after some time it will hang and the device will need to be reset using fcntl. On removal of the device everything goes back to normal. Raspberry Pi itself is responsive when using directly. When dongle is inserted into Pluscom powered USB hub, my remote PuTTY session scrolls incredibly slowly (testing with ls -R to generate text). Tested with Raspbian and bluez installed with apt-get.
But a lot of people have trouble with this on the standard software so best avoided.
Using with sma-Bluetooth (SMA Solar Inverter reading software).
Not out of the box on Raspbian or Lubuntu, only after changing the initial bootmode to HCI using Bluesuite on a Windows machine ( ). Tested with Raspbian using powered USB hub Powered USB Hub is advised if hotplugging. Hot-plugging causes Pi restarts, however leaving it plugged in directly into the pi works fine. ICIDU USB Bluetooth Adapter Class II (Not the mini version) - Works out of the box with Raspbian and RaspBMC.Bluetooth adapter shows up in lsusb as "0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio" - this is notable as most other sources of this chipset do not seem to be available in the US. There are other RiiTek Bluetooth (and non-Bluetooth wireless) devices on the working list. Tested both on builtin USB and on powered USB hub. RiiTek RT-MWK02+ - comes with a USB Bluetooth adapter that works perfectly for both the RiiTek mini Bluetooth keyboard/mouse and other Bluetooth devices.Another sample: Product ID: 0a12:0001, pictured here:.Hama USB Bluetooth 3.0 adapter (Class 1) ~£10 on .uk.Tesco own brand 'Technika' Nano Bluetooth Adapter has the Cambridge Silicon Radio chipset and works fine, cost £5.97 at time of posting.Example of above is TOPDIGI UA01 Bluetooth USB Dongle Plug and Play (install bluez package from std repos).Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle, CNet CBD-120, USB ID 0a12:0001.Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) - (USB ID 0a12:0001).