Delgan / yambar-bluetooth

A Bluetooth module for Yambar status panel

yambar-bluetooth

A Bluetooth module for Yambar status panel.

Installation

First build the software:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
make

Then install it:

sudo make install

Usage

The yambar-bluetooth program will observe connections to a Bluetooth adapter.

It produces the following tags that can be used by Yambar:

Name	Type	Description
powered	bool	Whether the adapter is powered on
discovering	bool	Whether the adapter is in discovering mode
connected	bool	Whether the observed device is connected
count	int	Total number of connected devices (including the observed one)
address	string	The MAC address of the observed device (empty if none was found)
name	string	The name of the observed device (empty if none was found)
icon	string	The icon of the observed device (empty if none was found)

Configuration

The yambar-bluetooth command accepts two optional arguments:

Option	Type	Description
--adapter-name <name>	string	The name of the Bluetooth adapter that will be observed. By default, "hci0" is used.
--device-address <address>	string	The MAC address of a specific device to observe. By default, the first device found to be connected will be observed.

See also yambar-bluetooth --help.

Example

Here is a possible config.yaml for Yambar:

bar:
  height: 32
  location: bottom
  background: 111111cc

  left:
    - script:
        path: /usr/bin/yambar-bluetooth
        content:
          map:
            conditions:
              connected:
                string:
                  text: "[Bluetooth ON] {name} ({address})"
              ~connected:
                string:
                  text: "[Bluetooth OFF] No device"