2015-07-04, 20:19
(2015-07-04, 19:54)RobNJ Wrote: As far as the PS3 remote goes, it seems the brand new batteries died in it. I'm confused how IdleTimeout of 600 (it says that value is minutes not seconds) would not wind up draining the batteries?Did you check that the session had been terminated after the idle timeout period had expired (by, for example, running bluetoothd in foreground)?
As a result of running the 'patch' command it patches ~/bluez-4.101/input/input.conf which then includes the comment that the idle timeout is in seconds. And that is borne out by testing. When I measured it, the power consumption of one of the newer Sony PS3 remote controls (that takes two AAA batteries) was 14 mA when connected and 0.05 mA when in standby. So provided bluetoothd disconnects the session then the remote control goes into standby, and draws about 280 times less power than when connected.