Re: FreeBSD won't see a specific bluetooth device

hi,
thank you for your reply!

I have tried your FreeBSD-BLE already :)

The question is: do you have plans to support keyboards?

best regards,
Dmitry

On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 5:35 AM Takanori Watanabe <takawata@init-main.com>
wrote:

>
> 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
> > >
>
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