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| - | Bluetooth keyboards are [[Fremantle_Unsupported_Bluetooth_profiles|not officially supported]] on the [[Nokia N900|N900]], that is Maemo [[Open development/Maemo roadmap/Fremantle|Fremantle]], but it is possible to get them working with some hacking. | + | Bluetooth keyboards are [[Fremantle_Unsupported_Bluetooth_profiles|not officially supported]] on the N900, i.e. Maemo Fremantle, but it's possible to get them working with some hacking. |
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| | == Devices == | | == Devices == |
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| - | {| class="wikitable sortable" | + | {| class="wikitable" |
| - | |+ Bluetooth keyboards
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| | ! Device | | ! Device |
| - | ! class="unsortable" | Product Link | + | ! Product Link |
| - | ! class="unsortable" | Success Reports | + | ! Success Reports |
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| | | iGo Stowaway Keyboard | | | iGo Stowaway Keyboard |
| - | | Amazon: [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002OKCXE] | + | | [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002OKCXE|Amazon] |
| | | [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=490813&postcount=29] | | | [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=490813&postcount=29] |
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| | | Nokia SU-8W | | | Nokia SU-8W |
| - | | Nokia: [http://www.nokia.co.uk/support/product-support/nokia-su-8w] | + | | [http://www.nokia.co.uk/support/product-support/nokia-su-8w|Nokia] |
| | | [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=490996&postcount=31] | | | [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=490996&postcount=31] |
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| - | | Neos BluSlim Bluetooth Compact Keyboard BTK-1
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| - | | Neos: [http://www.neos-world.com/]
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| - | | [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=613850&postcount=267]
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| - | | Rocketfish RF-BTKB2
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| - | | Rocketfish: [http://www.rocketfishproducts.com/pc-85-3-rocketfish-wireless-multimedia-bluetooth-keyboard-and-laser-mouse-blacksilverred.aspx]
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| - | | [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=659720&postcount=273]
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| - | | Apple Wireless Keyboard
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| - | | Amazon: [http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Wireless-Keyboard-Retail-Packaging/dp/B002TMRZOQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1277022601&sr=1-1]
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| - | | [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=722367#post722367]
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| - | | Leasun Electronic Technology MP-0118+
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| - | | [http://www.made-in-china.com/showroom/darian88/product-detailuoEmwfydbkWn/China-Bluetooth-Keyboard-MP-0118-.html] (bought off eBay)
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| - | | [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=730597&postcount=294]
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| - | | Logitech Cordless MediaBoard Pro(TM)
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| - | | Logitech: [http://www.logitech.com/en-us/keyboards/keyboard/devices/3616]
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| - | | Freedom Universal Bluetooth Keyboard 2 (German layout)
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| - | | Amazon: [http://www.amazon.de/Freedom-Universal-Keyboard-Smartphone-BlackBerry/dp/B004480ILA/]
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| - | | [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=905888&postcount=148]
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| | == Procedure == | | == Procedure == |
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| - | * Enable HID support as described [[Fremantle_Unsupported_Bluetooth_profiles|here]]. Note that the DisablePlugins line needs to be there, but it should not include the "input" keyword. | + | * Enable HID support as described [[Fremantle_Unsupported_Bluetooth_profiles|here]] |
| - | * As root, download the tar file from [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=441444&postcount=3 here] and extract it: | + | * As root, download the tar file from [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=441444&postcount=3|here] and extract it: |
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| | sudo gainroot | | sudo gainroot |
| - | cd /usr/share/X11/ | + | cd /usr/share/X11/xkb-chinook/ |
| | wget http://talk.maemo.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=5221 -O xkb-chinook.tar | | wget http://talk.maemo.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=5221 -O xkb-chinook.tar |
| | tar xf xkb-chinook.tar | | tar xf xkb-chinook.tar |
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| | cp -i xkb-chinook/symbols/us xkb/symbols/. | | cp -i xkb-chinook/symbols/us xkb/symbols/. |
| | cp -i xkb-chinook/geometry/pc xkb/geometry/. | | cp -i xkb-chinook/geometry/pc xkb/geometry/. |
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| - | * You need to know your keyboard ID
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| - | hildon-im-xkbtool --list
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| - | will show the device #
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| | * Every time the keyboard connects, you need to run setxkbmap: | | * Every time the keyboard connects, you need to run setxkbmap: |
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| | After running this command, press any key on the N900's internal keyboard, and you should be able to type numbers and symbols on the bluetooth keyboard. | | After running this command, press any key on the N900's internal keyboard, and you should be able to type numbers and symbols on the bluetooth keyboard. |
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| - | The Freedom Universal Keyboard 2 runs with EXTKBD (see below) version 1.3 out of the box. Just install EXTKBD via program manager and you will find the setup in "personalise" of the "settings" tool.
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| - | Other keyboards will run as well.
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| - | == Setting Layout Automatically ==
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| - | There is a python script written by jakoleh which seems to work. Copy it out of this post and save it as bluetooth-keyboard.py:
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| - | http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=525721
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| - | You need to set the KEYBOARDNAME, DEVICE, MODEL and LAYOUT parameters for your keyboard. To do this go to the /var/lib/bluetooth directory. There should be a directory there named after your device's bluetooth ID, such as "08:00:69:02:01:FC". Change into that directory and find your keyboard in the file called "names". For example:
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| - | 00:03:C9:3D:7D:B0 Think Outside Keyboard
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| - | In this case, you would set
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| - | KEYBOARDNAME = "Think Outside Keyboard"
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| - | DEVICE = "dev_00_03_C9_3D_7D_B0"
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| - | The MODEL and LAYOUT depend on your keyboard. For a standard 105-key layout, you might do:
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| - | MODEL = "pc105"
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| - | LAYOUT = "us"
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| - | Now open a terminal and run the command in the background like this:
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| - | python bluetooth-keyboard.py &
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| - | Now whenever you connect the keyboard it should automatically set the correct layout. It should also give you a helpful yellow notification message saying that the keyboard connected.
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| - | == Starting daemon script automatically ==
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| - | Put this in /etc/init.d/bluetooth-keyboard. You need to replace bluetooth-keyboard.py with the absolute path.
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| - | <source lang="bash">
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| - | #!/bin/sh
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| - | case "$1" in
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| - | start)
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| - | python bluetooth-keyboard.py &
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| - | ;;
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| - | stop)
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| - | kill $(ps ax | grep 'python bluetooth-keyboard.py' | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}')
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| - | ;;
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| - | restart)
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| - | echo "$0: not implemented"
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| - | exit 1
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| - | ;;
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| - | force-reload)
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| - | echo "$0: not implemented"
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| - | exit 1
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| - | ;;
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| - | *)
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| - | echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
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| - | exit 1
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| - | ;;
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| - | esac
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| - | </source>
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| - | Make it executable and hook into init system
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| - | chmod a+x /etc/init.d/bluetooth-keyboard
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| - | update-rc.d bluetooth-keyboard start 99 1 2 3 4 5 . stop 99 0 6
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| - | == Next steps ==
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| - | It would be nice to build a package to do all of this:
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| - | Here is first version of packaged version: [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=794981&postcount=319 BlueKlase].
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| - | Another approach is the package "[http://maemo.org/packages/view/extkbd/ extkbd]" (currently in [[Extras]]) which simplifies the usage of external keyboards. It has an UI to select keyboard layout and language. See [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=65577 this post] for some usage instructions on extkbd.
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| - | == References ==
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| - | * General procedure: [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=490777#post490777]
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| - | * DisablePlugins is required: [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=385463&postcount=3]
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| - | * Installing the tarball: [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=441137&postcount=1]
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| - | * Special copy commands: [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=490777#post490777]
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| - | * Script to automatically run the setxkbmap command: [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=525721#post525721]
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| - | [[Category:Bluetooth]]
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| - | [[Category:Fremantle]]
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