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====== Pair Bluetooth Controllers - manual setup ====== | ====== Pair Bluetooth Controllers - manual setup ====== | ||
- | You need to establish a [[access_the_batocera_via_ssh|SSH connection]] or a terminal windows with keyboard to accomblish this further. You can connect your bluetooth controller manually by doing some commands step by step. | + | First ensure that Bluetooth is enabled on your device. First, the line '' |
- | Get started by typing '' | + | Establish an [[: |
Now you are in the Bluetooth control unit. Type following commands and confirm every single one with '' | Now you are in the Bluetooth control unit. Type following commands and confirm every single one with '' | ||
- | | + | < |
- | default-agent | + | agent on |
- | power on | + | default-agent |
- | scan on | + | power on |
+ | scan on | ||
+ | </ | ||
Now set the controller in pairing mode! This strongly depends from your [[: | Now set the controller in pairing mode! This strongly depends from your [[: | ||
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[CHG] Controller 90: | [CHG] Controller 90: | ||
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+ | ===== Batocera is automatically pairing a device I don't want it to! ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Some devices out there break Bluetooth protocol and are always in " | ||
+ | |||
+ | To work around this, it is possible to pair to only strictly pads. Put your controller into its pairing mode and then run the following: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | batocera-bluetooth trust-pad | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Batocera will explicitly only search for and connect to Bluetooth controllers. This may take a while as it methodically goes through, parses and accepts/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | [root@RPI3-BATOCERA / | ||
+ | Pairing 8BitDo M30 gamepad... | ||
+ | Trusting 8BitDo M30 gamepad... | ||
+ | [root@RPI3-BATOCERA / | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Bluetooth controller can now be used with Batocera. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Conversely, the same can be done to connect strictly to audio devices: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | batocera-bluetooth trust-audio | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | --> Blacklisting a device in Batocera v33 # | ||
+ | |||
+ | <WRAP center round important> | ||
+ | The functionality of this has been supplanted by '' | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | There might be some device that is perpetually in pairing mode that you don't want your Batocera machine to connect to (such as your neighbor' | ||
+ | |||
+ | In order to do this via SSH, run the following command: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | batocera-bluetooth blacklist <device address> <device name> | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | For example: | ||
+ | |||
+ | FIXME | ||
+ | |||
+ | To show a list of all the currently blacklisted devices: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | batocera-bluetooth list_blacklistable | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | To remove a device from the blacklist: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | batocera-bluetooth unblacklist <device address> | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | <-- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Using batocera-bluetooth ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | <WRAP center round todo> | ||
+ | Still needs further investigation/ | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | batocera-bluetooth list Print the list of currently trusted and saved Bluetooth devices. | ||
+ | batocera-bluetooth trust Scan for and trust a new, randomly(?) selected device. Good luck! | ||
+ | batocera-bluetooth trust-pad | ||
+ | batocera-bluetooth trust-audio | ||
+ | batocera-bluetooth starttrust | ||
+ | batocera-bluetooth stoptrust | ||
+ | batocera-bluetooth remove <device address> | ||
+ | batocera-bluetooth save Saves the newly trusted device to memory. | ||
+ | batocera-bluetooth restore | ||
+ | batocera-bluetooth live_devices | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | --> v33 specific commands# | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | batocera-bluetooth list_blacklistable | ||
+ | batocera-bluetooth blacklist <device address> <device name> | ||
+ | batocera-bluetooth unblacklist <device address> | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | <-- | ||
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