Bluetooth Passthrough: Difference between revisions

Since {{revision|5.0-910}}, Dolphin has the ability to passthrough a Bluetooth adapter for emulated Wii software. This gives emulated Wii software full control of a Bluetooth adapter, which, provided a decent, working adapter, notably allows pairing Wii Remotes to Dolphin, third-party Wii Remote support, working Wii Remote audio and more accurate connectivity.

* The functionality and quality of the connections heavily depend on the quality of the adapter.

* Even though most adapters work fine in passthrough mode, the only perfect adapter is the Wii's Bluetooth module (so far).

* Save states can be used with some limitations.

* Because Bluetooth Passthrough Mode skips Dolphin's emulated Bluetooth and Wii Remote code entirely, it is not possible to mix passthrough mode and emulated/real Wii Remote. This means that netplay, TAS input, input display, etc. cannot work.

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="YOURVID", ATTRS{idProduct}=="YOURPID", TAG+="uaccess"

WARNING:  While a libusb driver is installed, other programs/devices will not be able to use your Bluetooth device. This can be easily reverted in Windows Device Manager and instructions are provided below.

Download and open [http://zadig.akeo.ie/ Zadig] as Administrator, then:

# Look through the devices for the device to passthrough.

# On the right column, select "libusbk" or then click "Replace Driver". Select "Yes" to modify the system driver.

If you wish to return your Bluetooth back to normal, start "Device Manager" and locate "libusbK" devices in the list. Right click the device you wish to restore and uninstall device. Upon plugging it in next time, Windows will install the default Bluetooth driver and it will continue functioning per normal. NOTE:  If you used the winUSB driver instead, it will be located under "Universal Serial Bus Devices." Same instructions apply otherwise.

If Dolphin is unable to use your Bluetooth device after doing this, it may not have the necessary hardware features. You can attempt to use the "winUSB" driver from zadig as a last ditch effort.

Some users who wish to maintain use of their Bluetooth Device and use it in Dolphin without swapping drivers have opted to use usbdk. When Dolphin starts up, you will lose control of your Bluetooth Device and regain it when Dolphin is shutdown. While this cuts down on the work if you need to use your Bluetooth device across many controllers, usbdk has many bugs.  The worst of which is that any ES_Launch will immediately crash freeze the game due to usbdk losing control of the Bluetooth.

| bgcolor="#afa" | Asus AR9462 WiFi Card

| bgcolor="#fda" | Asus QCA6174A WiFi Card

| bgcolor="#fda" | [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DJ83070?linkCode=wey&tag=dolphin-emu-20 Asus USB-BT400] [BCM20702]

| bgcolor="#afa" | [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003765X38?linkCode=wey&tag=dolphin-emu-20 Azio BTD-V201] [CSR8510]

| bgcolor="#fda" | E-Blue Mini Nova EBA012V00 [CSR8510]

| bgcolor="#fda" | Foxconn T77H348.02 WiFi Card [AR9462]

| bgcolor="#fda" | [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01EZTR2G6 Gembird BTD-MINI5] [CSR8510]

| bgcolor="#faa" | [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F85ZPIY?linkCode=wey&tag=dolphin-emu-20 GMYLE Ultra-Mini USB CSR4.0] [CSR8510]

| Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165

| bgcolor="#afa" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Yes

| ?

| ?

| M.2 || 5.0

| bgcolor="#afa" | [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0018O9JIG?linkCode=wey&tag=dolphin-emu-20 IOGear GBU421] [BCM2046]

| bgcolor="#afa" colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | Yes

| bgcolor="#fda" | [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007GFX0PY?linkCode=wey&tag=dolphin-emu-20 IOGear GBU521] [BCM20702]

| bgcolor="#fda" | [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007Q45EF4?linkCode=wey&tag=dolphin-emu-20 Kinivo BTD-400] [BCM20702]

| bgcolor="#faa" | [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HZWEB74?linkCode=wey&tag=dolphin-emu-20 Mayflash DolphinBar (W010)]

| bgcolor="#faa" colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | Not supported^{[[#Notes|[9]]]}

| USB^{[[#Notes|[11]]]} || 2.0

| 057E || 0305 || ?

| USB^{[[#Notes|[11]]]} || 2.0

| 057E || 0305 || ?

| bgcolor="#afa" | Orico BTA-403 [CSR8510]

| bgcolor="#afa" colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | Yes

| bgcolor="#fda" | [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0169O12UC?linkCode=wey&tag=dolphin-emu-20 Orico BTA-408] [BCM20702]

| bgcolor="#fda" | Qualcomm Atheros AR5B22 WiFi Card [AR9462]

| bgcolor="#faa" | [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001D8CCYK?linkCode=wey&tag=dolphin-emu-20 Rocketfish RF-MRBTAD Micro Bluetooth Adapter] [BCM2046]

| bgcolor="#afa" | [http://www.senanetworks.com/ud100-g03.html?sc=14&category=3968 Sena Networks Parani-UD100] [CSR8510]

| bgcolor="#afa" colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | Yes

| bgcolor="#fda" | Silicon Wave Bluetooth Wireless Adapter [BCM????]

| USB || ?

| [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F25Z0FS?linkCode=wey&tag=dolphin-emu-20 SoundBot SB340] [CSR8510]

| bgcolor="#fda" | [https://www.trust.com/en/product/17772-bluetooth-3-0-usb-adapter Trust Bluetooth 3.0 Adapter] [AR3011]

| bgcolor="#fda" | [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LX6HISL?linkCode=wey&tag=dolphin-emu-20 UGREEN USB Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter] [CSR8510]

| 0A12 || 0001 || ?

| bgcolor="#afa" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Yes ^{[[#Notes|[10]]]}

:^[6] Has issues connecting multiple Wiimotes.

:^[7] Has issues reconnecting multiple Wiimotes.

:^[8] Limited to 1 remote.

:^[9] Doesn't expose its internal Bluetooth adapter, can't be used with Bluetooth Passthrough in any capacity.

:^[11] Must be modded before use, [https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-how-to-wire-a-wii-s-bluetooth-module-to-a-pc-usb-port refer to this forum thread].