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Just how many separate connections are supported by BT these days? I use
a BT mouse with my laptop and am thinking getting also an external BT
keyboard for it. Would that work? What about adding a BT headphone to
the mix?
 
Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote in
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Just how many separate connections are supported by BT these days?
I use a BT mouse with my laptop and am thinking getting also an
external BT keyboard for it. Would that work? What about adding a
BT headphone to the mix?

Logitec makes a mouse kybd combo that uses bt between the
peripherals and the tiny USB dongle it uses.

Many laptops have bluetooth, but most keyboard and mouse makers
have their own hard linked USB tidbit. Using the native link may or
may not be supported by the kybd or mouse itself unless they are
specifically made that way, but it sounds like more work for the
computer than a single link device devoted to transceiving everything
through one pipe/sub-process. But I actually don't know. I just
know what I usually see.
 
On 04/10/2019 19:07, Cameo wrote:
Just how many separate connections are supported by BT these days? I use
a BT mouse with my laptop and am thinking getting also an external BT
keyboard for it. Would that work? What about adding a BT headphone to
the mix?
My acer has one dongle to work both kbrd and mouse via BT

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On 2019. 10. 04. 20:24, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote in
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Just how many separate connections are supported by BT these days?
I use a BT mouse with my laptop and am thinking getting also an
external BT keyboard for it. Would that work? What about adding a
BT headphone to the mix?


Logitec makes a mouse kybd combo that uses bt between the
peripherals and the tiny USB dongle it uses.

Many laptops have bluetooth, but most keyboard and mouse makers
have their own hard linked USB tidbit. Using the native link may or
may not be supported by the kybd or mouse itself unless they are
specifically made that way, but it sounds like more work for the
computer than a single link device devoted to transceiving everything
through one pipe/sub-process. But I actually don't know. I just
know what I usually see.
Hm, buying such a combo would mean to get rid off my perfectly good
mouse though.
 
On Friday, October 4, 2019 at 12:17:14 PM UTC-7, Cameo wrote:
On 2019. 10. 04. 20:24, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:

Many laptops have bluetooth, but most keyboard and mouse makers
have their own hard linked USB tidbit.

Hm, buying such a combo would mean to get rid off my perfectly good
mouse though.

Why? I routinely keep two or more mice connected.
 
On 2019-10-04, Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote:

> Just how many separate connections are supported by BT these days?

7 simultaneous connections

https://superuser.com/questions/931188/how-many



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On 2019. 10. 04. 22:42, whit3rd wrote:
On Friday, October 4, 2019 at 12:17:14 PM UTC-7, Cameo wrote:
On 2019. 10. 04. 20:24, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:

Many laptops have bluetooth, but most keyboard and mouse makers
have their own hard linked USB tidbit.

Hm, buying such a combo would mean to get rid off my perfectly good
mouse though.

Why? I routinely keep two or more mice connected.

What for?
 
On 2019. 10. 04. 22:36, Jasen Betts wrote:
On 2019-10-04, Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote:

Just how many separate connections are supported by BT these days?

7 simultaneous connections

https://superuser.com/questions/931188/how-many

Yes, but if they are different type devices, without defining what the
different types are. For instance, are keyboard and mouse different
types or not. They are both input device types, right?
 
On 2019-10-04, Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote:
On 2019. 10. 04. 22:36, Jasen Betts wrote:
On 2019-10-04, Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote:

Just how many separate connections are supported by BT these days?

7 simultaneous connections

https://superuser.com/questions/931188/how-many

Yes, but if they are different type devices, without defining what the
different types are. For instance, are keyboard and mouse different
types or not. They are both input device types, right?

someone there had 4 playstation controllers,

I can connect multiple keyboards or mice via USB, or via "8042" I see no
reason for bluetooth to be different.

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Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote in
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On 2019. 10. 04. 22:36, Jasen Betts wrote:
On 2019-10-04, Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote:

Just how many separate connections are supported by BT these
days?

7 simultaneous connections

https://superuser.com/questions/931188/how-many

Yes, but if they are different type devices, without defining what
the different types are. For instance, are keyboard and mouse
different types or not. They are both input device types, right?

HID Human Interface Device

So yes both of those are. However, a BT headphone, for example, is
not. Or the BT connection to my blood pressure cuff.
 
On Friday, October 4, 2019 at 1:51:00 PM UTC-7, Cameo wrote:
On 2019. 10. 04. 22:42, whit3rd wrote:
On Friday, October 4, 2019 at 12:17:14 PM UTC-7, Cameo wrote:

Hm, buying such a combo would mean to get rid off my perfectly good
mouse though.

Why? I routinely keep two or more mice connected.

What for?

Comfort, mainly. I can lean back in my easy chair and use the bluetooth trackpad, or hunch over
the laptop at close range. Or sometimes a three-button requirement comes up, need the
device to match that (to a no-button trackpad).
 
whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com> wrote in
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On Friday, October 4, 2019 at 12:17:14 PM UTC-7, Cameo wrote:
On 2019. 10. 04. 20:24, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org
wrote:

Many laptops have bluetooth, but most keyboard and mouse
makers
have their own hard linked USB tidbit.

Hm, buying such a combo would mean to get rid off my perfectly
good mouse though.

Why? I routinely keep two or more mice connected.

I use a ball because then I do not need a pad to place it on. I
plug in my mouse ball's computer side USB transceiver. Logitech says
it can handle additional devices. Did not say if they have to be of
logitech manufacture. It just says 'compatible wireless devices'.
So presumably I can add a kybd without needing additional USB
thingys. Have not made use of other things yet.
 
On 2019. 10. 05. 10:53, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote in
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On 2019. 10. 04. 22:36, Jasen Betts wrote:
On 2019-10-04, Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote:

Just how many separate connections are supported by BT these
days?

7 simultaneous connections

https://superuser.com/questions/931188/how-many

Yes, but if they are different type devices, without defining what
the different types are. For instance, are keyboard and mouse
different types or not. They are both input device types, right?



HID Human Interface Device

So yes both of those are. However, a BT headphone, for example, is
not. Or the BT connection to my blood pressure cuff.
So because a keyboard and a mouse are of the same (HID) type devices, I
can connect only one of those, but I can connect a headphone with a HID.
Is that what you are saying?
 
Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote in
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On 2019. 10. 05. 10:53, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org
wrote:
Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote in
news:qn8elo$8f0$1@dont-email.me:

On 2019. 10. 04. 22:36, Jasen Betts wrote:
On 2019-10-04, Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote:

Just how many separate connections are supported by BT these
days?

7 simultaneous connections

https://superuser.com/questions/931188/how-many

Yes, but if they are different type devices, without defining
what the different types are. For instance, are keyboard and
mouse different types or not. They are both input device types,
right?



HID Human Interface Device

So yes both of those are. However, a BT headphone, for
example, is
not. Or the BT connection to my blood pressure cuff.

So because a keyboard and a mouse are of the same (HID) type
devices, I can connect only one of those, but I can connect a
headphone with a HID. Is that what you are saying?

No. I was IDing that there is a difference. Whether or not they
will cohabitate on a proprietary USB comm thingy is up to the thingy
maker. So my logitech may play well with other maker's devices, or
it may only work with other logitech devices.

I really do not know. Your laptop's own BT host is supposed to play
with all of those, but the device itself may be locked to the thingy
it came with and/or may not be 'discoverable' by the host adapter in
order to get hooks from it.
 

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