How do I get headset button events without .btscorc?

How do I get headset button events without .btscorc?

[Dave Schile]

I have searched all over the place and can't figure out how to do this.  I
have a bluetooth headset connected to twinkle softphone.  There are
commands available to send to twinkle, but with the new bluez drivers
(without btsco) I don't know how to get the button event.  Can anyone help
me?

Thanks,
David

How do I get headset button events without .btscorc?

[Dave Schile]

Hello.
I figured this one out all  on my own!  Here is a script in python that
uses dbus to get the bluetooth headset button press.  I think it might be
helpful to add this to the wiki.

<pre>

def handler(sender=None):
	os.system ('/usr/bin/twinkle --cmd answerbye') # <- that's the part
specific to twinkle
import dbus, os,  gobject
from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop
DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
bus = dbus.SystemBus()
bus.add_signal_receiver(handler, signal_name="AnswerRequested")
loop = gobject.MainLoop()
loop.run()

</pre>

Dave

How do I get headset button events without .btscorc?

[Dave Schile]

I screwed up the posting of this and made it part of a totally unrelated
thread.  So, Im posting it agin so that people might see it in proper
order.  Sorry.  I'm new at mailing lists.

I figured this one out all  on my own!  Here is a script in python that
uses dbus to get the bluetooth headset button press.  I think it might be
helpful to add this to the wiki.

<pre>

def handler(sender=None):
        os.system ('/usr/bin/twinkle --cmd answerbye') # <- that's the part
specific to twinkle
import dbus, os,  gobject
from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop
DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
bus = dbus.SystemBus()
bus.add_signal_receiver(handler, signal_name="AnswerRequested")
loop = gobject.MainLoop()
loop.run()

</pre>

Dave

Original message:

I have searched all over the place and can't figure out how to do this.  I
have a bluetooth headset connected to twinkle softphone.  There are
commands available to send to twinkle, but with the new bluez drivers
(without btsco) I don't know how to get the button event.  Can anyone help
me?

Thanks,
David

Re: How do I get headset button events without .btscorc?

[Dave Schile]

> I screwed up the posting of this and made it part of a totally unrelated
> thread.  So, Im posting it agin so that people might see it in proper
> order.  Sorry.  I'm new at mailing lists.
>
> I figured this one out all  on my own!  Here is a script in python that
> uses dbus to get the bluetooth headset button press.  I think it might be
> helpful to add this to the wiki.
>
> <pre>
>
> def handler(sender=None):
>         os.system ('/usr/bin/twinkle --cmd answerbye') # <- that's the
> part
> specific to twinkle
> import dbus, os,  gobject
> from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop
> DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
> bus = dbus.SystemBus()
> bus.add_signal_receiver(handler, signal_name="AnswerRequested")
> loop = gobject.MainLoop()
> loop.run()
>
> </pre>
>
> Dave
>
> Original message:
>
> I have searched all over the place and can't figure out how to do this.  I
> have a bluetooth headset connected to twinkle softphone.  There are
> commands available to send to twinkle, but with the new bluez drivers
> (without btsco) I don't know how to get the button event.  Can anyone help
> me?
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
>
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hello,

After further work on this, I find that it's not working exactly right. 
The python code above gets the signal correctly, but that doesn't help
when you are trying to answer a call.  Terminating a call works fine,
because you are connected, but when a call is ringing in, there is no
connection so the signal event never is called.  Anyone know of a way to
make this work?

Thank you,
Dave