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BLE works on Windows, hard code report id to 5 #262

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Here are the hacks that make my RMK BLE keyboard connect to Vial through BLE on Windows.

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Someone with more python knowledge might able to get report id from Windows instead of hard code this.

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xyzz commented Sep 29, 2024

hello, thanks for your PR. I started looking into RMK and noticed here: HaoboGu/rmk#77 (comment)

Note: This PR is actually a temporary solution only for Windows. To achieve general vial-over-BLE, the BLE vial service should be a customized service(not HID!). This is because Apple devices don't expose BLE-HID services at all. So, a host tool(like a wireless version of via/vial) needs to be implemented finally.

Given that comment, I think it would be better to wait for the final implementation from RMK side and then decide if it's something we should add to Vial. While I think BLE support would be awesome in vial, the value of adding this temporary BLE-HID solution (assuming that RMK later switches away from it) isn't very clear.

let me know any thoughts

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