Wii Controller 1 disconnected

[kathiedart]

When I start a game I get a notification:
Wiimote 1 connected
Wiimote 1 disconnected
Wiimote 1 disconnected
Wiimote 1 disconnected
Wiimote 1 disconnected

, which is completely incorrect as it is showing up in the system and lights as connected. If I disconnect from the system, the game will take over and connect to it, but only for a few seconds before claiming that it's lost its control, apparently not even wanting control.

I'm extremely disappointed, I was told this was good software, but doesn't seem to even want to play ball no matter what options I have on (continuous scanning or not), whether hid_wiimote is loaded or not, it's even an official v1 wiimote, and works perfectly with an actual wii.

Those appear to be common causes here so I thought I'd say it was none of them...

Has anyone more hints?

Thanks