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Introduction

This page is created to provide configuration files for Sony Ericsson (and any other) phones that support remote control over bluetooth using HID. Other mobile phones can try the [[1]] project .

Devices

Following Sony Ericsson provide this functionality. <
> D750, K320, K510, K530, K550, K600, K610, K660i, K700, K750, K790, K800, K810, K850, S500, S700, T650, V800, W300, W550, W580, W600, W610, W660, W700, W710, W800, W810, W830, W850, W880, W900, W910, Z520, Z525, Z530, Z550, Z558, Z610, Z710, Z750, Z800 <
> {i} Please refer to your handset's manual for usage instructions.

Solutions

There several possibilities to get remote controller functionality under Linux. First of all there is the the Linux port of the [server] and its clients, secondly there is the [[2]] project, thirdly there is [[3]], and of course there is the possibility to use the better documented remote controller of your own phone. This page is primarily about this third alternative.

Installation and Configuration

• Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)

Install package 'bluez-utils' using your favourite package manager. Edit file /etc/default/bluez-utils.

sudo cp /etc/default/bluez-utils /etc/default/bluez-utils_backup
sudo nano /etc/default/bluez-utils

Look for the following line:

HIDD_ENABLED=0

Change it to:

HIDD_ENABLED=1

Certain phones require the following options line:

# -D (nosdp) special hack for 700i and similar phones
# -Z (nocheck) also needed in the setup procedure
HIDD_OPTIONS="--master --server -D -Z"

Restart bluetooth services:

sudo /etc/init.d/bluez-utils restart

One this is done your PC is set to use HID services. Now you need to transfer remote control (.hid) files to your phone. Install package 'gnome-bluetooth' using your favourite package manager. Send .hid file to your phone (replace btaddr with appropriate value for your phone):

gnome-obex-send -d btaddr /path/to/<filename>.hid

The phone firmware detects this file as remote control file and automatically sets it up. Depending on the phone the profile is now accessible along with default profiles.

• Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty) 7.10(Gutsy)

Right, this is deadly simple. It allows your mobile to take control of the mouse and provide some keyboard functionality as well. first install bluez-utils, there may be some dependancies

sudo apt-get install bluez-utils

next lets find your phone via ol' bluetooth

sudo hcitool scan

and you'll get a MAC address and identifier

00:11:22:AA:BB:CC  MyPhonesName

copy the MAC address and do the following

sudo hidd --connect 00:11:22:AA:BB:CC

but with your phone's MAC address, this should bring a mesage up on your phone "allow *** to access remote control?", click yes and select 'Desktop'. woohoo you can control the mouse (as well as tab and windows key and a few other things depending on you model of sony ericsson) it sucks a bit if you have to do this everytime you want to use ur mobile, and so....back to the terminal

sudo hidd --server

and now you can connect your phone from your phones remote control menu option ( usually entertainment>>remote control ) Note: If hidd --server does not work for you, you can try adding your phones's MAC address in /etc/default/bluetooth or /etc/default/bluez-utils file in HIDD_OPTIONS like HIDD_OPTIONS="--connect 00:11:22:AA:BB:CC --master --server"

• Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy)

Follow the instructions from Feisty and Gutsy. There seems to be some problems with the

sudo hidd --server

command because it commonly tosses out this error message.

Can't listen on HID control channel: Address already in use

We are looking into that! At this point you will have to

sudo hidd --connect 00:11:22:AA:BB:CC

use that command continuously to connect. Also you could try these steps, copied from BluetoothInputDevices 1. Go to System > Preferences > Bluetooth or right-click on the Bluetooth applet and choose Preferences.

1. Under "Mode of operation" choose "Visible and connectable for other devices"
   1. Change to the Services tab, there will be a list of Available services. On that list, click once on Input service.
   2. Put your input device in "pair" or "connect" mode. This is usually done with a physical button on or under the device.
   3. In the Input Devices section, click "Add". A new window will appear with the input devices visible (in this example, a mouse).
      1. Mouse: Click on the mouse to choose it and click "Connect". A confirmation message will appear and the device should be connected.
         1. Keyboard: Click on the keyboard to choose it and click "Connect". It will prompt you to enter a password. Enter any password in the dialog, e.g. "1234", and then enter the exact same password on the keyboard, followed by Enter, and the device should be connected.

{{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothRemoteControl?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Screenshot-CreateDevice.png%7D%7D There is no need to modify any configuration files manually when using Ubuntu 7.10 or Ubuntu 8.04. Send .hid file to your phone (gnome-obex-send is deprecated):

bluetooth-sendto

See [forum post] for more information on Bluetooth HID remote control in Ubuntu Feisty.

• Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

hidd is by default missing in 8.10 (see [Report]). By now it can be installed through the compatibility package:

apt-get install bluez-compat

You may have to remove a bluetooth plugin to get the hidd server to function. I quote from http://www.adamish.com/blog/ Back to the problems with HID. My phone simply won't connect, I just get messages (on the phone saying) Bluetooth connection failed. Check Bluetooth settings on other decice. Bluetooth on. Device visible. Device in range. It seems the new bluetooth system has a HID daemon built-in. This is in the form of an 'input' plugin. I have found by deleting this file, and running the legacy hidd program supplied in bluez-compat that I'm able to use my phone

# remove input plugin (it won't work with my phone)
rm  /usr/lib/bluetooth/plugins/input.so
# Restart the bluetooth daemon
/etc/init.d/bluetooth stop
/etc/init.d/bluetooth start
# Load the legacy HID daemon (hidd)
hidd --server
# Now I can connect my mobile phone !! 
echo "Happy days"

Everything else seems to be as described for 8.04.

• Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)

I've tested this on Ubuntu 9.04 and it worked out-of-the-box for me!

1. Download your desired .hid file as below.
2. Ensure both your phone and computer have Bluetooth turned ON and that they are both discoverable (in GNOME, go to Bluetooth icon Preferences -> select "Always visible" or "Temporary visible").
3. Right click on your downloaded .hid file, then go to "Send To", choose Bluetooth (OBEX Push), and select your phone from the Bluetooth discovered device list. (Your phone should ask you if you want to use the new remote control file, and it should ask you which computer to connect to -- choose your computer and away you go. DONE. At least that's how nicely it worked for me using Ubuntu 9.04 with my Sony Ericsson K800i without any problem.)<
   >

• Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)

Works out-of-the-box. See instructions for Ubuntu 9.04. <
>

Configuration files

The bluetooth remote control configuration file for Sony Ericsson is a tar archive with extension as .hid <
> The tar file contains two files <
> a) an image containing visual representation of key mappings. <
> b) A XML descriptor with extension .kcf that defines key mappings. <
> The format of XML descriptor is defined at the Sony Ericsson developer site in a Developers Guidelines PDF document that is included in the installer for the [Remote Control tool]. The document can also be downloaded directly [[4]]<
> The key codes for HID are defined at [website]

Example configurations

By default there are some configurations provided with the phones. Some work with Linux while others do not. <
> Following table lists the remote control configuration files specifically made for Linux applications.

				Bluetooth Remote Configuration Files
Application	Phone	File	Created By	Notes
TvTime	K660i, K750i (Not tested with other phones)	[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothRemoteControl?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=TvTime.hid%5D%5D%7C%7CRefit Gustaroska (gustaroska at gmail dot com)	Number button as channel number, star(*) for window mode or fullscreen, hash(#) for mute and unmute sound, volume side key for controling sound volume
Totem	K660i, SE K700i, K750i, W610i, W880i (Not tested with other phones)	[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothRemoteControl?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Totem1.hid%5D%5D%7C%7Cfrandavid100 (frandavid100 at gmail dot com)	I have tried to map as much commands in Totem as possible to phone keys (ex. DVD Menu, Fullscreen). Please let know if you have any comments or suggestions
amaroK	K660i, SE K750i, W580i, W810i (Not tested with Other phones)	[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothRemoteControl?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Amarok.hid%5D%5D%7C%7C-- V7 <<DateTime(2007-02-08T23:15:36Z)>>	You may have to modify the configuration file if you have changed Amarok's Global Shortcuts.
Amarok	K800i (not tested with other phones, but should work)	[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothRemoteControl?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Amarok.zip%5D%5D%7C%7CFlittermice (flittermice at gmx dot at)	This HID file is based on the amaroK configuration above, therefore it should work with the phones mentioned above. Maybe you have to size down the background image because I reworked it for the resolution 240x320. I added both a "thumbs up" and a "thumbs down" button for the possibility to increase and decrease a song's rating. The ZIP file contains the source files and instructions on how to install the "rating" function.
MPlayer	SE K700i, K750i, W810i (Not tested with other phones)	[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothRemoteControl?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=MPlayer.hid%5D%5D%7C%7CSzasz Pal (space at spacesoftwarestudio dot com)
XMMS	SE K750i (Not tested with other phones)	[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothRemoteControl?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=XMMS.hid%5D%5D%7C%7CSzasz Pal (space at spacesoftwarestudio dot com)
Rhythmbox	K660i, SE K700i, K750i, W610i, W710i, W880i (Not tested with other phones)	[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothRemoteControl?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Rhythmbox1.hid%5D%5D%7C%7Cfrandavid100 (frandavid100 at gmail dot com)
Banshee	SE K700i, K750i (Not tested with other phones)	[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothRemoteControl?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Banshee.hid%5D%5D%7C%7Cadam (dot) lofts (at) gmail (dot) com	Volume control does not work since Banshee lacks the keybindings
Banshee	SE z770i (Not tested with other phones)	UbuntuHelp:Banshee2.hid	tthorb (at) gmail (dot) com	I changed the Gnome shortcut to CTRL-ALT-Z?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=X to get Volume control to work since Banshee lacks the keybindings
Elisa	SE K700i, K750i, W610i, W710i, W880i (Not tested with other phones)	[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothRemoteControl?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Elisa.hid%5D%5D%7C%7Cfrandavid100 (frandavid100 at gmail dot com)
Ubuntu	K660i, SE K700i, K750i, W580i, W610i, W710i, W880i (Not tested with other phones)	[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothRemoteControl?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Ubuntu.hid%5D%5D%7C%7Cfrandavid100 (frandavid100 at gmail dot com)	This works extremely well and is meant for use with the ubuntu desktop! I was even able to control volume with no additional setup!
XBMC	K550i (Not tested with other phones)	[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothRemoteControl?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=XBMC.hid%5D%5D	Peter Gyongyosi (gyp (at) impulzus (dot) com)	Some functions could not be bound to default XBMC keyboard bindings so some changes were needed for volume and context menu, see the keyboard section of [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothRemoteControl?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Keymap.xml%5D%5D for an example
XBMC	Profiles for phones with resolutions 176x208, 176x220, 222x296, 240x320 (tested on W890i), 480x640, 600x800	UbuntuHelp:XBMC_remote_profiles.zip	Kim (krosenbohm (at) gmx (dot) net)	Primarily for music, but also video playback. Contains .svg file adapted from UbuntuHelp:Template222x296 and a [[http:?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=%2Fxbmc.org%2Fforum%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D37336%26page%3D3%7Cshamelessly ripped XBMC logo]] so you can create your own profiles. Some icons were taken from the [[http:?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=%2Ftango.freedesktop.org%2FTango_Desktop_Project%7CTango project]]. If a .hid file isn't working, please repack with tar on Linux: Rename .jpg file with proper resolution to HD-layout.jpg and pack into a .tar file together with Remote.kcf.
OpenOffice Impress	K750i,W300i (Not tested with other phones)	Download [[5]].	Stani (spe.stani.be on gmail)	This is a meta package with HID files for OpenOffice Impress, VLC, Amarok, Kaffeine and KDE Desktop. The OpenOffice Impress works fine. I've tested the VLC player but not all keys did work as expected. (Note from Carey O'Shea: The VLC keys should be fine -- the only thing I think that is stopping them working properly all the time is a WxWidgets bug, see here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/vlc/+bug/2772 (ie. disable the "Embed video in interface" option under WxWidgets in VLC options under Interfaces and restart VLC, your video should be in a different window to the VLC controls, but at least your keyboard shortcuts should work properly from then on -- works for me.)

Misc

Keymap image templates can be found here: [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothRemoteControl?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Template176x220%5D%5D [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothRemoteControl?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Template222x296%5D%5D so that it is easy to create visual representation for key mappings. <
> Please note that this template was made according to SE K700i screen resolution and may not fit for other phones.

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