[mythtv-users] PS3 remote wake-up (was MythTV 0.23rc1 upgrade experience)

[Richard Morton]

>> # Set a custom idle timeout (in minutes) for this device
>> IdleTimeout=1
>
> Although the comments state that the timeout is expressed in *minutes*,
> the code actually interprets it in *seconds*.
>
> However even with the timeout set to 1 second, my remotes (I have two
> frontends using the remotes) still reconnect at the next key press
> *without* having to take the battery out so this isn't your problem.
>
> Have you tried running the bluetoothd daemon manually without forking
> and showing debugging messages like this:
>
> # bluetoothd -n -d
>
> You should see sections of messages like this every time it connects,
> processes input and disconnects:
>
> bluetoothd[3373]: Processing PS3 device: 00:24:33:98:55:F6
> bluetoothd[3373]: [00:24:33:98:55:F6] Using timeout of 1 seconds
> bluetoothd[3373]: Creating timeout
> bluetoothd[3373]: Got key: 23 [1]
> bluetoothd[3373]: Got key: 23 [0]
> bluetoothd[3373]: Disconnecting device because of timeout
> bluetoothd[3373]: Input: disconnect
> /org/bluez/3373/hci0/dev_00_24_33_98_55_F6
> bluetoothd[3373]: Disconnecting PS3 remote
>
> Hopefully you output may have something that explains why it doesn't
> reconnect.

Thanks for this.
After I updated the timeout to 30seconds and all now seems to work and
logging looks very similar; strange it doesnt work correctly when set
to 1 (after leaving the remote alone for much more than a minute - but
under 10 minutes)

R