Re: Introducing BlueMaemo
Sorry it took me so long to respond, I've been busy.
I connected it to my machine (white MacBook) running 10.5.6, uh, normally.
FWIW, I hadn't previously paired the MacBook and the N810.
I just tried it again from scratch, and the steps to do so are as follows:
1. Turn bluetooth on on both devices. Set the N810 discoverable.
2. In the Mac Bluetooth menu (ie, from the menu bar) click "Set Up Bluetooth Device."
3. On the N810, start BlueMaemo.
4. On the Mac, it will ask what type of device. I chose "Any Device." It will search; choose the N810 and enter a passkey. Shortly, the passkey dialog should appear in front of BlueMaemo on the N810. Enter your passkey.
5. Click "Continue" on the Mac dialog box. It may ask you if you want to use the N810 as a headest (why?) or a remote control for the computer. I left remote control checked but unchecked headset.
I think that pretty much does it. The first time I did it (I think maybe I chose "Keyboard" instead of "Any Device") it went and asked me to hit the key to the right of the left shift and the left of the right shift (to which I pressed Z and ? on the N810 keyboard). This second time, starting again from scratch, it didn't, but both keyboard and mouse work fine.
To reconnect it, you have to first start BlueMaemo then click on the Mac Bluetooth menu and go N810 > Connect.
I hope this helps other Mac users out there to use this awesome program!
Thanks for writing it! It saved me buying an Apple Remote and it's WAY cooler...Now I just wish I could make my own layouts for it (I want one to control Logic/Garageband!).
EDIT - noticed one thing, not sure if this is normal or not. When in the Keyboard view with the onscreen keyboard and small mousing area, both OSK and N810 hard keyboard work. But in any of the other views (eg, the bigger mousing area view), the hard keyboard doesn't work. Is this just me? Or is this just how it works for the moment? If so, that would be a great improvement, so we 810 users could make the most of both screen and keyboard.
Last edited by phutterman; 2008-12-31 at 08:47.
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