On Fri, 2022-08-26 at 22:43 +0000, John Klug wrote: > Maybe I need to create a pairing AgentManager, even though I don't > use one? You need a pairing agent otherwise all pairing attempts will be rejected. This is a security feature. The bluez-tools at: https://github.com/khvzak/bluez-tools can help if you want to automate pairing without writing new code (or to experiment).