<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 8:14 AM, Xiaofan Chen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:xiaofanc@gmail.com" target="_blank">xiaofanc@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 3:48 AM, Chip Wachob <<a href="mailto:wachobc@gmail.com">wachobc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello,<br>
><br>
> Very new to Linux and USB/BT.<br>
><br>
> I have an interest in making a PC running Linux (specifically Ubuntu 16.04<br>
> LTS) appear to be a BT device which other BT-enabled devices can pair with.<br>
> I am most interested in having the PC appear to be a BT-enabled keyboard and<br>
> transmit keypresses on the keyboard to the paired device.<br>
><br>
> The PC has a USB BT dongle which I would use to accomplish this task.<br>
><br>
> Is this something that can be done using libhid?<br>
><br>
> If so, could you point me towards example code?<br>
<br>
</span>I am quite sure libhid can not do that.<br>
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> If not, is there another library that would be better suited for my task?<br>
<br>
</span>No idea. I believe this will be a difficult task. You may want to<br>
ask in the linux-bluetooth mailing list.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-bluetooth" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://vger.kernel.org/vger-<wbr>lists.html#linux-bluetooth</a><br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
> Thank you in advance for your time,<br>
<br>
<br>
</div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">--<br>
Xiaofan<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Thank you Xiaofan and Ian.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">It was a toss up for me as to which place to start. I'll go and check with the folks at Bluetooth and see if they can help.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Ian, I followed that link and some of those references I've already looked into. I've been trying to get HIDClient working but there seems to be some sort of disconnect between the SDP registration for the program and the USB Bluetooth adapter. That was partly what lead me to USB for starters.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Hopefully the Bluetooth group doesn't send me back to HID.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Thank you everyone for your replies<br><br><br></div></div>