Hi, The following pages have provided me with some headway: both hcitool and gattool are available on Fedora. In case this is helpful to anyone.
https://www.jaredwolff.com/get-started-with-bluetooth-low-energy/ I also needed the following: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38086761/error-while-connecting-to-ble-device-using-gatttool So, I can access the information. Now to see if I can do something with it, that is program it. Ranjan On Sat, 17 Aug 2019 08:42:19 -0500 Ranjan Maitra <mai...@email.com> wrote: > Dear friends, > > Apologies for the OT, but I have a cheap smartwatch that is conceptually > bluetooth accessible and also charges via a USB dongle. I would like to > access it from my Fedora 30 system and see if I can change settings, get > information from my desktop. > > I use blueman-manager to pair the device. The device is paired fine in the > sense that it shows up on the blueman-manager and also the connected icon is > visible on the device, however what do I do to access the files? Also, when I > go away and come back, the manager says that it is connected, but the > connected icon on the device is not visible anymore so I can not make > anything out of this connection, or if it was even legit in the first place. > > Secondly, when I plugin through USB, the battery starts charging as it > should, but lsusb shows up nothing beyond what it does when it is not plugged > in. Is it possible to access this smartwatch through USB? > > I am totally new to playing with this so would like some advice/suggestions > if possible. > > Many thanks and best wishes, > Ranjan > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
