ASUS USB-BT500 Bluetooth 5.0 USB-Adapter

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Hi,
I saw that this bluetooth adapter was compatible with Zorin OS but i have no idea how to install the drivers to get it to work. I m using latest Zorin OS Pro. I found this tutorial ASUS USB-BT500 Driver Zorin OS Installation • tutorialforlinux.com but when i click on installation guide i get to How to Install Rtl8761B Bluetooth Driver on Ubuntu GNU/Linux Distro • tutorialforlinux.com

Dont know if its the same guide anymore? There are alot of different versions and distros i guess. I dont know wich one to choose. I found the driver here but i have no idea how to install it. Lets say i unpacked it in downloads. What then?

https://www.asus.com/Networking-IoT-Servers/Adapters/All-series/USB-BT500/HelpDesk_Download/

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I would use the provided newer driver:

wget https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/USB-BT500/20200909_LINUX_BT_DRIVER_KERNEL_5.7_COEX_v0202.zip

bsdtar -xzf 20200909_LINUX_BT_DRIVER_KERNEL_5.7_COEX_v0202.zip

cd 20200806_LINUX_BT_DRIVER_RTL8761B_COEX_v0202

sudo make install INTERFACE=usb

^Should work... If not, just use sudo make install

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@ [Aravisian]

Ok lets take it step by step. I opened a terminal window and pasted
wget https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/USB-BT500/20200909_LINUX_BT_DRIVER_KERNEL_5.7_COEX_v0202.zip

It downloaded the driver to my downloads. When i paste bsdtar -xzf 20200909_LINUX_BT_DRIVER_KERNEL_5.7_COEX_v0202.zip i get
Command 'bsdtar' not found, but can be installed with:

sudo apt install libarchive-tools

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You can just Right Click the file in your Downloads and click "Extract here".

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Yes i have extracted all files in my download folder. How do i install it from that place? There isnt any installer in the folder there are just four folders and four files.

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cd /Downloads/20200806_LINUX_BT_DRIVER_RTL8761B_COEX_v0202

sudo make install INTERFACE=usb

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Hmm dont know if i m doing something wrong. Downloads is translated to "Hämtningar" in swedish. I clicked on the Z button and typed Terminal. I then typed cd /Hämtningar/20200806_LINUX_BT_DRIVER_RTL8761B_COEX_v0202 but i get "No such file or directory".

This is the path for me using Filemanager:
/home/joeled/Hämtningar/20200806_LINUX_BT_DRIVER_RTL8761B_COEX_v0202/20200806_LINUX_BT_DRIVER_RTL8761B_COEX_v0202/

Thanks for the help.

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No... I typoed, sorry...
It should have had the Home Shortcut using tilde in front.

This will work, too.
Or

cd ~/Downloads/20200806_LINUX_BT_DRIVER_RTL8761B_COEX_v0202/20200806_LINUX_BT_DRIVER_RTL8761B_COEX_v0202

aka

cd ~/Hämtningar/20200806_LINUX_BT_DRIVER_RTL8761B_COEX_v0202/20200806_LINUX_BT_DRIVER_RTL8761B_COEX_v0202

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Yes i managed to install it but now bluetooth is disconnected. I tried to start it again but no devices are visible. It doesnt want to start bluetooth at all.

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Are you saying that there is no change after installing?

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No bluetooth doesnt work at all. I see no devices. I had a speaker that was working with bluetooth but its gone now.

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Ok so bluetooth was working, but now is not after installing the driver. Did you reboot?
If bluetooth was working before, what were you trying to correct by applying the new driver?

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I wanted to use a usb bluetooth adapter that could find a bluetooth keyboard that i have.

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Ok - it was working partially before, but did not see a device - but now is not working at all on any device?

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No it doesnt work at all now. I removed the usb bluetooth device and restarted to see if it started again.

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You can try removing the recently installed driver by cd'ing into that same directory and running:

sudo make remove INTERFACE=usb

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I wanted to connect this keyboard using bluetooth Logitech K810. Maybe its not compatible at all.

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I just get "COEX_v0202$ sudo make remove INTERFACE=usb
make: *** No rule to make target 'remove'. Stop.". Do you use Teamviewer?

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This can happen if the driver developer does not include a Make parameter for removal. I was afraid that may happen.

Let me download and look over the file - and I can help walk you through a removal.

Then we can examine the keyboard.

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Ok thank you for all help. Totally new to this.