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#1 2020-10-16 21:40:27

benpeltz
Member
Registered: 2020-09-07
Posts: 20

Getting Bluetooth Headset to Default to HSP/HFP

I have a Plantronics PLT V5200 and I only connect it to my laptop when I want to use it for Zoom calls or other audio recording. Currently, when I turn it on, it defaults to A2DP Sink mode, but I would prefer it to default to HSP/HFP so I don't have to manually change it before entering a call. I followed the instructions on the wiki and appended

set-card-profile bluez_card.E4_22_A5_F7_62_DE headset_head_unit

to /etc/pulse/default.pa. Despite this, it still defaults to A2DP Sink when I connect it. When I run

pactl set-card-profile bluez_card.E4_22_A5_F7_62_DE headset_head_unit

the headset switches to HSP/HFP, so I'm not sure why the changes I've made to default.pa aren't working.

Here is the pacmd card profile for the headset:

index: 7
        name: <bluez_card.E4_22_A5_F7_62_DE>
        driver: <module-bluez5-device.c>
        owner module: 32
        properties:
                device.description = "PLT V5200 Series"
                device.string = "E4:22:A5:F7:62:DE"
                device.api = "bluez"
                device.class = "sound"
                device.bus = "bluetooth"
                device.form_factor = "headset"
                bluez.path = "/org/bluez/hci0/dev_E4_22_A5_F7_62_DE"
                bluez.class = "0x240404"
                bluez.alias = "PLT V5200 Series"
                device.icon_name = "audio-headset-bluetooth"
                device.intended_roles = "phone"
        profiles:
                headset_head_unit: Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP) (priority 30, available: unknown)
                a2dp_sink: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink) (priority 40, available: unknown)
                off: Off (priority 0, available: yes)
        active profile: <a2dp_sink>
        sinks:
                bluez_sink.E4_22_A5_F7_62_DE.a2dp_sink/#10: PLT V5200 Series
        sources:
                bluez_sink.E4_22_A5_F7_62_DE.a2dp_sink.monitor/#15: Monitor of PLT V5200 Series
        ports:
                headset-output: Headset (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
                        properties:

                headset-input: Headset (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
                        properties:

and here are the full contents of my /etc/pulse/default.pa:

#!/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
#
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

# This startup script is used only if PulseAudio is started per-user
# (i.e. not in system mode)

.fail

### Automatically restore the volume of streams and devices
load-module module-device-restore
load-module module-stream-restore
load-module module-card-restore

### Automatically augment property information from .desktop files
### stored in /usr/share/application
load-module module-augment-properties

### Should be after module-*-restore but before module-*-detect
load-module module-switch-on-port-available

### Load audio drivers statically
### (it's probably better to not load these drivers manually, but instead
### use module-udev-detect -- see below -- for doing this automatically)
#load-module module-alsa-sink
#load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:1,0
#load-module module-oss device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#load-module module-oss-mmap device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#load-module module-null-sink
#load-module module-pipe-sink

### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available
.ifexists module-udev-detect.so
load-module module-udev-detect
.else
### Use the static hardware detection module (for systems that lack udev support)
load-module module-detect
.endif

### Automatically connect sink and source if JACK server is present
.ifexists module-jackdbus-detect.so
.nofail
load-module module-jackdbus-detect channels=2
.fail
.endif

### Automatically load driver modules for Bluetooth hardware
.ifexists module-bluetooth-policy.so
load-module module-bluetooth-policy
.endif

.ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so
load-module module-bluetooth-discover
.endif

### Load several protocols
load-module module-dbus-protocol
.ifexists module-esound-protocol-unix.so
load-module module-esound-protocol-unix
.endif
load-module module-native-protocol-unix

### Network access (may be configured with paprefs, so leave this commented
### here if you plan to use paprefs)
#load-module module-esound-protocol-tcp
#load-module module-native-protocol-tcp
#load-module module-zeroconf-publish

### Load the RTP receiver module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
#load-module module-rtp-recv

### Load the RTP sender module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
#load-module module-null-sink sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2 rate=44100 sink_properties="device.description='RTP Multicast Sink'"
#load-module module-rtp-send source=rtp.monitor

### Load additional modules from GSettings. This can be configured with the paprefs tool.
### Please keep in mind that the modules configured by paprefs might conflict with manually
### loaded modules.
.ifexists module-gsettings.so
.nofail
load-module module-gsettings
.fail
.endif


### Automatically restore the default sink/source when changed by the user
### during runtime
### NOTE: This should be loaded as early as possible so that subsequent modules
### that look up the default sink/source get the right value
load-module module-default-device-restore

### Make sure we always have a sink around, even if it is a null sink.
load-module module-always-sink

### Honour intended role device property
load-module module-intended-roles

### Automatically suspend sinks/sources that become idle for too long
load-module module-suspend-on-idle

### If autoexit on idle is enabled we want to make sure we only quit
### when no local session needs us anymore.
.ifexists module-console-kit.so
load-module module-console-kit
.endif
.ifexists module-systemd-login.so
load-module module-systemd-login
.endif

### Enable positioned event sounds
load-module module-position-event-sounds

### Cork music/video streams when a phone stream is active
load-module module-role-cork

### Modules to allow autoloading of filters (such as echo cancellation)
### on demand. module-filter-heuristics tries to determine what filters
### make sense, and module-filter-apply does the heavy-lifting of
### loading modules and rerouting streams.
load-module module-filter-heuristics
load-module module-filter-apply

### Make some devices default
#set-default-sink output
#set-default-source input

set-card-profile bluez_card.E4_22_A5_F7_62_DE headset_head_unit

Happy to provide more information if needed.

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#2 2020-10-16 22:19:35

V1del
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Registered: 2012-10-16
Posts: 21,427

Re: Getting Bluetooth Headset to Default to HSP/HFP

The changes to the default PA are likely working, but this is a one time read oneshot, if the bluetooth device is not ready by then the profile switch won't get through.

What's additionally the case here that the bluetooth module uses an auto_switch heuristic where it should switch between a2dp and hsp depending on whether a "phone" stream appears (so this might be something that should be fixed on zooms side)

What you can do here is disable that auto switch by adding auto_switch=0 to the policy module, like so

load-module module-bluetooth-policy auto_switch=0

that should disable these heuristic attempts and retain whatever you last knowingly selected.

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#3 2020-10-17 00:19:06

benpeltz
Member
Registered: 2020-09-07
Posts: 20

Re: Getting Bluetooth Headset to Default to HSP/HFP

V1del wrote:

The changes to the default PA are likely working, but this is a one time read oneshot, if the bluetooth device is not ready by then the profile switch won't get through.

What's additionally the case here that the bluetooth module uses an auto_switch heuristic where it should switch between a2dp and hsp depending on whether a "phone" stream appears (so this might be something that should be fixed on zooms side)

What you can do here is disable that auto switch by adding auto_switch=0 to the policy module, like so

load-module module-bluetooth-policy auto_switch=0

that should disable these heuristic attempts and retain whatever you last knowingly selected.

Is there a way to delay the profile switch until the device is ready? I've added auto_switch=0 as suggested, but it still defaults to a2dp when I first connect it, even if it was using hsp when I disconnected it.

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#4 2020-10-18 03:23:51

benpeltz
Member
Registered: 2020-09-07
Posts: 20

Re: Getting Bluetooth Headset to Default to HSP/HFP

Doing further research, I realize that a udev rule might be a better approach, since I need the action to trigger when I connect the headset. This is totally new territory for me, so I apologize if this reeks of ignorance, but here's what I've attempted to so far.

I have set up /etc/udev/rules.d/headset.rules containing the following:

ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTR{id/product}=="0130", ATTR{id/vendor}=="0055", ATTR{name}=="PLT V5200 Series (AVRCP)", ATTR{phys}=="94:e6:f7:1a:95:81", RUN+="/home/ben/headset.sh"

And I set up /home/ben/headset.sh with the following:

#!/bin/bash
# Headset switch
pactl set-card-profile bluez_card.E4_22_A5_F7_62_DE headset_head_unit

After setting these up and testing to make sure the script works, I tried reconnecting the device but no dice, the script didn't run. I tried reloading and triggering manually, still to no avail. When I run

udevadm test $(udevadm info --query=path --path=/devices/virtual/input/input34) 2>&1

I receive the following output:

This program is for debugging only, it does not run any program
specified by a RUN key. It may show incorrect results, because
some values may be different, or not available at a simulation run.

Load module index
Parsed configuration file /usr/lib/systemd/network/99-default.link
Created link configuration context.
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/01-md-raid-creating.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/10-dm.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/11-dm-lvm.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/13-dm-disk.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/39-usbmuxd.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/40-gphoto.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/40-usb-media-players.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/49-sane.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules
Reading rules file: /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules:1 Unknown group 'adbusers', ignoring
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/56-hpmud.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-autosuspend.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-block.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-cdrom_id.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-drm.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-evdev.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-fido-id.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-input-id.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-alsa.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-input.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage-tape.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules
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Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/70-joystick.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/70-mouse.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/70-power-switch.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/70-steam-input.rules
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Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/75-net-description.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/75-probe_mtd.rules
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Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/77-mm-cinterion-port-types.rules
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Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/80-libinput-device-groups.rules
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Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/80-udisks2.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/84-nm-drivers.rules
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Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-restore.rules
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Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-pulseaudio.rules
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Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/99-fuse.rules
Reading rules file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/99-systemd.rules
Reading rules file: /etc/udev/rules.d/headset.rules
DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/input/input34
PRODUCT=5/55/130/1fe
NAME="PLT V5200 Series (AVRCP)"
PHYS="94:e6:f7:1a:95:81"
PROP=0
EV=100007
KEY=2fc800 145200000000 0 10300 49e800000c00 e16800000000f f810000010000ffc
REL=0
MODALIAS=input:b0005v0055p0130e01FE-e0,1,2,14,k71,72,73,8A,8B,A3,A5,A6,A7,A8,AB,AE,C8,C9,D0,161,164,166,16A,16C,18B,18E,18F,190,191,192,193,195,ramlsfw
ACTION=add
SUBSYSTEM=input
ID_INPUT=1
ID_INPUT_KEY=1
ID_BUS=bluetooth
TAGS=:seat:
USEC_INITIALIZED=791162571
run: 'kmod load input:b0005v0055p0130e01FE-e0,1,2,14,k71,72,73,8A,8B,A3,A5,A6,A7,A8,AB,AE,C8,C9,D0,161,164,166,16A,16C,18B,18E,18F,190,191,192,193,195,ramlsfw'
run: '/home/ben/headset.sh'
Unload module index
Unloaded link configuration context.

The last two lines seem significant to me but I couldn't find anything on the wiki or after searching around a bit. Seeing as there are so many things I could be doing wrong, I figured it was best to ask for help at this point instead of digging myself into a deeper hole.

In case it's relevant, the output of

udevadm info --attribute-walk --path=/devices/virtual/input/input34

is:

Udevadm info starts with the device specified by the devpath and then
walks up the chain of parent devices. It prints for every device
found, all possible attributes in the udev rules key format.
A rule to match, can be composed by the attributes of the device
and the attributes from one single parent device.

  looking at device '/devices/virtual/input/input34':
    KERNEL=="input34"
    SUBSYSTEM=="input"
    DRIVER==""
    ATTR{capabilities/abs}=="0"
    ATTR{capabilities/ev}=="100007"
    ATTR{capabilities/ff}=="0"
    ATTR{capabilities/key}=="2fc800 145200000000 0 10300 49e800000c00 e16800000000f f810000010000ffc"
    ATTR{capabilities/led}=="0"
    ATTR{capabilities/msc}=="0"
    ATTR{capabilities/rel}=="0"
    ATTR{capabilities/snd}=="0"
    ATTR{capabilities/sw}=="0"
    ATTR{id/bustype}=="0005"
    ATTR{id/product}=="0130"
    ATTR{id/vendor}=="0055"
    ATTR{id/version}=="01fe"
    ATTR{name}=="PLT V5200 Series (AVRCP)"
    ATTR{phys}=="94:e6:f7:1a:95:81"
    ATTR{power/async}=="disabled"
    ATTR{power/control}=="auto"
    ATTR{power/runtime_active_kids}=="0"
    ATTR{power/runtime_active_time}=="0"
    ATTR{power/runtime_enabled}=="disabled"
    ATTR{power/runtime_status}=="unsupported"
    ATTR{power/runtime_suspended_time}=="0"
    ATTR{power/runtime_usage}=="0"
    ATTR{properties}=="0"
    ATTR{uniq}==""

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