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Emulator USB passthrough guide
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This page describes how to enable Bluetooth peripherals with USB passthrough for
the AAOS emulator.
Use The Asus USB-BT400 Bluetooth 4.0 USB adapter to set up the USB passthrough
connection. This applies for Android 13 and higher.
- Connect the dongle to the Linux host machine.
To confirm the device functions as intended, run the lsusb command.
Values for the VendorId(0x0b05) and ProductId (0x17cb) of the Asus
BT-400 adapter are displayed.
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 0b05:17cb ASUSTek Computer, Inc. Broadcom BCM20702A0 Bluetooth
Launch the emulator with the usb-passthrough information.
$ emulator -cores 4 -memory 6144 -usb-passthrough vendorid=0x0b05,productid=0x17cb
The dongles tested are:
Other dongles may work, however, not tested.
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Last updated 2024-12-04 UTC.
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