Input from EXTERNAL BLUETOOTH KEYBOARD as an EVENT???

[Rodrigo Marino]

Hello All!

I am using an external BLUETOOTH keyboard and I would like TASKER to recognize each keypress on it. E.g If I press "A" I want tasker to start an MP3 file and so on...

No clue how to configure the event section for that. Can anyone please help me?

Regards!

Rodrigo

[Matt R]

I don't think that's something Tasker can capture.  The buttons Tasker can trigger off are in the user guide and only include things like the camera button, long-press search, etc.

Matt

[Brandon Horwath]

Yes.

Use Bluetooth AutoConnect by Jakub Klos. In your State, net options while Bluetooth is on, and after connecting to your device(s) it will identify those for you.

[Matt R]

I don't think that plugin actually allows for detecting the key presses on the Bluetooth keyboard.

Matt

[Brandon Horwath]

Oh, sorry. No.

But, it will detect the connection as an event.

... missed that detail about the button press.

[lear peleg]

I believe headset button control works with cable headset, maybe if the button is media related it will work with bluetooth device too..
(kinda shooting a shot in the dark.. Never checked it out.. But it's worth a shot..)

[Brandon Horwath]

Lear,

The plugin AutoVoice recognizes Bluetooth device button presses for call and media.

[A Jolly]

Any way to recognize when enter or return is pressed on the bluetooth keyboard. 

[Matt R]

Still no.

Matt

[Steve Kaminski]

Funny you should ask. I have been looking for exactly the same thing. Couldn't find any thing.

So I'm trying to write a plugin that will do it. I'm not quite done yet. I can share it here.

By the way, I need this function so a press from a Muku Shuttr button will launch a Tasker task instead of taking a picture. The Shuttr device sends either an "enter" or "volume up" key press.

On Friday, August 9, 2013 7:58:58 AM UTC-4, Rodrigo Marino wrote:

[Andy Tait]

Steve,

Did you manage to write a plugin for the Shutter Button device? I would be very interested if you have.

Thanks

Andy

[Mustafa Hazrat]

I have just bought a small bluetooth controller that has a joystick and 4 buttons.  I would love to have these control different things on my phone.  It already takes a photo when I press one of the buttons but I would like to have other 2 control the zoom, and maybe other camera controls.  Please update if anyone has a solution to map bluetooth buttons in tasker.  Thanks!

Mustafa

[Mike Wilson]

This might help: (Requires the use of the AutoInput Tasker plugin.)

http://mikesgeneralblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/controlling-bluetooth-buttonsof-course.html

[Maurizio Rossi]

Hi I need to do the opposite. that is through an event of my choice I must press the key of the physical keyboard. Can it be done somehow?

[João Dias]

Did you try the Keyboard action in Tasker?

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[Matevz Leskovsek]

In my case autoinput plugin recognizes all BT keyboards that I've seen. My struggle currently is how to detect key combinations? The only way I can think of would be by setting a variable with first key and using that as condition but this just seems wrong. So can autoinput detect key combinations on external BT keyboards?

[João Dias]

Yes, you are correct. You should detect key down and up events separately and then set variables based on that. There's no built-in way for now, sorry.