Hello, I am wondering whether Plugable USB-BT4LE Bluetooth 4.0 USB allows to use bluetooth keyboards like Apple wireless keyboard in BIOS.
I heard that a HID Proxy is needed for this functionality - is that provided by the adapter?
Please answer, this is very important question. And it easy to check while having adapter in hand
Hi Andrey and Rudolf - Thanks for posting, sorry for the slow reply.
This USB Bluetooth adapter does not have any special in-built functionality for appearing as a USB HID device first (and emulating HID over Bluetooth), and then switching over to full Bluetooth functionality later (after OS loads).
Rather, it’s just a normal USB Bluetooth adapter. HID devices are only supported once the operating system’s Bluetooth HID drivers are loaded and talking to the adapter.
So a BIOS that only supports USB keyboards, won’t see any Bluetooth keyboards paired with this adapter.
Hope that background helps. Thanks again for asking!
Hi Bernie, thank you for such a full answer. Do you have any other adapters with such HID proxy capability? Sad it very hard to find…
Hi Andrey - Sorry, no. This is the one adapter of this type that we offer.