Can't find desk under Mac OS 10.15.4

[MaxBenChrist]

Hi @mitsuhiko,

thanks for sharing this greattool. I am trying to set this up under Mac OS 10.15.4 with a new idasen desk (which was already paired with the smartphone app).

However, the idasen-control --scan returns

Scanning for desks
Done scanning.
No desks found. Make sure to bring the desk to pairing mode before scanning.

Interestingly, if I start the idasen-control --server, it seems to find a desk but without adress

[2020-06-03T13:38:26.682Z] starting BLE
[2020-06-03T13:38:26.690Z] stateChange poweredOn
[2020-06-03T13:38:26.690Z] Starting scan
[2020-06-03T13:38:33.374Z] Discovered a desk at 
[2020-06-03T13:38:33.375Z] Discovered a desk at 
[2020-06-03T13:38:33.940Z] Discovered a desk at 
[2020-06-03T13:38:33.941Z] Discovered a desk at 
[2020-06-03T13:38:34.252Z] Discovered a desk at 
[2020-06-03T13:38:34.253Z] Discovered a desk at 
[2020-06-03T13:38:34.595Z] Discovered a desk

it only starts discovering the desks if I press the pairing button (see the 5s difference').

any idea how to fix this? I don't have much java script experience unfortunately

[Gomez]

I have a similar problem under linux (debian 10). Desk was found in the gnome bluetooth settings but not with this tool. Is there a way to get more output? Something i can do before scanning to verify ble is working?

[yashk]

My OSX version 10.15.4 (19E287). workaround i tried is installed https://github.com/jnross/Bluetility app and scanned for the devices. the desk showed up and app forced the os for "want to pair pop up" , selected yes. now idasen-control recognised the desk.

[2020-06-26T09:52:54.165Z] starting BLE
[2020-06-26T09:52:54.175Z] stateChange poweredOn
[2020-06-26T09:52:54.175Z] Starting scan
[2020-06-26T09:53:06.554Z] Found configured desk ee-7a-xx-xx-xx-xx
[2020-06-26T09:53:06.558Z] scanStop

[2020-06-26T09:53:35.631Z] received request { op: 'getStatus' }
[2020-06-26T09:53:35.632Z] sending response { ready: true, height: 17.6, pos: 'sitting', sittingTime: 40 }
[2020-06-26T09:54:09.554Z] received request { op: 'getStatus' }
[2020-06-26T09:54:09.554Z] sending response { ready: true, height: 17.6, pos: 'sitting', sittingTime: 65 }
[2020-06-26T09:54:20.048Z] received request { op: 'moveTo', pos: 50 }
[2020-06-26T09:54:29.224Z] dropping response because client disconnected
[2020-06-26T09:54:34.883Z] received request { op: 'moveTo', pos: 17 }
[2020-06-26T09:54:44.223Z] dropping response because client disconnected
[2020-06-26T09:55:56.554Z] received request { op: 'moveTo', pos: 50 }
[2020-06-26T09:56:06.119Z] dropping response because client disconnected
[2020-06-26T09:56:08.383Z] received request { op: 'moveTo', pos: 17 }
[2020-06-26T09:56:17.938Z] dropping response because client disconnected
[2020-06-26T09:57:13.388Z] received request { op: 'getStatus' }
[2020-06-26T09:57:13.388Z] sending response { ready: true, height: 16.7, pos: 'sitting', sittingTime: 15 }

[Purii]

Similar issue with macOS 10.15.5. Table has been connected via phone before. Tried all possible reset / connection triggers: Press Short, Press Long, Hold,..

[jeffreylfoster]

I had a similar issue on 10.15.5. In the end, I installed the linak control basic software (from linak dot com), and it was able to connect to that software. I then used blueutil --paired to get the mac address, disconnected from the linak software on my mac, and was able to then use idasen-control --connect-to [mac address] to connect. It still had status as "desk not ready", but once I ran idasen-control --server, it suddenly worked.

However, the raising and lowering is very jumpy. Goes a random number of centimetres up or down, stops, and then starts back up again. Any suggestion on how to fix that jumpiness?

[Gomez]

I have a similar problem under linux (debian 10). Desk was found in the gnome bluetooth settings but not with this tool. Is there a way to get more output? Something i can do before scanning to verify ble is working?

For me this (done in python) works on linux: https://github.com/rhyst/idasen-controller

[rafanime]

I've managed to get this working no problem on Mac 10.15.5.

• Used the solution suggested above to pair through https://github.com/jnross/Bluetility (note: if there's any issues because you had previously paired with a phone or something just manually lower the table all the way down and once again press to lower to reset it. It will play an animation where it lowers and comes back up for a second and reset )

• If at any point then you check idasen-control --status and it says not ready just run this idasen-control --server & blueutil --disconnect INSERT-TABLE-ADDRESS-HERE (need to install https://github.com/toy/blueutil)

[2020-07-03T10:41:05.930Z] stateChange poweredOn
[2020-07-03T10:41:05.931Z] Starting scan
[2020-07-03T10:41:19.729Z] Found configured desk d4-6x-xx-xx-xx-xx
[2020-07-03T10:41:19.731Z] scanStop

Basically this runs the server and disconnects bluetooth giving the server a chance to reconnect to it. Solves it every time for me since my mac was auto-pairing but not letting the server catch the configuration.

Hope this helps

[amalbuquerque]

I had the same problem ("No desks found") after waking up my laptop (Ubuntu 18.04).

The solution was to mimick what @rafanime did on OSX:

• had the idasen-control --server running;
• Went to bluetoothctl, and removed the IDASEN device: remove XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX;
• After this, I was able to successfully do idasen-control --status while the --server was still running.

Stopping the --server afterwards is OK, since the desk continues to react to idasen-control commands.

[marhaupe]

I just updated to Big Sur and don't have this problem anymore. I can't say for sure that the update was the thing that fixed it for me, but if others report the same, it probably was - let me know.

[alexey-danilov]

For me all the solutions above still do not work reliably. Sometimes I manage to connect to desk:

idasen-control -s height: 21.85 (sitting) time sitting: 10s

Then try to raise it:

idasen-control -m 40 --wait

...just to arrive an nothing:

idasen-control -s height: 21.85 (sitting) time sitting: 25s

In the meanwhile server is emulating some activity: [2021-01-02T20:35:48.457Z] starting BLE [2021-01-02T20:35:48.467Z] stateChange poweredOn [2021-01-02T20:35:48.468Z] Starting scan [2021-01-02T20:35:48.789Z] Found configured desk f7-33-20-04-43-98 [2021-01-02T20:35:48.791Z] scanStop [2021-01-02T20:36:01.050Z] received request { op: 'moveTo', pos: 40 } [2021-01-02T20:36:02.565Z] sending response true (<huh?)