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    Finding MAC address of Bluetooth keyboard ??

    I have a little BT keyboard that I want to use for a few experiments, and for them I will need to know its MAC address.

    So far, I've been trying hcitool and hidd but I get no results, even when running as root.

    Code:
    $ sudo hidd --search
    Searching ...
            No devices in range or visible
    
    $ sudo hcitool scan
    Scanning ...
    Yet I know that the BT keyboard is connected, because I'm using it to type those commands.

    Any ideas?
    Ubuntu 19.04 and Debian 9.11

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    Re: Finding MAC address of Bluetooth keyboard ??

    You can use bluetooth settings GUI and click on the keyboard name on the left side of the panel and it should show you the MAC
    Or you can do it in terminal
    Code:
    hcitool con
    This may result in multiple devices but it won't show the name, if you have multiple results use
    Code:
    hcitool name {BT MAC}
    And it will display the device name

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    Re: Finding MAC address of Bluetooth keyboard ??

    Quote Originally Posted by jeremy31 View Post
    Code:
    hcitool con
    Thanks, that got it for me.
    Ubuntu 19.04 and Debian 9.11

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