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update documentation to reflect best-practices (#857) 
* update tailscale.md to reflect best-practices

The provided -Syy is supposed to be used to redownload all package databases,
while the command chain itself is a partial upgrade which is not recommended
either for rolling release distributions.

Replace the full database redownload with a database update and run a system
upgrade while installing tailscaled.

* remove unnecessary sync command from video.md

* remove unnecessary sync command from bluetooth_hid.md

* remove unnecessary sync command from arduino_hid.md

* update faq.md to reflect best practices

* update letsencrypt.md to keep system up-to-date when installing packages
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Bluetooth HID

PiKVM is able to emulate a Bluetooth keyboard & mouse. This is not the main case of using PiKVM since you still need it to pair with a remote host, but can be used for something like mobile KVM.

!!! warning Using Bluetooth HID requires additional configuration of the operating system. For v2+, this means losing the UART port, since it will be used by Bluetooth. Also, Bluetooth operation was tested only on RPi4 and v2+ platform. Other boards may require different system service settings. Making the required changes for BT to work will also disable normal KB/MOUSE functionality therefor this will need to be disabled before normal operation can occur.

!!! note Bluetooth mouse can work only in relative mode. The reason is that many Bluetooth host drivers do not correctly implement HID descriptors. Horizontal scrolling is not supported for the same reason.

Configuring the OS

  1. Switch filesystem to RW-mode, perform update and install some packages:

    # rw
# pacman -Syu bluez bluez-utils raspberrypi-bluetooth

  2. Edit /boot/config.txt and comment these lines:

    #enable_uart=1
#dtoverlay=disable-bt

  3. Create an empty directory /var/lib/bluetooth and add mountpoint to /etc/fstab:

    # mkdir /var/lib/bluetooth
# echo 'tmpfs /var/lib/bluetooth tmpfs nodev,nosuid,mode=0755 0 0' >> /etc/fstab

  4. Override and enable the services:

    # mkdir /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.service.d
# cat << EOF > /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.service.d/override.conf
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd --noplugin=*
EOF
# systemctl enable bluetooth
# systemctl enable raspberrypi-btuart

  5. Override kvmd service:

    # mkdir /etc/systemd/system/kvmd.service.d
# cat << EOF > /etc/systemd/system/kvmd.service.d/override.conf
[Service]
AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_RAW CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_SYS_ADMIN CAP_SETUID CAP_SETGID CAP_CHOWN
CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_RAW CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_SYS_ADMIN CAP_SETUID CAP_SETGID CAP_CHOWN
EOF

  6. Add following lines to /etc/kvmd/override.yaml:

    kvmd:
    hid:
        type: bt

  7. Perform reboot.

  8. To reverse, uncomment lines from Step 2 and remove lines in Step 6, and reboot.

Using Bluetooth HID

  • After a reboot, the PiKVM will be ready for detection and pairing with no auth. You will see the PiKVM HID device.

  • Once the server is connected, PiKVM will no longer be discoverable and pairable to other clients until you unpair the server.

  • If something went wrong, use the web menu System -> Reset keyboard & mouse. This will cause unpair the device and switch the PiKVM to public mode before the first client is connected.