Add instructions for Windows machine + internal Bluetooth adapter #110
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| - A **USB** Bluetooth Adapter | ||
| - Internal Bluetooth adapters are incompatible (generally) with the process that allows a VM to use external resources. | ||
| - A **USB** Bluetooth Adapter (for macOS) | ||
| - For internal Bluetooth adapters, Windows machines (generally) support disabling Bluetooth for themselves and allowing a VM to capture it, but macOS machines generally don't allow their own Bluetooth to be disabled and captured. |
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This stackexchange post combined with this VirtualBox ticket from 10 years ago appears to explain why this wouldn't work on macOS (or would require many more difficult workarounds).
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| ### Windows internal Bluetooth adapter doesn't work inside the VM / disappears from Device Manager even with the VM off / etc. | ||
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| Try hard restarting your Windows machine (i.e. hold down the power button until it powers off). Note that selecting Shut down from the Start menu doesn't actually perform a full shutdown as Windows attempts to save some resources for faster startup. |
| @@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ def get_usb_devices(): | |||
| product = find_line_items("Product", device) | |||
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| if (len(productid) < 1 or len(vendorid) < 1 or | |||
| len(manufacturer) < 1 or len(product) < 1): | |||
| len(manufacturer) < 1): | |||
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VBoxManage list usbhost on my Windows test machine says that the internal Bluetooth adapter doesn't have a Product name.
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| vb_usb_filter = f"""vb.customize ["usbfilter", "add", "0", | |||
| "--target", :id, | |||
| "--name", "{adapter_info['product']} ({adapter_info['manufacturer']})", | |||
| "--product", "{adapter_info['product']}", | |||
| "--manufacturer", "{adapter_info['manufacturer']}", | |||
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On my Windows test machine, I had to specifically delete the manufacturer name from the USB filter to get it to match. (Per this VirtualBox forum thread, the product id and vendor id are still there and should be sufficient.) I think the mismatch was something dumb like "Intel Corp." versus "Intel Corporation" versus "Intel" versus "Intel(R)".
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this is cool |
I was able to get a Windows machine's internal Bluetooth adapter working with the changes in this PR.