Re: FreeBSD won't see a specific bluetooth device

On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 07:22:40PM +0200, Dmitry N. Medvedev wrote:
> not resolved yet, but this is what a Kinesis employee said: the Advantage
> 360 Pro uses BLE.
> 
> I have used the hccontrol to do le_ scan and I can clearly see the keyboard
> in the list,
> but I have no idea on how to make it connect to my freeBSD host.
> 
> any help would be appreciated!
> 

I have a tool for userland and work with Bluetooth LE mouse based on bthidd,
but keyboard support is disabled.

https://github.com/takawata/FreeBSD-BLE

To recognize LE device.
1. scan LE device and think
2. invoke ./lepair ${BTHADDR} (-r option required if address is random address)
3. add hcsecd.conf in lesecd directory by copy-n-paste from lepair output.
4. ./lesecd 
3. in lehid directory, lehid -s ${BTADDR}

Then keyboard may be recoginzed, but will not do useful thing.



> On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 2:24 PM Dmitry N. Medvedev <
> dmitry.medvedev@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > good morning!
> >
> > *the context*:
> > 1. there is an HP Z420 desktop with FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE-p2
> > 2. there is a dell laptop with windows
> > 3. there is a macbook pro
> > 4. there is a bluetooth apple keyboard
> > 5. there is an Advantage 360 Pro bluetooth keyboard
> >
> > *the problem*:
> > using the *hccontrol -n ubt0hci inquiry* command I can list all the
> > bluetooth devices, but the Advantage 360 Pro.
> >
> > This I cannot understand. How can the said keyboard avoid being listed?
> >
> > I am struggling to pair the Advantage 360 Pro to my FreeBSD desktop.
> >
> > Literally any help/ideas/thoughts are welcome!
> >
> > With kind regards,
> > Dmitry N. Medvedev
> >
> > Tel.:
> >  +49 176 65213116
> >