Re: bt question
bluetoothctl's info feature can be useful to see what states devices
are in even if you're not pairing with them. Especially devices with
few buttons.
Yes there's a time limit because being discoverable is considered vulnerable.
On 9/26/20, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote:
> On Saturday 26 September 2020 06:48:11 Alan Corey wrote:
>
>> Bring your devices closer together at least until you get them paired.
>> BT doesn't have great range. There are covid tracing schemes which
>> figure if you got within BT range you're in danger. 20 feet or so
>> should be OK. Also heavy WiFi use disrupts it since they're both in
>> the same frequency band.
>>
>> A device may be discoverable only when it's first turned on but there
>> has to be a way. My ear buds have one button each and the LEDs flash
>> differently: red and blue instead of just red. It's easiest to start
>> with them all within reach until they're set up. Playing sound my ear
>> buds aren't 100% reliable 20 feet away. At one job a receptionist had
>> a BT headset, they worked within that room, not beyond. A niece had a
>> BT headset for hands-free driving on her cell phone, mostly didn't
>> work outside her car.
>>
>> With my ear buds a long press on the one button powers them on and
>> makes them discoverable for about 1 minute.
>
> I wasn't aware there was a time limit. Anyway, the transmitter the phone
> will need to pair with is about 3 weeks away, so I'll suggest we shelve
> this until that kit arrives.
>
>> On Sat, Sep 26, 2020, 4:22 AM deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Gene Heskett wrote:
>> > > Can anyone else contribute here?
>> >
>> > for the audio you may need the pulse bluetooth module package.
>> > pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
>
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
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