[Bluez-users] Why do I have to pair my headset each time?

[Bluez-users] Why do I have to pair my headset each time?

[David Abrahams]

My cellphone remembers its relationship to my bluetooth headset, but
it seems the computer does not.  Is there some trick I'm missing?

TIA,

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Re: [Bluez-users] Why do I have to pair my headset each time?

[Thilo Riessner]

Am Dienstag, 10. Juli 2007 00:00 schrieb David Abrahams:
> My cellphone remembers its relationship to my bluetooth headset, but
> it seems the computer does not.  Is there some trick I'm missing?
>
> TIA,
Sounds like a similar problem I've had with my bluetooth mouse (see 
thread: "HP Bluetooth PC Card Mouse"). I solved it by starting the hidd with 
the following options:
--connect 00:02:76:00:D0:3E --master --server
(with your correct bluetooth address of course)
openSuSE 10.2 to starts the hidd during system boot with the arguments found 
in the variable HID_DAEMON_ARGS in the file /etc/sysconfig/bluetooth. I 
guess, other distributions have similar mechanisms. So you need not to set 
this options every time after a restart.

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Re: [Bluez-users] Why do I have to pair my headset each time?

[David Abrahams]

on Tue Jul 10 2007, Thilo Riessner <thilo-AT-riessner.de> wrote:

> Am Dienstag, 10. Juli 2007 00:00 schrieb David Abrahams:
>> My cellphone remembers its relationship to my bluetooth headset, but
>> it seems the computer does not.  Is there some trick I'm missing?
>>
>> TIA,
> Sounds like a similar problem I've had with my bluetooth mouse (see 
> thread: "HP Bluetooth PC Card Mouse"). I solved it by starting the hidd with 
> the following options:
> --connect 00:02:76:00:D0:3E --master --server
> (with your correct bluetooth address of course)
> openSuSE 10.2 to starts the hidd during system boot with the arguments found 
> in the variable HID_DAEMON_ARGS in the file /etc/sysconfig/bluetooth. I 
> guess, other distributions have similar mechanisms. So you need not to set 
> this options every time after a restart.

Yes, that's what I do with my mouse.  But I was under the impression
that the BT device (mouse in that case) had to be on at startup for
the above to work.  My headset is often not on, or not nearby.  Does
that make a difference?

-- 
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Boost Consulting
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Re: [Bluez-users] Why do I have to pair my headset each time?

[Thilo Riessner]

Am Freitag, 13. Juli 2007 23:19 schrieb David Abrahams:
> on Tue Jul 10 2007, Thilo Riessner <thilo-AT-riessner.de> wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, 10. Juli 2007 00:00 schrieb David Abrahams:
> >> My cellphone remembers its relationship to my bluetooth headset, but
> >> it seems the computer does not.  Is there some trick I'm missing?
> >>
> >> TIA,
> >
> > Sounds like a similar problem I've had with my bluetooth mouse (see
> > thread: "HP Bluetooth PC Card Mouse"). I solved it by starting the hidd
> > with the following options:
> > --connect 00:02:76:00:D0:3E --master --server
> > (with your correct bluetooth address of course)
> > openSuSE 10.2 to starts the hidd during system boot with the arguments
> > found in the variable HID_DAEMON_ARGS in the file
> > /etc/sysconfig/bluetooth. I guess, other distributions have similar
> > mechanisms. So you need not to set this options every time after a
> > restart.
>
> Yes, that's what I do with my mouse.  But I was under the impression
> that the BT device (mouse in that case) had to be on at startup for
> the above to work.  My headset is often not on, or not nearby.  Does
> that make a difference?
No, it works like you would expect to. No matter weather it is switched on by 
hand, or wakes up after a sleep, it works after a about 2 seconds.
Much luck

Thilo

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Re: [Bluez-users] Why do I have to pair my headset each time?

[David Abrahams]

on Mon Jul 16 2007, Thilo Riessner <thilo-AT-riessner.de> wrote:

> No, it works like you would expect to. No matter weather it is switched on by 
> hand, or wakes up after a sleep, it works after a about 2 seconds.

Thanks.  I hate to sound like a whiner who doesn't like editing
configuration files for this sort of thing but... well... I don't like
editing configuration files for this sort of thing.  Not that it's
hard, but is there a GUI out there that will make it easier?

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Re: [Bluez-users] Why do I have to pair my headset each time?

[Thilo Riessner]

Am Montag, 16. Juli 2007 16:14 schrieb David Abrahams:
> on Mon Jul 16 2007, Thilo Riessner <thilo-AT-riessner.de> wrote:
> > No, it works like you would expect to. No matter weather it is switched
> > on by hand, or wakes up after a sleep, it works after a about 2 seconds.
>
> Thanks.  I hate to sound like a whiner who doesn't like editing
> configuration files for this sort of thing but... well... I don't like
> editing configuration files for this sort of thing.  Not that it's
> hard, but is there a GUI out there that will make it easier?

I agree with you, there should be a better way to achieve this. But I didn't 
find it so long.

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Re: [Bluez-users] Why do I have to pair my headset each time?

[David Abrahams]

on Mon Jul 16 2007, Thilo Riessner <thilo-AT-riessner.de> wrote:

> Am Freitag, 13. Juli 2007 23:19 schrieb David Abrahams:
>> on Tue Jul 10 2007, Thilo Riessner <thilo-AT-riessner.de> wrote:
>> > Am Dienstag, 10. Juli 2007 00:00 schrieb David Abrahams:
>> >> My cellphone remembers its relationship to my bluetooth headset, but
>> >> it seems the computer does not.  Is there some trick I'm missing?
>> >>
>> >> TIA,
>> >
>> > Sounds like a similar problem I've had with my bluetooth mouse (see
>> > thread: "HP Bluetooth PC Card Mouse"). I solved it by starting the hidd
>> > with the following options:
>> > --connect 00:02:76:00:D0:3E --master --server
>> > (with your correct bluetooth address of course)
>> > openSuSE 10.2 to starts the hidd during system boot with the arguments
>> > found in the variable HID_DAEMON_ARGS in the file
>> > /etc/sysconfig/bluetooth. I guess, other distributions have similar
>> > mechanisms. So you need not to set this options every time after a
>> > restart.
>>
>> Yes, that's what I do with my mouse.  But I was under the impression
>> that the BT device (mouse in that case) had to be on at startup for
>> the above to work.  My headset is often not on, or not nearby.  Does
>> that make a difference?
> No, it works like you would expect to. No matter weather it is switched on by 
> hand, or wakes up after a sleep, it works after a about 2 seconds.

Made no discernable difference for me. :(

This is in my /etc/default/bluetooth:

  HIDD_OPTIONS="--connect 00:07:61:35:FE:A9 --connect 00:19:7F:21:EE:73 --master --server"

The mouse, which works, is 00:07:61:35:FE:A9.  The other one is the
headset, which I still have to explicitly pair with in order to
connect.

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Re: [Bluez-users] Why do I have to pair my headset each time?

[David Abrahams]

on Mon Jul 16 2007, Thilo Riessner <thilo-AT-riessner.de> wrote:

> Am Freitag, 13. Juli 2007 23:19 schrieb David Abrahams:
>> on Tue Jul 10 2007, Thilo Riessner <thilo-AT-riessner.de> wrote:
>> > Am Dienstag, 10. Juli 2007 00:00 schrieb David Abrahams:
>> >> My cellphone remembers its relationship to my bluetooth headset, but
>> >> it seems the computer does not.  Is there some trick I'm missing?
>> >>
>> >> TIA,
>> >
>> > Sounds like a similar problem I've had with my bluetooth mouse (see
>> > thread: "HP Bluetooth PC Card Mouse"). I solved it by starting the hidd
>> > with the following options:
>> > --connect 00:02:76:00:D0:3E --master --server
>> > (with your correct bluetooth address of course)
>> > openSuSE 10.2 to starts the hidd during system boot with the arguments
>> > found in the variable HID_DAEMON_ARGS in the file
>> > /etc/sysconfig/bluetooth. I guess, other distributions have similar
>> > mechanisms. So you need not to set this options every time after a
>> > restart.
>>
>> Yes, that's what I do with my mouse.  But I was under the impression
>> that the BT device (mouse in that case) had to be on at startup for
>> the above to work.  My headset is often not on, or not nearby.  Does
>> that make a difference?
>
> No, it works like you would expect to. No matter weather it is switched on by 
> hand, or wakes up after a sleep, it works after a about 2 seconds.
> Much luck

Thilo,

is there some test I can do to experience the difference you think I
ought to see once this is done?  Maybe my usual test (using skype)
couldn't work anyway, so I want to see if your suggestion made any
difference at all.

Thanks,

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
http://www.boost-consulting.com

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