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<div dir="auto">Bluetooth on Linux is a joke and a complete waste of time. It needs to be ripped out, trashed, and completely rewritten from scratch. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">P</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir='auto'><br></div>
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<div dir="auto">On 26 May 2023 23:42:26 Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="auto">I'm trying to connect my laptop (running xubuntu 23.04 to a bluetooth</div>
<div dir="auto">device, basically the device is a remote control 'slave' device, no</div>
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<div dir="auto">Running bluetoothctl and doing 'scan on' shows me a couple of other</div>
<div dir="auto">local bluetooth devices (a TV and an audio player) but no sign of the</div>
<div dir="auto">device I want.</div>
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<div dir="auto">However if I can connect my 'phone to the device successfully and,</div>
<div dir="auto">when I do, bluetoothctl sees *lots* of devices. There seems to be a</div>
<div dir="auto">new device for each remote control 'command'.</div>
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<div dir="auto">So when I run bluetoothctl I see:-</div>
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<div dir="auto"> chris$ bluetoothctl</div>
<div dir="auto"> Agent registered</div>
<div dir="auto"> [bluetooth]# scan on</div>
<div dir="auto"> Discovery started</div>
<div dir="auto"> [CHG] Controller 00:28:F8:3D:3B:AE Discovering: yes</div>
<div dir="auto"> [NEW] Device 70:54:B4:63:84:1B TOSHIBA TV</div>
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<div dir="auto">Then, when I connect my phone to the remote controlled device and send</div>
<div dir="auto">it some commands I see the following sort of thing from bluetoothctl:-</div>
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<div dir="auto"> [NEW] Device 60:6D:B1:DA:6A:62 60-6D-B1-DA-6A-62</div>
<div dir="auto"> [NEW] Device 73:26:97:F3:0D:85 73-26-97-F3-0D-85</div>
<div dir="auto"> [NEW] Device 53:2D:8A:ED:7C:DA 53-2D-8A-ED-7C-DA</div>
<div dir="auto"> [NEW] Device 58:28:FD:4E:B9:65 58-28-FD-4E-B9-65</div>
<div dir="auto"> [DEL] Device 60:6D:B1:DA:6A:62 60-6D-B1-DA-6A-62</div>
<div dir="auto"> [DEL] Device 73:26:97:F3:0D:85 73-26-97-F3-0D-85</div>
<div dir="auto"> [NEW] Device 7E:5E:F0:D3:5E:0D 7E-5E-F0-D3-5E-0D</div>
<div dir="auto"> [DEL] Device 53:2D:8A:ED:7C:DA 53-2D-8A-ED-7C-DA</div>
<div dir="auto"> [DEL] Device 58:28:FD:4E:B9:65 58-28-FD-4E-B9-65</div>
<div dir="auto"> [DEL] Device 7E:5E:F0:D3:5E:0D 7E-5E-F0-D3-5E-0D</div>
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<div dir="auto">Each 'NEW' seems to correspond to a particular command.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Can anyone explain this and, even better, tell me how I can control</div>
<div dir="auto">this device from my laptop using bluetooth?</div>
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<div dir="auto">Chris Green</div>
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