On Friday 02 March 2018 13:38:47 Don Armstrong wrote: > On Fri, 02 Mar 2018, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I have an old bt dongle that is apparently paired with a now > > non-existent A7 device. > > > > What is the command (I think I have all the tools installed) that > > will unpair it so that I can at least scan for a fitbit BTLE device > > 6" away? > > You should be able to pair BT dongles with multiple devices. I suspect > that your issue might be lack of support for BTLE from an old dongle. > Which I have independently confirmed, only V4 and up bt will work with a fitbit.
It may be the cats meow, but until I hear it meow, its going back for a refund tomorrow. The whole thing is way too shady to suit me. 1; they don't tell you up front that theres no linux support, you have to unpack it and charge it to see the instructions to goto www.fitbit.com/setup. Which doesn't take you to the setup page at all, but gives one a choice of winderz or mac, drivers, no linux. And finally, there's no driver choice called a "Charge 2", the model this one is, in the software selector at that site. 2; They don't supply the dongle since they assume everyone has a $500 smartphone. 3; your data is possibly held for ransom as it goes to their servers before it can be decoded and sent back, to a browser I assume. Reading up on galileo shows that is exactly how it also works. 4; There are no compatible dongles for sale in the area centered in Harrison County WV. Staples in Bridgeport had an empty peg, marked $38.99 while wallie's has one for $7.99 in their online store but shipping is from China, 2+ weeks delivery. 5; I'm now 2 days putzing with this, and everytime I find a new tidbit of info on it, that exposes yet another roadblock to be bulldozed to get to the next barricade. Screw it, if they want to sell me one, it will be a full kit, working standalone with any network connected computer or device, and OOTB. So thank you all who tried to help, I do appreciate it. Its been quite an educational 2 days. > But just in case: > > bluetoothctl; > devices > remove 12:34:56:78:9A:BC > exit > > should do the trick, where the hex bits match the device that you want > to remove. [You can also pair and scan from bluetoothctl as well.] -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
