Blu-Link PS3 Remote for Android
#1
I have an MK808B which is running XBMC for Android. I have the Blu-Link PS3 Universal Remote, but I can't seem to get it to pair with the device. It finds it while scanning for Bluetooth devices, but it's not pairing. Does anyone know if there's something I can do to get it to pair, and then get it to work in XBMC? The remote also has infrared if anyone knows whether or not the MK808B is compatible with an infrared adapter. Sorry if this post is in the wrong section, this is my first post here.
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#2
I have the same question--different Android device, but essentially the same need.
Anyone have any insight to share?

It seems like the blu-link can be used to control XBMC in a Windows environment with PS3BluMote or similar software, but I can't find anything that works on Android.
Any help would be much appreciated!
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#3
Since release Android OS has not been bundled with a standardized Bluetooth stack. This has contributed to the compatibility issues that one will encounter depending on the device in question.

This will all change with the release of Android 4.3 however as Google as adopted a standard. If your manufacture opts to provide an update to this build it is very likely that the issue will be resolved.

Edit: this is nothing more than educated guess based on my extensive knowledge of Android. Without having worked with the MK808 myself I can not definitively say that this is the root cause of the problem you're experiencing.
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#4
I have tried to get an off brand ps3 remote the SMK-Link PS3 Bluetooth remote working with some mixed success.

The issue is that in the default pairing setup the android bluetooth stacks expects all devices to have a PIN. this bluetooth device is one of the few no pin devices on the market that will not take 0000 or 1234 as a default pin. You are intended to pair with the device by providing no pin and just trusting the device.

Using the command line tool https://code.google.com/p/androidobex/do...me=hcitool htitool to interogate the bd remote and https://code.google.com/p/androidobex/do...?name=hidd hidd to actually join the remote to my Ouya. However because there isn't an input handler for this device no keymap loads and the device doesn't show as an input. As nothing connects to the device I guess the BT stack drops the connection 60 seconds after.

What I have not tried is to build https://code.google.com/p/bdremote-ng/wiki/README bdremote-ng for android to see if I can get it to connect to the remote and hold the connection. If that works I would need to source a lirc daemon for android and somehow get it to send events to the android core as an input device to simulate key presses.
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