BLE USB Dongles with VMware Workstation Player

Hey All,
Super newbie here. Trying to do some, what I’d think is, basic stuff by way of using VMP16 to load up HA 6.3 and mount a BT USB Adapter to connect to an AirThings Hub or AT Waveplus device. I have a few BT dongles around and I’ve been mucking with getting them connected to the VM as well as trying to use them to find devices.

Having near zero luck with understanding if the device is

  1. Recognized (some BT devices show no firmware packs)
  2. Accessible and scanning

I posted this in “Hardware” even tho it’s all wetware these days :wink: Any tips for newb to figure out if it’s a hardware or a config issue to access BLE devices and find local devices?

Thanks all

At the VM’s console, type login to get to a root shell and take a look at the output of dmesg or journalctl -b.

Not 100% sure what i’m looking for. looks like certain aspects are showing up. maybe I just need a beginners guide yet on actually adding BLEs to my HA build… The other BLE device was tossing a cannot find firmware message when it was plugged in.

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