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WiiPair - solution to permanently pair wiimote to pc using windows BT stack! - mandark - 03-09-2012
finally!
i've found an solution to pair my wiimotes permanently with the PC using the windows bluetooth stack. and with "permanently" i mean, that only a button-press on the wiimote and no further software or interaction on the PC is needed. it also stays this way after a disconnection of the wiimotes or even a reboot of the PC. the wiimote behaves with the PC exactly like with the wii.
i did this using using a tool called "WiiPair", which is included in a package donwloadable here. (download the "Wiimote ADC"-package at the bottom of the thread).
i have it working with windows 7 x64 and an ASUS BT211 bluetooth stick.
@dolphin-devs:
to achieve this, i think the tool is using the wiiuse-library, which is written in C. maybe you could use it to implement the same feature into dolphin?
RE: WiiPair - solution to permanently pair wiimote to pc using windows BT stack! - broho - 03-16-2012
Can you explain how you got it to work?
RE: WiiPair - solution to permanently pair wiimote to pc using windows BT stack! - etking - 03-16-2012
Will it also work with the new -TR Motion Plus Wiimotes and Toshiba Stack, since Windows stack seems to be not compatible with these?
RE: WiiPair - solution to permanently pair wiimote to pc using windows BT stack! - mandark - 03-20-2012
(03-16-2012, 06:05 PM)broho Wrote: Can you explain how you got it to work?
sure!
first of all: a different version of WiiPair is available here. it is purely a command-line version, but i've had some problems with the GUI-version i've posted above, when other bluetooth-devices are around. it seems to try to pair them like a wiimote, but gets stuck. the command-line-version doesn't seem to have this problem, so i recommend using this one.
the pairing-process is as follows:
- launch WiiPair (the command-line version)
- if there are any wiimotes currently paired or connected, WiiPair automatically removes those to clean up the currently connected devices.
- afte that WiiPair keeps looking for any WiiMotes that want to sync.
- then i press the red sync button inside the battery-department (1+2 buttons don't work) on all wiimotes simultaously.
- WiiPair should discover the wiimotes and then pair them (incl. installing HID-devices, etc.)
- if WiiPair doesn't find or pair all your wiimotes, just try again. rebooting your PC and removing the batteries of your wiimotes for a short time might also help, if it's not working as intended
one the wiimotes are successfully paired, all all i have to do to recoonect them to the PC is press A on the wiimote. the leds on the wiimote start blinking indefinitely until dolphin (or another tool that makes use of the wiimotes) is started and takes control of the wiimotes.
as i said, this also works after a removal of the bluetooth-device, and/or the shutdown of the system and/or the powering-off or removing of battery of the wiimote.
it does seem however, that not all bluetooth-adapters are capable of this. e.g. with a "D-Link DBT-120" the pairing is gone, after the reboot of the PC. with my "ASUS BT211" it is working fine.
(03-16-2012, 10:35 PM)etking Wrote: Will it also work with the new -TR Motion Plus Wiimotes and Toshiba Stack, since Windows stack seems to be not compatible with these?
the WiiPair-utility only works with the Windows Stack. i tried it with a -TR wiimote of a friend of mine. the pairing did seem to work and the wiimote even rumbled, when "refresh" was pressed in dolphins wiimote-settings, but unfortunately no controls worked inside the game. i don't know, if this is still a problem with dolphin.
but for the Toshiba Stack a way for permanent pairing has been discovered by the developer of GlovePIE (see this blog-entry and/or this dolphin thread.), but unfortunately he hasn't released any information on this yet.
RE: WiiPair - solution to permanently pair wiimote to pc using windows BT stack! - alanlcarlos - 03-20-2012
Try This: Permanently Pair Wiimote To PC (Toshiba Stack).
First pair Wiimote to PC with Windows Stack with
http://www.richlynch.com/custom/dist/WiiPair-1.0-setup.exe
Then install Toshiba Stack.