Re: [Bluez-devel] HIDclient: Using a Bluez PC as virtual Bluetooth keyboard and mouse

["Collin R. Mulliner" <collin@betaversion.net>]

Cool, but do I read right - it only supports REPORT mode? =


My HID keyboard (http://www.mulliner.org/bluetooth/xkbdbthid.php) so far
only supports BOOT mode... I allways wanted to implement report mode.


Collin

On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 21:51 +0200, Anselm Martin Hoffmeister wrote:
> Hello list,
> =

> with this posting I publish a software that mimicks a Bluetooth HID
> (keyboard and mouse combo device) on a Linux PC. Thus you can
> remote-control other Bluez-equipped PCs, Widcomm-stack equipped windows
> boxes, and basically any machine that knows how to talk to Bluetooth
> keyboards in non-boot-protocol mode.
> =

> Source code is GNU GPLd, and can be found on
> http://www.hoffmeister-online.de/bluez/hidclient-20060725.tar.bz2
> =

> Short instructions (for root users):
> Download the file and unpack it
> # wget -q
> http://www.hoffmeister-online.de/bluez/hidclient-20060725.tar.bz2
> # tar -xjvf hidclient-20060725.tar.bz2
> =

> Run make and copy the hid-sdp-record.bin into /etc/bluetooth/
> =

> Make sure bluez is installed (else the "make" will most probably fail
> anyway) and the SDP daemon is running (which it should by default).
> =

> Change to a Linux textmode console (e.g. Ctrl+Alt+F1) and run
> ./hidclient
> from there. Then, startup the other machine and discover the "HID"
> service available on your virtual-HID box. Connect to it.
> =

> Move the mouse, touch the keyboard, enjoy.
> =

> Hint: The bluetooth connection can be interrupted by pressing "Pause",
> the program can be aborted altogether with LeftCtrl+LeftAlt+Pause
> =

> Beware, all keyboard and mouse input will simultaneously be read by your
> virtual-HID computer as well! That's why running hidclient from a
> textmode console is a good idea.
> =

> Code history: Developped as a practical work during the "Networks"
> course at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universit=E4t, Bonn, Germany in
> 2004/2005 for the Nokia-supported, GPLd, Affix Bluetooth stack.
> Ported in July/2006 to bluez, several code cleanups and improvements.
> =

> Questions welcome.
> =

> Regards
> Anselm
> =

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