Can Mayflash DolphinBar be used strictly as a sensor bar?

03-16-2019, 09:50 AM #1

I just got my Mayflash Dolphin sensor bar and synced my Wiimote to it, but couldn't get it to work with Dolphin. Googled the error and found out I can't use the bluetooth passthrough after Mac OS 10.9.

No worries, I don't have the Wimote Plus, and only want to play MP3: Corruption. So I paired my Wiimote directly to my Mac, and it works fine. However, I can't get the pointer to work with the sensor bar.

Can the Mayflash sensor bar be used strictly as a sensor bar, without anything synced to it first? Or do I need to return it, and get a cheapie "regular" sensor bar?

**mbc07** · 03-16-2019, 05:51 PM #2

A Dolphin Bar running the latest firmware will turn its IR LEDs on only when there's at least one Wiimote connected to them. That's to (try to) avoid a hardware flaw where it powers the IR LEDs with too much current and thus the LEDs end burning prematurely eventually. I heard they silently released a second Dolphin Bar revision that has a physical switch to control the IR LEDs independently but I have no idea if this flaw was actually fixed. If you have a bit of soldering skills you can also open it and do a simple DIY mod so the IR LEDs are always on regardless if there's a Wiimote connected or not.

TL;DR if you need only a sensor bar, it's probably easier to return the Dolphin Bar and get something else. If you can't return it anymore, try modding it...

Jack Frost · (This post was last modified: 03-17-2019, 03:14 AM by Jack Frost.)

(03-16-2019, 05:51 PM)mbc07 Wrote: A Dolphin Bar running the latest firmware will turn its IR LEDs on only when there's at least one Wiimote connected to them. That's to (try to) avoid a hardware flaw where it powers the IR LEDs with too much current and thus the LEDs end burning prematurely eventually. I heard they silently released a second Dolphin Bar revision that has a physical switch to control the IR LEDs independently but I have no idea if this flaw was actually fixed. If you have a bit of soldering skills you can also open it and do a simple DIY mod so the IR LEDs are always on regardless if there's a Wiimote connected or not.

TL;DR if you need only a sensor bar, it's probably easier to return the Dolphin Bar and get something else. If you can't return it anymore, try modding it...

I got it from Amazon, so I sent it back. Got a cheap USB sensor bar on its way.