How to enable bluetooth when a bluetooth device is in range

[choo]

Hi all,

I'm bumping my head around this problem and cannot solve it. I currently have a flow to turn off bluetooth when my bluetooth headset disconnects. Works like a charm. I'd like to do the reverse: whenever my bluetooth headset is on and looking for the previously paired device i.e. my phone, the latter should detect it and enable bluetooth. Is it actually possible or am I asking too much?

Thanks for the help.

[Martin]

Hi,

The bluetooth adapter on your phone needs to be turned on to allow a BT connection with the headset.
You could create a flow that turns on bluetooth periodically on your device, waits a few seconds, checks whether or not the headset connected and then keeps BT on or turns it off again.
You would probably have to run this flow quite often, like once per minute, so it would most likely consume a lot of battery.

Regards,
Martin

[choo]

Hi Martin,

Thanks for replying to me. It's what I was afraid of. A kind of polling system. Well, I'll find a way to do differently.

I just would like to say in passing that I love your app, coming from Tasker and Llama. I have other questions but I guess it's better that I open a topic for each subject for clarity.

Keep up the good work and great customer support.

Cheers,

Lan

[bichlepa]

I use several ways to connect to my BT-Speaker.

• As soon as my phone connects to home wifi.
• Shortcut on homescreen.
• On my tablet: as soon as the music player app starts.

Maybe one of this ideas would be passable for you?

[choo]

Thanks for the suggestions, I appreciate it. It's always good to learn about other ways to achieve an action. Currently, I created a flow to activate bluetooth when I have a calendar event with a description say 'bluetooth' (for instance). Then I made another flow that disconnects the bluetooth when I switch off my headset.