitool con | grep aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff | wc -l` -eq 0 ]
	then
		hidd --connect aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
	fi

	sleep 10 # wait 10s before checking again
done


regards
Marco

Joe Emenaker wrote:
> Please forgive the newbie question... I'm still a little new to how 
> bluetooth devices interact.
> 
> I've got bluez-utils running on my debian laptop and I can use it to 
> find my bluetooth mouse.
> I can run "hcitool scan" and, provided that I've clicked the little 
> "pairing" button on my mouse, the scan finds it.
> Then, I can run "hidd --connect aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff" (not the actual hw 
> address I use) and it connects!
> 
> However, I'd like to avoid having to open a konsole window and do this 
> pairing every time I boot my laptop. Furthermore, the mouse I have likes 
> to go to sleep after about 5-10 minutes of inactivity... at which point 
> it requires pairing again.
> 
> It would be nice if I could just click the pairing button on my mouse 
> and have the rest happen automatically.
> 
> In an attempt to do this, I've changed my "HIDD_OPTIONS=--master 
> --server" to "HIDD_OPTIONS=-i aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff --server", but this 
> doesn't seem to have done anything.
> 
> So now, I'm kinda stuck. I guess I'm looking for a bluetooth equivalent 
> to "waproamd" for WiFi, where it periodically scans for available 
> devices and connects to them if it has a configuration for it.
> 
> Is there anything in bluez-utils that does auto-scan-and-connect like that?
> 
> If not, what's the alternative? Do I have to find a mouse that can 
> scan-and-connect from *it's* end?
> 
> Lastly, does anyone have any suggestions for a better mouse? My current 
> one is pretty nifty, though. It has an on/off switch so that I can save 
> batteries when the laptop is packed away. And it's a mini-style. But the 
> timeout-sleep thing is just killing me....
> 
> - Joe


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Re: [Bluez-users] Automatically accepting pairing from a mouse?

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Joe,

> Please forgive the newbie question... I'm still a little new to how 
> bluetooth devices interact.
> 
> I've got bluez-utils running on my debian laptop and I can use it to 
> find my bluetooth mouse.
> I can run "hcitool scan" and, provided that I've clicked the little 
> "pairing" button on my mouse, the scan finds it.
> Then, I can run "hidd --connect aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff" (not the actual hw 
> address I use) and it connects!
> 
> However, I'd like to avoid having to open a konsole window and do this 
> pairing every time I boot my laptop. Furthermore, the mouse I have likes 
> to go to sleep after about 5-10 minutes of inactivity... at which point 
> it requires pairing again.
> 
> It would be nice if I could just click the pairing button on my mouse 
> and have the rest happen automatically.
> 
> In an attempt to do this, I've changed my "HIDD_OPTIONS=--master 
> --server" to "HIDD_OPTIONS=-i aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff --server", but this 
> doesn't seem to have done anything.

it is enought to edit /etc/default/bluez-utils to contain

	HIDD_ENABLED=1
	HIDD_OPTIONS="--server"

and then restart the Bluetooth subsystem. The next time your mouse will
reconnect and this will be handled by the running hidd.

> Lastly, does anyone have any suggestions for a better mouse? My current 
> one is pretty nifty, though. It has an on/off switch so that I can save 
> batteries when the laptop is packed away. And it's a mini-style. But the 
> timeout-sleep thing is just killing me....

Run the hidd and the timeout thing is no longer a problem.

Regards

Marcel




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Re: [Bluez-users] Automatically accepting pairing from a mouse?

[Joe Emenaker]

Marcel Holtmann wrote:

>it is enought to edit /etc/default/bluez-utils to contain
>
>	HIDD_ENABLED=1
>	HIDD_OPTIONS="--server"
>
>and then restart the Bluetooth subsystem. The next time your mouse will
>reconnect and this will be handled by the running hidd.
>  
>
I was so certain that this wasn't going to work that I was getting ready 
to step through the process and capture output from "hcitool" etc. to 
show you that it wasn't working when.... uh.... it worked. :)

Strangely, I had HIDD_ENABLED=1, and HIDD_OPTIONS="-i 00:0E:A1:01:FD:A7 
--server"

What was the "-i" option doing which made it not work?

- Joe


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