all_BLE_win.md

2.4. all_BLE_WIN VERSION

2.4.1. Preparing host operating system

• It is possible to run Linux as a virtual machine in Windows 11 by installing Hyper-V with powershell:

PS> Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V -All

• After rebooting Windows, install software to connect usb to virtual machine, type command in powershell:

PS> winget install usbipd

• Describing solution will only work with USB adapters, buy cheap bluetooth adapter:
  • 5.0/5.1 (tested on RTL8761B chipset, manufacturer Zexmte, works with Miscale and Omron module);
  • 5.3 (tested on ATS2851 chipset, manufacturer Zexmte, works only with Miscale module).
• Bluetooth adapter should have a removable RP-SMA antenna;
• List devices in powershell that you can share:

PS> usbipd list
Connected:
BUSID  VID:PID    DEVICE                                                        STATE
1-2    0a12:0001  Generic Bluetooth Radio                                       Not shared

• Share USB bluetooth adapter for virtual machine (requires administrator privileges):

PS> usbipd bind --busid 1-2

• Disable shared device (in this example Generic Bluetooth Adapter) from host system so that there are no bluetooth adapter conflicts, check IP address (network adapter with default gateway):

PS> Get-PnpDevice -FriendlyName "Generic Bluetooth Radio" | Disable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$false
PS> Get-NetIPConfiguration | Where-Object {$_.IPv4DefaultGateway -ne $null -and $_.NetAdapter.Status -ne "Disconnected"} | Select InterfaceAlias, IPv4Address
InterfaceAlias IPv4Address
-------------- -----------
Ethernet 1         {192.168.4.18}

• In powershell, create a virtual machine generation 2 (1vCPU, 1024MB RAM, 8GB disk space, default NAT network connection, mount iso with Debian 12):

PS> New-VM -Name "export2garmin" -MemoryStartupBytes 1GB -Path "C:\" -NewVHDPath "C:\export2garmin\export2garmin.vhdx" -NewVHDSizeBytes 8GB -Generation 2 -SwitchName "Default Switch"
PS> Add-VMDvdDrive -VMName "export2garmin" -Path "C:\Users\robert\Downloads\debian-12-amd64-netinst.iso"
PS> Set-VMMemory "export2garmin" -DynamicMemoryEnabled $false
PS> Set-VMFirmware "export2garmin" -EnableSecureBoot Off -BootOrder $(Get-VMDvdDrive -VMName "export2garmin"), $(Get-VMHardDiskDrive -VMName "export2garmin"), $(Get-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName "export2garmin")
PS> Set-VM -Name "export2garmin" –AutomaticStartAction Start -AutomaticStopAction ShutDown

• Start Hyper-V console from powershell and install Debian 12 (default disk partitioning with minimal components, SSH server is enough):

PS> vmconnect.exe 192.168.4.18 export2garmin

• After installing system in powershell check IP address of guest to be able to log in easily via SSH:

PS> get-vm -Name "export2garmin" | Select -ExpandProperty Networkadapters | Select IPAddresses
IPAddresses
-----------
{172.17.76.18, fe80::215:5dff:fe04:c801}

2.4.2. Preparing guest operating system

• Log in via SSH with IP address (in this example 172.17.76.18) and install following packages:

$ su -
$ apt install -y usbutils usbip sudo

• Add a user to sudo, add loading vhci_hcd module on boot, reboot system:

$ usermod -aG sudo robert
$ echo "vhci_hcd" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
$ reboot

• Set USB Bluetooth adapter service to start automatically (via host IP address, include "User" name) at system boot, create a file sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/usbip-attach.service:

[Unit]
Description=usbip attach service
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=robert
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/usbip attach --remote=192.168.4.18 --busid=1-2
ExecStop=/usr/sbin/usbip detach --port=0
RemainAfterExit=yes
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

• Activate usbip-attach service and run it:

$ sudo systemctl enable usbip-attach.service && sudo systemctl start usbip-attach.service

• You can check if export2garmin service works sudo systemctl status usbip-attach.service or temporarily stop it with command sudo systemctl stop usbip-attach.service;
• Go to next part of instructions, select module:
  • Miscale - Debian 12;
  • Omron - Debian 12;
  • Back to README.

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