N2+ with Harmony Hub (CSR dongle issue)

[plouf]

Hello,

i recently purchased an ODROID N2+, installed CE19.5 and now trying to setup my Harmony Hub remote via bluetooth (I don’t want to use IR as it is not snappy enough, though it’s working).

I’m using a CSR dongle, bluetooth is enabled and device is connected (bluetooth devices show HARMONY KEYBOARD connected YES in Coreelec settings).
In my Harmony setup, i’ve added a device Microsoft Media Player (Manufacturer: Microsoft, Model Number: Kodi) (it was working with my KVIM3 + internal bluetooth)

So, all appear to be setup correctly, but the remote is simply not working. I press up, down buttons etc. nothing is being registered.
In last resort, i may purchase the official dongle sold by odroid (5BK, but i’d prefer to save few bucks and have my current dongle working.

Any idea what i could do/try ?

Thank you

lsub

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05e3:0620 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB3.1 Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0610 Genesys Logic, Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

systemctl status bluetooth

● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2022-12-22 21:19:59 HKT; 16h ago
   Main PID: 3445 (bluetoothd)
     Status: "Running"
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 3686)
     Memory: 2.9M
     CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
             └─3445 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd

Dec 23 13:48:00 CoreELEC bluetoothd[3445]: profiles/input/device.c:ioctl_is_connected() Can't get HIDP connection info
Notice: journal has been rotated since unit was started, output may be incomplete.

dmesg | grep Bluetooth

[    3.593848@2]- Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
[    3.593914@2]- Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[    3.593921@2]- Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[    3.593924@2]- Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[    3.593936@2]- Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[59282.362125@0]- Bluetooth: HIDP (Human Interface Emulation) ver 1.2
[59282.362138@0]- Bluetooth: HIDP socket layer initialized

bluetoothctl list

Controller 00:1A:7D:DA:71:13 CoreELEC [default]

[plouf]

So i decided to get the official BT/WIFI dongle from Hardkernel, but still cannot pair/connect.
I got “operation currently not permitted” and “did not receive a reply” error.
Guess BT is broken with N2

[Hash70]

even when i got mines working it wasn’t a good experience,ended up buying a cheap infra re remote

[plouf]

well, my harmony always worked wonderfully with my previous boxes (C2, minix u9h, KVIM3), it shouldn’t be any different with the N2, will do further tests.