From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: Oli Ellis <oliver.ellis@ntlworld.com>
Cc: BlueZ Mailing List <bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] Extended functions of bluetooth keyboard (diNovo)
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 15:00:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1079791201.31859.35.camel@pegasus> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <405B55EE.8060602@ntlworld.com>
Hi Oli,
> kernel 2.6.4-rc1 with added mutibytes support (anyone know when that is
> coming as standard?)
it is part of 2.6.5-rc2.
> gentoo linux with cvs utils2 and libs2. All bluetooth kernel
> functionality compiled directly into the kernel, not as modules.
>
> I am using bthid daemon, which I presume feeds the events from the
> bluetooth stack into the kernel via the uinput device (correct me if I
> am wrong). However, the multimedia keys creates up a log messages from
> bthid - for example
> ---
> (press either mute button on keyboard or media pad)
> bthid[4128]: Unknown consumer usage 0xc00e3
> bthid[4128]: Unknown consumer usage 0xc0001
> bthid[4128]: Unknown consumer usage 0xc0001
> bthid[4128]: Unknown consumer usage 0xc0001
> ---
> Some messages are odder...
> ---
> (press sleep (crescent) button on keyboard)
> bthid[4128]: Unknown hid usage (0x10083 + 1)
> bthid[4128]: Sleep button pressesd (ignored)
> ---
> showkey reports no keycode or scancode, and obviously nothing in xev, so
> I am guessing that this is a limitation in bthid. Is bthid configurable
> in some way?
You have to fix bthid to send the correct key values to uinput. I have
no interest in doing it, but every patch is welcome.
> Also, does anyone know how to make the LCD panel on the media pad show
> what you want? The calculator is hard-wired into the pad, so is
> functional, but there is a 15 char X 3 line display and six LCD symbols.
> Would it be possible to send arbritrary HCI commands with hcitool? I
> have seen a rumour that it uses the hid++ spec, but where can I find
> this? (google no help...)
Once I had hacked this stuff, but I lost my notes and my demo code for
it. Check the mailing list archive if I had posted some comments about
the media pad.
Regards
Marcel
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