PyBlueBoard

Using Computer as Bluetooth Keyboard for Smartphone

Install

First install some packages with apt:

apt-get update apt-get install python-gobject bluez bluez-tools
python-bluez python-dev
python-pip bluez-utils bluez-compat bluetooth

Then this package with pip:

pip install evdev

Usage

You have to run this with root:

sudo ./pitooth.py -config

There are following command line arguments available:

config: Configure the Bluetooth Keyboard You can set the name for the bluetooth device and the input device (usually a keyboard). stop: Stops the Bluetooth Keyboard This restores the bluetooth config file. start: Starts the Bluetooth Keyboard Starts the listener, your computer is now visible to for the Smartphone, you can connect.

Known Problems

Under Ubuntu there are several daemons running, which are using bluetooth.

After you run config, there should be nothing listed when you run following:

sudo sdptool browse local

Tested Systems

This little program was successfully tested on following Systems:

• Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-43-generic x86_64 x86_64 x86_64

What could be improved?

• Argument evaluation while startup
• More testing
• Install Script (Makefile)
• More Exception Handling
• Change to Python3 (Bluetooth is missing)