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Originally Posted by Brock View Post
but i have one question left. is it possible to use the arrow keys of the pc remotely?
some postings above is the solution:

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The windows key is already there, but there's no way to assign it via the UI, but you can edit /etc/bluemaemo/bluemaemo.conf and assign "win" to the key that you wish(look at the PS3 confs).
in this config file you can use nearly every pc key and link it to a button at bluemaemo.

BUT: you don't need to edit the config file at all. most of the keys you can change in bluemaemo. in each application there is a button named "Settings" where you can allocate the keys.

(the config file is only needed if the key or combination isn't available/possible in the settings-window)
 
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VDVsx, is BlueMaemo and its dependencies optified?
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Originally Posted by D-Iivil View Post
Okay.. so far I've tried to get my N900 and one of my two PC-machines to work with BlueMaemo and I cannot make it work. BlueMaemo won't just connect to PC as keyboard & mouse.

After I've paired the devices within the BlueMaemo and see how the device and it's services looks like in Windows I get this list (see the attachment). As you can see the drivers for keyboard, mouce etc isn't checked and if I check it and hit apply it unchecks itself after few seconds.

Anyone has any ideas?

Edit: my phone & BlueMaemo works just fine with Mac Pro on my studio, but I'd prefer to make it work with my home PC so I could remote control movies, tv etc while sitting on the coach There's not much use for remote control when running only ProTools :-D

Edit #2: forum seems to scale the image so small it's unreadable, so here's the image in larger format (click):
Win 7 seems to have some issues with the BT HID profile that BlueMaemo uses, I can't help since I don't have a Win 7 machine, but some users already found the 'perfect setup', maybe they can share it
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Originally Posted by Brock View Post
i will try bluemaemo tonight when i am at home to test a trick how it could work with windows 7... friend of me had successfully connected his n900 with his pc with this trick... (disabling the wrong entrys in the device manager)

but i have one question left. is it possible to use the arrow keys of the pc remotely?

i am using a symbian smartphone with the app "controlfreak" from mtvoid (mtvoid.com) to remotecontrol my pc and i often use the arrow keys while watching a movie with winamp and with the arrow keys i can easily move inside the movie and make it louder...

about controlfreak: controlfreak is a "must have" app for me, i have brought my old smartphone 2 times, just to use this app... it can STREAM YOUR DESKTOP TO THE PHONE (works great with movies too), let you zoom in and out easily and let you move your mouse or use the arrow keys and special functions of some media player too...

especially the desktopstream is something i would love. it should be like vnc, but over bluetooth (already opened an enhancment report (#8061) at bugzilla for that
You can assign the arrow keys to any button, at the moment they are a bit hidden in the third screen of the keyboard but they are there
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Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
VDVsx, is BlueMaemo and its dependencies optified?
BlueMaemo is, the deps aren't (I'm not the maintainer).
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Originally Posted by VDVsx View Post
Win 7 seems to have some issues with the BT HID profile that BlueMaemo uses, I can't help since I don't have a Win 7 machine, but some users already found the 'perfect setup', maybe they can share it
yeah have it working with both of my Win 7 x64 machines.

My laptop I got it pared only one time with the stock bluetooth drivers from MS, to make it work easy I had to change my drivers to Bluesoleil and now I can pair it every time without fail. Even the 2MB data limit trial is good enough for using remote functions for a long time (2mb limit resets every time you start the program)

On my desktop I have a nice usb bluetooth receiver that uses the Toshiba BT stack, I downloaded the newest drivers for it but it seems to not be working at all... not just with my N900 but my other stuff too, so some kind of issue there but I still got it to connect today with stock MS drivers by doing this:

First I paired the N900 and the computer not in BlueMaemo just normally, under the "my bluetooth devices" you will see the N900 there and it will look like a phone.

Then start up Bluemaemo and use the option to receive a connection. You will then suddenly see the already paired N900 change from a phone icon into a keyboard one, because its now a HID device.

So instead of trying to pair again, all I did was right click the keyboard icon select properties and then used the "view avilible services" tab. You should see the HID device service there unchecked, by checking it, almost right away I heard the "new hardware" beeps and it was connected and working without having to pair it again and bluemaemo was on the main screen ready to use.

So you can probably get it working with any setup but if you have some extra $$$ the most problem free solution is probably bluesoleil I think its like $20 for a year.
 
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Originally Posted by ViciousXUSMC View Post
First I paired the N900 and the computer not in BlueMaemo just normally, under the "my bluetooth devices" you will see the N900 there and it will look like a phone.

Then start up Bluemaemo and use the option to receive a connection. You will then suddenly see the already paired N900 change from a phone icon into a keyboard one, because its now a HID device.

So instead of trying to pair again, all I did was right click the keyboard icon select properties and then used the "view avilible services" tab. You should see the HID device service there unchecked, by checking it, almost right away I heard the "new hardware" beeps and it was connected and working without having to pair it again and bluemaemo was on the main screen ready to use.
This didn't work for me. As soon as I tick the HID-devices under services-tab and hit ok it installs the hid-drivers and then disconnects the hid-drivers automaticly (ie. the hid-service is unticked when I open the services-tab again).

BlueSoleil-drivers doesn't seem to work in x64 Win7 with my bt-dongle, it just says "no hardware" :-/
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Originally Posted by D-Iivil View Post
This didn't work for me. As soon as I tick the HID-devices under services-tab and hit ok it installs the hid-drivers and then disconnects the hid-drivers automaticly (ie. the hid-service is unticked when I open the services-tab again).

BlueSoleil-drivers doesn't seem to work in x64 Win7 with my bt-dongle, it just says "no hardware" :-/
There is a VERY high chance it will work with some modifications. When bluesoleil was rather new its list of supported devices was smaller and both of my laptops were not supported, however in both cases I got it to work by manually editing the .inf file for the installer to include the codes for my bluetooth device.

Chances are you can do the same and have it work for you.

I write a mini guide on this long ago for my EEE 1000H you should be able to follow it and see how to apply it for your device:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=303559
 
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Originally Posted by ViciousXUSMC View Post
There is a VERY high chance it will work with some modifications. When bluesoleil was rather new its list of supported devices was smaller and both of my laptops were not supported, however in both cases I got it to work by manually editing the .inf file for the installer to include the codes for my bluetooth device.

Chances are you can do the same and have it work for you.

I write a mini guide on this long ago for my EEE 1000H you should be able to follow it and see how to apply it for your device:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=303559
Well, I actually already tried to edit the .inf -files manually but I still cannot force Windows to install the drivers for the dongle.

Forcing driver install was successfully with another X86 Win7 -machine, but BlueMaemo didn't work with that neither. Device got disconnected after one or two seconds I had paired it with the computer.

Maybe I should try to find another BT-dongle (different chip inside) for my computer?
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Originally Posted by D-Iivil View Post
Well, I actually already tried to edit the .inf -files manually but I still cannot force Windows to install the drivers for the dongle.

Forcing driver install was successfully with another X86 Win7 -machine, but BlueMaemo didn't work with that neither. Device got disconnected after one or two seconds I had paired it with the computer.

Maybe I should try to find another BT-dongle (different chip inside) for my computer?
If you willing you can try a different one, not sure where your problem lies though so that may not be the solution.
 
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