Can a BT phone turn on the Mac's BT?
Can a BT phone turn on the Mac's BT?
- Subject: Can a BT phone turn on the Mac's BT?
- From: David Freels <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:38:30 -0400
Occasionally I've set up my 15" G4 PB to give a presentation and
whipped out my SE T637 to control things only to discover the
Bluetooth on the Mac is not on--so I have to go over to the Mac and
turn it on. I've always wanted to turn on BT on the Mac with the T637.
I've noticed that if I turn on BT on the phone and then have the
phone search for a device, during the search the BT indicator on the
phone shows the two arrowheads that are on during a BT connection. If
no connection is made to another BT device, the arrowheads disappear.
A signal to connect is sent by the phone during this time, and I
wonder if the search time when the arrowheads are showing doesn't
create a window of opportunity for the phone to launch a "switch" on
the Mac to turn on BT if the Mac's BT isn't already on.
I have a couple of Applescripts that can switch BT on and off. One
goes through System Preferences; one goes through the menu bar.
If BT on the Mac is on and BT on the phone is on, but they're still
not connected, a brilliant person once posted on the Salling Clicker
forums how to get them connected. See
http://www.salling.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2668&highlight= .
I use this set-up frequently and just wonder if there's a way to use
Clicker/Romeo or just the phone itself to go one step further to
actually turn on the Mac's BT to begin with.
Thanks.
--
David Freels
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