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Posts: 21 | Thanked: 7 times | Joined on Sep 2007 @ California
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the reason i made it scan for available devices is the level of user interaction required (i wanted to make it wife proof if you know what i mean :P), you would have to edit the program i wrote to add your MAC manually.. or i'd have to do alot more programming to have you enter it in when the program starts the first time.. much easier for the user to just click something and have it be good to go rather than going through a bunch of crap to get it to work, (which is what this program was supposed to eliminate in the first place..) but i understand your point

i figured if you guys tell me your bluetooth names i can add them to the list of names it attempts to connect to first, in effect it would always connect to your device first.. and be available for other users of your type of device..

also the likelyhood of multiple devices being present is probably pretty low unless you're in a geek conference or airport or something, most of the time we'll probably be by ourselves in the middle of nowhere essentially and just have ours available anyway.

the location of the script is /usr/bin/whitejack.rb and its pretty well commented so just look for the spot where i have the Whitejack_bt_names variable, and add yours to the list.. (add a comma and your bluetooth name in double quotes.) but i ask if its a default name, post it here and i'll add it to the deb so everyone can use it

oh another option is change your bluetooth name on your phone to "Whitejack" and it'll be on the top of the list.. dunno how much you guys care about your originality of bluetooth names ;p

thanks for the input and keep it coming, put this thing through the ringer and tell me what probs come up.. we'll fix em asap