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 <ghesk...@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 <delop...@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 > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > -- ------------- No, I won't call it "climate change", do you have a "reality problem"? - AB1JX Cities are cages built to contain excess people and keep them from cluttering up nature. Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach