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ericx

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Registered: 2016-01-05

Posts: 5

Plantronic BT600 bluetooth adapater not recognized by Bluez

My BT600 shows up as a usb device no problem:

$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port / Mobile Action MA-8910P
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0557:2008 ATEN International Co., Ltd UC-232A Serial Port [pl2303]
Bus 001 Device 012: ID 046d:082d Logitech, Inc. HD Pro Webcam C920
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 0424:2412 Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) Hub
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0a12:1004 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Avantree DG80
Bus 001 Device 011: ID 0461:4d51 Primax Electronics, Ltd 0Y357C PMX-MMOCZUL (B) [Dell Laser Mouse]
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 413c:2101 Dell Computer Corp. SK-3205 SmartCard Reader Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0424:2412 Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) Hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2109:2813 VIA Labs, Inc. VL813 Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 2109:2813 VIA Labs, Inc. VL813 Hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 047f:02ef Plantronics, Inc. Poly BT600 USB
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

But bluetoothd never sees it:

$ bluetoothctl 
Agent registered
[bluetooth]# list
[bluetooth]# power on
No default controller available
[bluetooth]# 

I can't find any interesting logs:

$ journalctl -b | grep -i bt600
Feb 11 13:10:56 ericx-office2 kernel: usb 1-3: Product: Poly BT600 USB
Feb 11 13:10:57 ericx-office2 kernel: input: Plantronics Poly BT600 USB as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0/0003:047F:02EF.0001/input/input6
Feb 11 13:10:57 ericx-office2 kernel: plantronics 0003:047F:02EF.0001: input,hiddev96,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Device [Plantronics Poly BT600 USB] on usb-0000:00:14.0-3/input0
Feb 11 13:11:00 ericx-office2 vmware-usbarbitrator[944]: USBArb: DevID(3047f02ef): Device 2: name:Plantronics\ Poly\ BT600\ USB vid:047f pid:02ef path:1/3 speed:full family:hid serialnum:7a68d9ee85854d189f49a7462f05a28e arbRuntimeKey:3 version:4 owner:(null).
Feb 11 13:11:01 ericx-office2 vmware-usbarbitrator[944]: USBArb: DevID(3047f02ef): Device 2: name:Plantronics\ Poly\ BT600\ USB vid:047f pid:02ef path:1/3 speed:full family:hid serialnum:7a68d9ee85854d189f49a7462f05a28e arbRuntimeKey:3 version:4 owner:(null).

Any debugging suggestions?
Thank you for your time.

pbuytels

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Registered: 2023-04-05

Posts: 1

Re: Plantronic BT600 bluetooth adapater not recognized by Bluez

The Poly BT600 is not a real bluetooth adapter.
It's an audio-only adapter and acts as a sound card.

You can pair it to a bluetooth device and all sound is sent to the bluetooth headset/speaker(s).