# Bluetooth Connection to ignition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bluetooth-connection-to-ignition/76655>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [July 20, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bluetooth-connection-to-ignition/76655 "2023-07-20T15:55:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Adarsh\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Adarsh\_K](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Adarsh_K)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bluetooth-connection-to-ignition/76655/1 "2023-07-20T15:55:29Z")

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Hi , I have a Bluetooth scanner which i want to read a data in perspective view ....  
I could not find any ignition material which explains how to connect my Bluetooth device to ignition ..... Can anyone help me with it ..

Thanks in Advance

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bluetooth-connection-to-ignition/76655/2 "2023-07-20T16:49:44Z")

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It has to behave as a keyboard.

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**Author:** ![Adarsh\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Adarsh\_K](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Adarsh_K)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bluetooth-connection-to-ignition/76655/3 "2023-07-21T05:18:03Z")

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So do i need to configure scanner mac address anywhere in the gateway ?

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bluetooth-connection-to-ignition/76655/4 "2023-07-21T11:57:39Z")

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You need to pair the bluetooth scanner with the mobile device or PC that will be displaying the Perspective client UI.

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**Author:** ![Adarsh\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Adarsh\_K](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Adarsh_K)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 6:08am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bluetooth-connection-to-ignition/76655/5 "2023-07-24T06:08:51Z")

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Thanks this helped !

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**Author:** ![Adarsh\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Adarsh\_K](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Adarsh_K)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bluetooth-connection-to-ignition/76655/6 "2023-07-26T04:53:03Z")

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One more query .... Can we capture the data from session script ? and what is the settings (In screenshot ) all about

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/5/55de56c000e998fd3f04dbb43fca7dfde38ea0bf.png)

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**Author:** ![aaronrai24](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/aaronrai24/32/87248_2.png) [@aaronrai24](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aaronrai24)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bluetooth-connection-to-ignition/76655/7 "2023-07-26T05:12:41Z")

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Are you referring to the [onBluetoothReceived session script](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Perspective+Session+Event+Scripts#PerspectiveSessionEventScripts-BluetoothDataReceived)? Seems like it captures the data you might be looking for.