Bluetooth Auto-Connect on startup

Tsubasa14 · April 3, 2021 at 6:56 AM

Hi guys,

I have an issue with my soundbar not connecting automatically on startup; I need to go to settings and manually connect it though it is paired already. I have found a way to connect through ssh with:

Code

bluetoothctl
pair <your mac address>
trust <your mac address>
connect enter your MAC add

I have created a script , and made it executable. It works when executed through ssh.

Bash

#!/bin/bash
bluetoothctl << EOF
connect enter your MAC add
EOF

Code

chmod +x ~/scripts/autopair

The final step would be to make that script launch when Kodi starts but I can't find how... I'm pretty new to this...

Thanks a lot for your help

Tsubasa14 · April 3, 2021 at 9:28 AM

Hey again, after some googling I found a way

Just edited .config/autostart

**mglae** · April 3, 2021 at 9:31 AM

See https://wiki.libreelec.tv/configuration/startup-shutdown

Tsubasa14 · April 3, 2021 at 6:21 PM

Quote from mglae

See https://wiki.libreelec.tv/configuration/startup-shutdown

Thanks a lot! It's exactly what I did and it worked fine!

Thx

FlashiHD · April 24, 2021 at 9:46 PM

My autostart.sh looks like this. Replace the XX.

Bash

#!/bin/bash
(
sleep 5
echo -e "connect XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX\nexit" | bluetoothctl
sleep 5
) &

Mirrabeau · June 24, 2021 at 5:10 PM

FlashiHD , registered only to thank you for your exemple of code for autoconnect bluetooth on startup.

I was looking for this trick for connecting automatically my Z407 speakers to my raspi4 which I use as a media center connected to my beamer.

No more need to manually connect the audio system for enjoying videos.

Big thumbs up to you.

Edit: I just changed the sleep 5 to sleep 15 to give enough time for the "bluetooth audio device changer" add-on to start. Then the bt connection on startup also changes the default audio device to bluetooth (instead of default hdmi).

Bluetooth Auto-Connect on startup

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