Strafe Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 (edited) Wired works fine, I haven't tried 2.4 with the dongle because I want Bluetooth to work. First I tried from within the RetroPie Bluetooth menu tool. The keyboard is visible, but whatever method selected, I get an authentication was cancelled message. Next I tried via command line, using bluetoothctl. I use the following commands: pair mac address trust mac address connect mac address All succeed, and the keyboard appears in my devices list as CORSAIR K83 WRL KB. However, the blue light never stops blinking on the keyboard itself. I'm never asked for a pin (even when I don't use the trust command) and I'm wondering if that's part of the problem. Trying to find documentation for the agent command in bluetoothctl now. Any ideas? Edited March 23, 2019 by Strafe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat1 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 What does the ri use for an operating system? Linux? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strafe Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 Yes, sorry. I’m running the standard RetroPie image which is built on Raspbian (the raspberry pi version of Debian), a Linux distribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat1 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 And when you plug in the bluetooth dongle it doesn't detect it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarity Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I randomly tested it 5 months ago with the dongle and BT. I don't think I tried it "wired". Stupid question, have you tried paring it with another device w/ BT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feenix3 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Hello Strafe and all, Were you successful in getting the K83 paired to the Raspberry Pi? I am currently having the same trouble and would love some assistance if possible. I am using a Raspberry Pi 3 B+. When I try to pair, I get no prompt giving me a security pin to enter on the keyboard and the BT on the Pi crashes, forcing me to reboot the Pi if I want to try again. Thank you in advance for any suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yock Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 I got it working after a whole night of nothing but testing. Use Touchctl in shell, remove any trace of previously registered K83 entries and keep trying. Eventually it will tell you to enter the pin. Mind you i got it working with an Asus Bluetooth dongle i had lying around, i don't think that is needed but i simply dident have the patience for trying without after i finely got it working. I don't know why it doesn't ask for pin every time but i seem to get it to every 10th or so try. After it has been paired correctly there should be no problems reconnecting it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yock Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Just a quick little note on how i used touchctl. agent on default-agent scan on pair MAC Pin will be showed. trust MAC Agent is important since it will handle the request for pin and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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