Bluetooth compatible list

ogogon

ogogon

Colleagues, please tell me where I can find a list of fully supported Bluetooth controllers?
I'm interested in communication with headphones and DACs, as well as phones with softswitches.

I am grateful for advice,
Ogogon.
 
Nobody maintains such list at the moment. My CSR8510 dongle seems to work (to some extent), while the thing from Actions Semiconductor doesn't (they are not competent enough to write the precise chip name into metadata, it self-identifies as simply ACTIONS1234).

I'm considering buying a few more dongles with different chips just to test them, but I'm not sure if there is enough interest.
 
shkhln said:
Nobody maintains such list at the moment.
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Maybe such a project is necessary and relevant? I saw some site with equipment compatibility with FreeBSD and OpenBSD, but it turned out to be very inconvenient. You can search for a specific device, but you cannot list all compatible devices to find one that is available for easy purchase.
 
I'm not a long time FreeBSD user but one thing I learned pretty early is that this is a project that relies heavily on volounteers, so if you think that something is defintely "necessary and relevant" ...
 
fmc000 said:
I'm not a long time FreeBSD user but one thing I learned pretty early is that this is a project that relies heavily on volounteers, so if you think that something is defintely "necessary and relevant" ...
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If you give out such advice so easily, then are you ready to join such a project, find some resources and bring two or three energetic colleagues? Judging by your cheerfulness, it’s so simple...
 
ogogon said:
Thank you. Although I thought there would be more...
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These are the same listed in the ng_ubt(4) manpage.

This manpage only lists USB devices, so there might be more. Additionally, many vendors share the same chip, so again, there might be more devices supported. Not a problem, just buy a bunch of cheap USB dongles on Amazon and see which ones work.
 
shkhln said:
Nobody maintains such list at the moment. My CSR8510 dongle seems to work (to some extent), while the thing from Actions Semiconductor doesn't (they are not competent enough to write the precise chip name into metadata, it self-identifies as simply ACTIONS1234).

I'm considering buying a few more dongles with different chips just to test them, but I'm not sure if there is enough interest.
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what means "to some extent" ? what are the limitations that it has ?
 
kpedersen said:
These are the same listed in the ng_ubt(4) manpage.

This manpage only lists USB devices, so there might be more. Additionally, many vendors share the same chip, so again, there might be more devices supported. Not a problem, just buy a bunch of cheap USB dongles on Amazon and see which ones work.
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What I did. I've bought 2 USB dongles spending 40 EU right now but they don't work. We can't go randomly. Moneys can't be spent without having a certain level of security that it will work.
 
But there are a lot of videos and texts where they show and write about successful whistles for FreeBSD. That's how I select some devices.
 
ZioMario said:
What I did. I've bought 2 USB dongles spending 40 EU right now but they don't work. We can't go randomly. Moneys can't be spent without having a certain level of security that it will work.
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What dongles did you buy? What steps did you take to check that the contained chips matched those on the above page?
 
 
ZioMario said:
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From ng_ubt(4), I can't see any that you bought that were specified:
  • 3Com 3CREB96
  • AIPTEK BR0R02
  • EPoX BT-DG02
  • Mitsumi Bluetooth USB adapter
  • MSI MS-6967
  • TDK Bluetooth USB adapter
  • Broadcom Bluetooth USB adapter
Note that you tried a random USB adapter with a random Broadcom chip but you didn't try *the* Boradcom Bluetooth USB adapter (which admittedly is difficult to track down).

The MSI MS-6967 looks the easiest. Just whack it into google images to see what it looks like.
 
kpedersen said:
From ng_ubt(4), I can't see any that you bought that were specified:
  • 3Com 3CREB96
  • AIPTEK BR0R02
  • EPoX BT-DG02
  • Mitsumi Bluetooth USB adapter
  • MSI MS-6967
  • TDK Bluetooth USB adapter
  • Broadcom Bluetooth USB adapter
Note that you tried a random USB adapter with a random Broadcom chip but you didn't try *the* Boradcom Bluetooth USB adapter (which admittedly is difficult to track down).
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Today I looked for these adapters :
  • 3Com 3CREB96
  • AIPTEK BR0R02
  • EPoX BT-DG02
  • Mitsumi Bluetooth USB adapter
  • MSI MS-6967
  • TDK Bluetooth USB adapter
but they are old and/or hard to find and buy somewhere. After some hours of research,I gave up. The "Broadcom Bluetooth USB adapter" is a very generic name. Broadcom created a lot of models under that definition. There is the needing to identify some precise models.

I didn't buy random adapters. Each model bought has been indicated by me by an user who said to use it.
 
ZioMario said:
but they are old and/or hard to find and buy somewhere.
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Thats fine. Old is not a problem is it? FreeBSD, you and I are also "older" than those dongles ;)

ZioMario said:
I didn't buy random adapters. Each model bought has been indicated by me by an user who said to use it.
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Much better to go via the man-page as the defacto reference though right? The problem with users is they don't always know what chip they have.
 
I think that a good idea is to create a thread,inviting every user to indicate which BT dongle he/she using with success. The list we have is too short and the models indicated are hard to find. I think that there are some good new models that are supported but they aren't in that list because no one takes care to update it.
 
ZioMario said:
Old is fine. Impossible to find is not fine.
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Very true. Consumer dongle hardware providers seem to replace products like they have some kind of ADHD.
Are none on that list still available from a common reseller?

I like your idea of a list, happy to contribute but again do note that two people might have the same dongle but with subtly different chips inside. I had this with an old Linksys WiFi adapter (rt2500usb) and was very confused when a second one didn't attach to FreeBSD correctly.
 
I've bought the Logitech bolt. It is recognized by FreeBSD as :

Code: 
ugen1.6: <Logitech USB Receiver> at usbus1
ukbd0 on uhub1
ukbd0: <Logitech USB Receiver, class 0/0, rev 2.00/5.03, addr 19> on usbus1
kbd2 at ukbd0
ums0 on uhub1
ums0: <Logitech USB Receiver, class 0/0, rev 2.00/5.03, addr 19> on usbus1
ums0: 16 buttons and [XYZT] coordinates ID=2
uhid0 on uhub1
uhid0: <Logitech USB Receiver, class 0/0, rev 2.00/5.03, addr 19> on usbus1

unfortunately it does not detected as a "pure" BT device and it can't be used.

Code: 
marietto# service bluetooth start ubt0
/etc/rc.d/bluetooth: ERROR: Unable to setup Bluetooth stack for device ubt0

Money wasted ?
 
bolt is a proprietary logitech protcol that supports multi device but it is not bt
some newer logitech kbds and mice support both bt and bolt. i can use my kbd as if i had a kvm. bluetooth with the mac and with the bolt with another box. (the kbd can be paired with 3 hosts) and you switch the host with a key combo

depending on seller policy and local regulations you may be able to return it
in .ro you can return nearly anything you bought online for 2 weeks without any reason.
 
I don't like to return stuff. I believe that today something may not work. Tomorrow someone will find the way to change its intended use.
As for bolt. Basically,If logitech produces a small keyboard compatible with it,something like the one below,for dimensions,so,in this case,I can use it,right ?
T-Keyboard-LILYGO_6.webp
 
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