[libhid-discuss] Can libhid be used to create a "virtual" Bluetooth device?
Xiaofan Chen
xiaofanc at gmail.com
Thu Feb 9 13:14:53 UTC 2017
On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 3:48 AM, Chip Wachob <wachobc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Very new to Linux and USB/BT.
>
> I have an interest in making a PC running Linux (specifically Ubuntu 16.04
> LTS) appear to be a BT device which other BT-enabled devices can pair with.
> I am most interested in having the PC appear to be a BT-enabled keyboard and
> transmit keypresses on the keyboard to the paired device.
>
> The PC has a USB BT dongle which I would use to accomplish this task.
>
> Is this something that can be done using libhid?
>
> If so, could you point me towards example code?
I am quite sure libhid can not do that.
> If not, is there another library that would be better suited for my task?
No idea. I believe this will be a difficult task. You may want to
ask in the linux-bluetooth mailing list.
http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-bluetooth
> Thank you in advance for your time,
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Xiaofan
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