Discussion about Switch 2

[typenoob]

Hi every one. I opened this issue in order to discuss the compatibility of nxbt with Switch 2.
I don't have a Switch 2 myself, so want to collect information from anybody.
Is nxbt work well with Switch 2 in your situation?

And I have noticed that Brikwerk's commit a13345b added support with SwitchOS v12 and brought address masking featrue.
But his commit 5221236 removed it. Does somebody know the detail? (It might be related to the bluetooth headphone feature?)

[typenoob]

I'm guessing only on VM over windows platform, NXBT is compatiable with Swtich 2 ?

[fperk]

Hi,
i have both and i use a RPi4. After a while of trying i got the switch 1 to work, but i cannot connect to the switch 2.

It shows under the bluetooth devices but i somehow cannot connect.

[fperk]

I got myself a USB Dongle (TP-Link UB500) to test if it would work with the Windows + VBox setup, but that didn't work for me.
Then i tried the dongle on my RPi and i managed to connect to my Switch 2.
So it should work on both systems, it just seems buggy.
When i ran the sudo nxbt test, i was also in the bluetoothctl where i got a pairing request from the switch, after i accepted, the connection worked.

[typenoob]

Ok, So here is the temporary conclusion: Switch 2 won't be auto paired somehow?
Could you do more tests when you have time?

• On your RPi, try to connect your Switch 1 as the same steps you connected to Switch 2 but without the manual accept action
• Change your bluetooth mac-address start with 7C:BB:8A and connect your Switch 2 again but without the manual accept

[typenoob]

I also wonder what prompt showed in your bluetoothctl? Was it Accept pairing (yes/no): ?

[jlgrimes]

I also tried connecting to switch 2, however I didn't even get the controller to show up on my switch. Was hung on "connecting"

I also never got anything pop up in my bluetoothctl

[typenoob]

Could you paste btmgmt info here?

[typenoob]

Only after you changed your bluetooth alias to "Pro Controller", Switch would appear in the bluetoothctl scanned list. Have you checked the alias? @jlgrimes

[fperk]

Ok, So here is the temporary conclusion: Switch 2 won't be auto paired somehow? Could you do more tests when you have time?

• On your RPi, try to connect your Switch 1 as the same steps you connected to Switch 2 but without the manual accept action
• Change your bluetooth mac-address start with 7C:BB:8A and connect your Switch 2 again but without the manual accept

On my Switch 1, I also had to manually pair the device first, and the prompt Accept pairing (yes/no): shows up.

After adding the Bluetooth ID of Switch 1/2 to my trusted devices using bluetoothctl trust, the device now connects automatically.

After the first successful pairing, every other connection to the Switches worked fine.

These are my two controllers visible in bluetoothctl:

bluetoothctl list
Controller E4:5F:01:03:77:F1 Pro Controller [default]
Controller 98:03:8E:DD:22:C0 Pro Controller

I suppose the nxbt app does not change the MAC Address on my devices automatically?

I can also do some more tests if you need anything just write me.

[jlgrimes]

list

This worked - got it!! Thank you so much, the Shiny Charm is mine now 😈

[typenoob]

You could use following commands to let the agent automatically accept any pair requests. See if you still need to manual pair after setting this? @fperk

bluetoothctl agent off
bluetoothctl agent auto

[TommiKabelitz]

Works perfectly for me on linux with the switch 2, didn't need to do anything, just used the example in the README