Added bluetooth dongle support for Rpi4 users #21
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January 25, 2025 16:02
This reverts commit b43ec97.
stefanor
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Thank you for looking at this! |
Thanks to you for creating it! I battled for quite some time before discovering some comments about the RPi4 bluetooth. So I tried a dongle and it just worked. |
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Yeah, I'll admit that I use an external Bluetooth dongle too... But I just disable the internal one. |
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Victron BLE Plugin: Raspberry Pi 4 Stability & Multi-Adapter Support
Summary
This update adds critical support for external Bluetooth adapters to address instability with Raspberry Pi 4's built-in Bluetooth hardware when used with Victron devices. Users can now select between adapters (e.g.,
hci1for USB dongles) via SignalK UI to bypass Pi 4's unreliable native Bluetooth stack.Key Changes
🛠️ Pi 4 Hardware Workarounds
🪲 Why This Matters for Pi 4 Users
Pi 4's built-in Bluetooth:
➔ Fails to maintain stable GATT connections
➔ Causes packet loss with Victron devices
External dongles (e.g., CSR4.0/Plugable BT4LE) resolve these issues.
Full Changelog
Features
007d6c8: Core Bluetooth adapter selection logic9471a9d: UI configuration for adapter switchingee255ed: Packet logging (size/timestamp/RSSI) for debuggingFixes & Stability
d9ba0c3: Compatibility with Bleak 0.20+ APIs3e7aa1c: Adapter selection via OS environment6a21b55: Health monitoring and restart logicCode Quality
c62a146/a911e39: Type hint improvements4dcba99: Reduced log noise for productionVerification Steps
hci1→ Confirm logs show[DEBUG] Using Bluetooth adapter hci1electrical.devices.*.deviceNameTested Hardware: Raspberry Pi 4 (Buster) + Victron Orion XS/SmartShunt + Plugable USB-BT4LE dongle.
Requires:
bleak>=0.20.0