HUSBZB-1 USB not functioning correctly?

Hardware
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I can’t remember, when I connect my HUSBZB-1 USB to a PC, isn’t the blue LED supposed to stay on? Currently, when I connect my HUSBZB-1 USB to my host PC, the LED turns on for about 5-6 seconds… then turns off. However, Windows device manager shows the respective 2 COM ports as “This device is working properly”.

I suspect the device is malfunctioning since my Home Assistant VM boots to a HASSIO login screen instead of starting up normally. I couldn’t find any troubleshooting information on Nortek’s or HomeSeer’s websites about this. Proactively, I ordered a new HUSBZB-1 USB stick from Amazon just in case it’s permanently damaged.

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Just checked mine and the blue LED is still lit. Last reboot was 10 hours ago. Since you are running in a VM, you might want to check the VM management app and see if the USB is still connected to the VM.

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Thanks for letting me know. It looks like my issue was related to using VirtualBox USB Filtering for my Husbzb-1. I forgot that when my Virtualbox VM starts, it will immediately take full control over the the USB device if it is already plugged in (and set as a filtered USB device in VirtualBox settings.