hidclient - Bluez 5 / Systemd

This specific fork is for compatibility with Bluez version 5. The target system is Ubuntu 18.04, but this may work for more recent versions. The program will remain almost identical to the original, but the instructions to run it will differ.

This setup specifically works for a Ps4, as you need the Pause key to act as the PS Button - this has been changed to Scroll Lock in this fork, check line 802 if you would like to edit it

One time setup

1. Enable bluetoothd, probably via sudo systemctl enable bluetooth and ensure it's been started
2. Edit /etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.bluez.service and perform the following change:

ExecStart=/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd
                   |
                   V
ExecStart=/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd  --compat -P input

3. Restart the systemd daemon with sudo systemctl daemon-reload
4. Compile the hidclient with make, you may need to install libbluetooth-dev

Notes

• --compat enables the use of sdptool
• -P input seems to be the only way to disable the input plugin in Bluez 5

Helper script

DEFINITELY use launch.py to automate connecting/pairing to your host - make sure to alter to your needs as it will NOT work ootb

Pairing

Read example.sh to see an example of approximate steps to run this program and things that must happen on your Bluetooth stack for this to work. You must be able to run the program, while also having control of an input device so that you may pair either through bluetoothctl (discoverable on + default-agent), or something like Blueman

Running

Use essentially the same steps as above, just instead of attempting to pair, manually connect. This is easy with bluetoothctl, and can be automated with echo "xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx" | bluetoothctl