linux-bt-headset-connect

This tool should help keeping the connection to a Bluetooth headset alive.

It was developed and optimized for the use of

• Ubuntu 18.04 (running on a Lenovo T580)
• Bose SoundLink AE2

Requirements

See requirements.txt for list of requirements. Install via

pip3 install -U --user -r requirements.txt

How to use it

Configure headset

Add the your headset name and the headset MAC address into config.yaml

To get the infos in Ubuntu 18.04:

• connect your bluetooth headset in the bluetooth settings
• in the bluetooth settigs, click on your headset to get the needed infos, or use pactl list | grep -i device.*bluez -B 2

Calling the program directly

You can call the program via

./bt-headset-connect.py

If you want the program to run until you manually cancel it, run

./bt-headset-connect.py -k True

If you want to have it available everywhere, run

git clone https://github.com/SilverJan/linux-bt-headset-connect.git ~/dev/
echo "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/dev/linux-bt-headset-connect/" >> ~/.bashrc

Running the program as a daemon / on login

TBD

Debugging

Can be one via pacmd or pactl.

TODO: Find out the difference

Sources

The Bluetoothctl class mainly comes from https://gist.github.com/castis/0b7a162995d0b465ba9c84728e60ec01.

TODOs

[ ] Check for sound output sink (e.g. Speakers / Headphone (in GUI)), see https://askubuntu.com/questions/71863/how-to-change-pulseaudio-sink-with-pacmd-set-default-sink-during-playback/72076#72076