BT problem

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Hi,
my problem deals with BT controller in general on Home Assistant (not only this integration):

Logger: custom_components.ble_monitor.bt_helpers
Source: custom_components/ble_monitor/bt_helpers.py:162
Integration: Passive BLE monitor (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 17:48:46 (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 17:48:46

There are no BT controllers present in the system!

How can I activate BT controller? (I’ve a Dongle 3.0 sonoff with Silicon Firmware)
I tried everything but I can’t solve it.
Home Assistant 2023.3.6 works in Virtual Box (windows 10 on miniPC)

Thank you for your help

Gianluca

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  1. First of all, the dongle has to work with Windows
  2. ( Not sure about VB, As i use the best for HA, VMWare :wink: ) . however In your VB-Setting you have to look at network ( most likely ) , and as IP-NIC you also have to “Bridge” Bluetooth ( before HA have a chance to “discover it”

PS: Obviously VMWare and VB uses 2 different ways to enabling support for Bluetooth in guests

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Thank you, I try immediately

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Just realize you use usb-dongle, So it’s under USB-Devices in VB settings you’ll have to enable “sharing” of bluetooth ( sharing or whatever it’s called in VB )

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I tried to share Dongle, but it doesn’work.
I really don’t know how to fix it…
I also tried with Python tutorials but I can’t solve it…

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Maybe the problem is in VB… HA doesn’t detect HCI0

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Does your Virtual-Box settings see the bluetooht-dongle ?

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zigbee2mqtt is ok… only BT (ttyusb0) doesn’t work

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Yes, I selected the device in USB tab (ITead Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus [100])

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is that your bluetooth-dongle ? , or your zigbee

PS: im not sure where you got the idea, that your zigbee dongle supports bluetooth

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Bluetooth dongle

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I use it also for Z2m

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That make sense , are we talking about this device

if, so please direct me to the spec about it’s supported bluetooth version

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yes, that is the Dongle, but, please how can I find the version?

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It’s a Zigbee dongle, for Zigbee protocol/devices , it does NOT support Bluetooth protocol/devices

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Thank you so much. I appreciate your help… I’ll buy a BT USB device…

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Yes, as you seems to use Oracle Virtual Box, i think you need a Bluetooth-Dongle, If VB not is capable of using A buildin-bluetooth device on your miniPC

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the only thing I don’t really undestand is that BT did’t work also when I used HA on my laptop. But I’ll try to buy a BT dongle

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I’ve heard about(read) people who had problems with VB and bluetooth( buildin, but even dongles ) , but obvious some dont … in any case it something that has to be configured in more than 1 place as you are running a virtual environment