![]() With their driver installed, the BCM20702A0 under 'Other Devices' disappeared and all the right things appeared under 'Bluetooth' in the Device Manager. They have a great website where they offer drivers that got me up and running in just a few minutes with no hiccups, other than it wasn't plug & play. They have motivated customer service people who will help you resolve problems. The solution: Buy the Plugable USB Bluetooth adapter from Amazon. I left that piece of garbage on the customer service counter at Best Buy when they refused to exchange it or provide any kind of support. When I needed to do a reinstall, Windows couldn't find the driver and both Broadcom and Best Buy washed their hands of it. I bought an Insignia Bluetooth usb adapter from Best Buy. The source of the problem is companies selling you garbage and refusing to support it. It installed, but nothing about Bluetooth appeared in the Device Manager and the BCM20702A0 device in the 'Other Devices' area still reported that it didn't have a driver. I tried the sp74543.exe driver with my bluetooth adapter and it didn't work. Business PCs, Workstations and Point of Sale Systems.Printer Wireless, Networking & Internet.DesignJet, Large Format Printers & Digital Press.Printing Errors or Lights & Stuck Print Jobs.Notebook Hardware and Upgrade Questions.Last edited by wildmanne39 August 5th, 2012 at 10:29 PM. If anybody finds other tricks, please let us know by posting here. There is no "pinch zoom" that I can find although I think the ctrl 2 finger trick will work to zoom pictures is Shotwell. (handy for easy back and forward in web browser)Ģ finger vertical and horizontal scrolling works in dialog boxes and web pagesĬtrl and 2 finger vertical scroll will zoom in and out (same as ctrl scroll wheel)ģ finger tap brings up the "Unity Handles" that let you easily grab a corner or edge or center of a window to move or resize it.Ĥ finger tap brings up the main Unity Menu (same as the super key) The Apple Magic Trackpad now does the following:ġ finger is simple pointer motion and 1 finger tap is the same as a left clickĢ finger tap is the same as a right click. You can adjust the Acceleration and Sensitivity sliders to your preference. The last thing I did was go to the mouse preferences and under touchpad, clicked to enable 2 finger scrolling, horizontal scrolling and Enable Mouse clicks with touchpad. The next dialog that opens should tell you that the pairing was successful. ![]() Click on it to select the Apple Wireless Trackpad and then click Continue. It should quickly find the trackpad, first as a string of numbers that then changes in a few seconds to Apple Wireless Trackpad. While the light on the trackpad is blinking, click the + in the bottom left corner of the Bluetooth window, then click continue and while it's searching, change the PIN options to '0000' (most headsets, mice & GPS devices), then click close. If the light is not blinking, the Apple Magic Trackpad is not in discoverable mode. The last thing I had to do to make my Apple Magic Trackpad work with this adapter was to briefly push and release the power button on the side of the trackpad to start the green light blinking. Make sure both the Bluetooth and Visibility sliders are set to "ON". Next, click on the bluetooth indicator in the top panel and select Preferences. Yuri WiitalaĬode: install usb:v0A5Cp21E8d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* /sbin/modprobe btusb echo 0a5c 21e8 > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/btusb/new_idClick to save the file.įinally, reboot and the adapter will show up as a bluetooth device in the top panel. It'll just take a little time for your favorite Linux distro update to pick up the fix. However, the driver was fixed just a few weeks ago. The issue is that the driver does not recognize the exact USB vendor/product ID. ĭetailed explanation: This device is handled just fine by the stock btusb kernel module. I found a review of the device by Yuri Wiitala on. On first install the system does not detect it as a bluetooth device. Here is how I got it working with my Apple Magic Trackpad in Ubuntu 11.10. It's very small and barely sticks out of the USB port. This is their latest Bluetooth V 4.0 class 2 device. I recently got a Medialink USB bluetooth adapter. Support threads regarding the wiki and it's content should be created in a suitable forum. Thank you for your thread and the work you have done in keeping it current and of use to the community.Ī thread for discussion of the wiki can be found at ![]() ![]() The information is now held on the community wiki at
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