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I bought a set of bluetooth speakers and I'm trying to connect to them via terminal. Via the GUI I can see them normally and I am connected to them. I want to make a small script so every time they are visible I would connect to them automatically.
This is not automatic, you manually have to trigger the command, but this is less overhead than continuously scanning in a script and it doesn't introduce an un-neccesary delay after powering up your bluetooth device, before it becomes discovered. You just trigger the script either in a terminal or via the keyboard shortcut.
I had a similar situation with some headphones I own that I constantly swap between my computer and phone. I created this bash script and placed it in a folder on my path so I can connect / disconnect from these headphones via the command line (and via a launcher I built). Here is the script that uses bluetoothctl to connect / disconnect. I used the MAC address in the question:
Which lists all of the added Bluetooth devices. I got a good start on this by following the directions from @Zippie's answer - bt-audio appears to have broken since this question was answered. But bt-device -l seems like a good solution. None of this will work if the device has not been added to your bluetooth devices. I just used the blueman applet to set that up.
Here is my way to proceed to connect to a HC-05 bluetooth device plugged on my arduino. It does not need to write a file like in Brian's answer, but the idea is similar. I've tested it with a baud 9600 rate setup on the HC-05 device.
I have just purchased a Square TERMINAL and want to use it at street fairs, etc. with connection to my iPhone 11 via bluetooth. I don't see an option to do that. The salesperson told me that I can connect the Terminal to my iPhone via bluetooth. Help!
@OTC Thanks for sharing and welcome to the Seller Community! The ability to have bluetooth for the Square Register and Square Terminal are both popular feature requests we are tracking and slowly working toward. I don't have any information on when this will be released, but we will always share our updates in relevant threads as well as in our release notes.
If you are using Sierra OS then you can voice activate it through Siri "Turn on bluetooth", or off for that matter. You had the option to set the keyboard shortcut when you installed Sierra. Otherwise control and space is the default/or via Spotlight.
I'm lucky that my mouse was immediately recognized (I'm sure there's ways to delve further once this has been stirred), allowing me to click things which were otherwise completely stymied (like "install"), through one short terminal command: blued . The Bluetooth daemon kicked up and gave MAC addresses for probably two devices I have currently battery powered, and around. Hope that helps others, rather than forcing us all to get/keep USB wired mice around, dust free, and in workable condition.
Right now, I'm accessing the on-board distro using wired network and ssh. This is fine as long as the thing lies on my desktop, but not when it is built into the robot to where it is targeted. I managed to establish a bluetooth connection using a cheap USB-BT adapter, but now I'm stuck with an rfcomm device and no clue on how to proceed.
What I would like most would be to have the virtual serial port provided by the bluetooth connection to behave just like the real serial port. So that I can log in using minicom (or something similar) and get full access to everything on the board.
When searching the web, all I could find were guides about how to set up dial-up networking with mobiles and similar topics, but nothing about a bluetooth console. Maybe I've just tried the wrong keywords.
I have a bluetooth serial link between my PC and my robot(beaglebone black).I'm very happy because I don't need anything more than a cheap Bluetooth USB dongle on the robot side to get a remote terminal. My PC also has its bluetooth.
Works just fine on a Macbook Pro running Lion (10.7.3) and Mac mini running Snow Leopard (10.6.8). You will get some errors if you switch off the bluetooth whilst a magic mouse is connected, it still works though :)
(I ran into the problem that I disabled bluetooth and then on the next system start I could not use the wireless keyboard anymore... so no logging in from the screen but I could log in via ssh. And it was not clear to me how to install software such as blueutil from the command line as suggested by @binarybob )
Now I am not going to re-invent the wheel on this one. I have already created detailed instructions in my Create a Wireless Console Server with Raspberry Pi Zero W. Please review that article in its entirety for the basic set up around the Raspberry Pi Zero W. This section of the article will focus on the divergence from the original article and focus on the steps to take to make your Raspberry Pi Zero W a bluetooth accessible console server.
Once the Raspberry Pi Zero W has successfully been connected to the Windows computer, a COM port needs to be identified for connectivity to the terminal server on the Raspberry Pi. To determine this, follow the instructions below:
Now if I remove the serial or USB adaptor and connect a bluetooth module, BluetoothTerminal will connect to that and I do see output on my phone from some other Serial.print statements i make in the program, but there is no reaction to any character I send from the BluetoothTerminal. The Serial port is set to 9600baud.
I dont think putting my entire code here adds anything as the majority of the code has nothing to do with the bluetooth input.
The same for publishing my circuit, it is just a bluetooth module connected to the FTDI, what difference does it make that there is an RTC and a transmitter attached to it.
Also, I said it is working fine on the normal serial port.
Thank you,
I think Paul suggested a bit more, but the drawing would just show a bluetoothmodule properly connected to the Tx/Rx pins of the Atmegachip. There is no problem including that, and I would have in any other case but it seems very superfluous . It is just Vcc to Vcc, Grnd to grnd Tx to Rx, Rx to Tx
I havent accidentally switched Tx and Rx and as my original question shows the Bluetooth module receiving, but I have attached a drawing. =sharing
I have tried the examples, that showed the same behaviour (no reaction to input). That doesnt really surprise me as it is the same code as I use, but it is good to know that the rest of my program doesnt cause the problem.
Checked connections again, especially the Tx (bluetooth) to Rx (Atmega), is OK.
As the small code in the examples is having the same behaviour as my program, I dont think my program is of importance in fault finding, other than that maybe bluetooth needs a different approach than the serial port.
I would suspect my bluetooth module, but that has always worked fine
PaulS:
You are in the minority, but I respect your right to not post your code.
Maybe it does; maybe it doesn't. As to how the bluetooth module is connected to the FTDI, in the absence of a schematic, I'll assume duct tape.
I'm not sure what this means. Looking at a schematic, I'd be sure.
Well I dont want to make it a debate, but as I followed the suggestion to try some examples, who had the same behaviour, it isnt my code.
I do not regularly duct tape components together and expect a good electrical connection. As I said in my original question, the terminal could connect to the bluetooth module, it wouldnt if the connection was wrong.
Thanks for your suggestion. I already solved the problem. Reinstall bluetoothmonitor.
I used the Tx and Rx because that seems the most opportune: as I dont use the serial monitor when the device is in operation.
I did try adding the picrure as attachment, but anything between the 'img' and '/img' tags just didnt show up
I am reading that over Bluetooth with the Bluetooth terminal on my android. Reception is fine, it was the transmission that didnt work. Reinstall of Bluetooth monitor did the trick.
For my device I need to connect Tx to Rx and vice versa
Thanks for yr reply
Reporting that I am also experienceing this issue. Fedora 34. Bluetooth works sometimes, but am currently unable to turn on/off. If I open the main settings window, the toggle switch will properly toggle, but it always says bluetooth turned off
When the pairing is start and connection with bluetooth and Passkey is display on bluetooth settings and I entered the passkey that is connected , and in bluetooth terminal they connected easily without asking passkey.
I want to print statements to terminal I/O in IAR workbench for 8051 in my sensor tag cc2541 project. I have written a printf statement inside the SensorTag_Init function in sensortag.c file as given below.
Not meaning to sound blunt, I appreciate it is my understanding of the BalenaIO OS at fault here but the guide is of no use for what I am trying to achieve and does not work to turn off bluetooth and wifi.
i can't find how i can change the status of my laptop bluetooth from terminal, i want to set it temporaly visible for a few seconds and then i want back it to hidden.
how i can do this from terminal? ( i don't use gnome, blueman, anything, only console).
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Hi, I hope this is the right place for this, as I was debating whether to go here or to the OSX forum. Anyhow, my primary Braille display is a Focus 40 Blue, but I have a HandyTech Actilino as well. I've been able to connect the Focus to my Mac Mini and MacBook Air using both USB and Bluetooth jus tine up to about a month ago. I had to send my Focus in for repair, so I went to the Actilino to satisfy my Braille needs. The Actilino connected via USB just fine, but not when I used Bluetooth. Sorry for the length of this, but here's what happens:
1. Open VoiceOver utility.
2. Select Braille from the categories list.
3. Select Displays tab.
4. Choose Add display.
RESULT: Actilino shows up on the list of displays, and you have the option to pair it.
5. Select Pair.
RESULT: VoiceOver announces a pairing code, that code also appears on the Actilino, and the Actilino asks if you want to accept the connection (Y/N).
6. Select Y on the Actilino.
RESULT: VoiceOver indicates the connection was successful and the Actilino shows connected, but within a couple of seconds, the status changes to not connected, and the only choice I have is remove. I CANNOT reconnect or use it at all via bluetooth.