Bluetooth keyboard?

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Hello all, is anyone using a bluetooth keyboard with the uconsole? Which one? Which os are you using? Is it easy to set up? Thanks

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you need to use any which has ā€˜windows/android modeā€™, not ā€˜apple/iphone modeā€™ as they have different keycodes for some reason.

most keyboard should allow you to switch between.

I can recommend keychon keyboards as they are cheap and good, also allows to switch easily between 3 bluetooth devices

(for bluetooth only use may has sense to buy no-backlight version)

I think I have this one: Keychron K1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard

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Thank you. So did you try a bluetooth keyboard? It works well?

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I tried. My keychron works okay in android mode, yes.

Nowadays bluetooth works mostly okay in linux.

Plus you always have backup keyboard so you can fix bluetooth.

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but you can buy any 20$ bluetooth keyboard if you donā€™t care if it mechanical or whatever. Just check for ā€œwindows/android modeā€ and It should work the same.

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Hey Nick, zero issues with bluetooth keyboard here. Im using Rexs RPi 6.12.

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Huh. Iā€™ve got the very same model. Itā€™s a nice keyboard. My first mechanical keyboard in very many years, and Iā€™m surprised how good it is to write using one :slight_smile:

It works fine with uConsole, too. The only problem Iā€™m experiencing is that it connects only using the dongle, bluetooth refuses to detect the keyboard for some reason. Itā€™s kind of annoying.

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I have pre-qmk version. just tried and it connects and works just fine (paired from 3rd attempt due to ā€œparing timeoutā€, but I blame bluetooth more than keyboard itself)