Pairing in VirtualBox Ubuntu Failing

[smfreitas]

Hi,

I have a project for my Robotics class to program my SPRK+ in ROS and I have been trying to follow the directions on this site. When I try to pair to it using bluetooth, the pairing always fails. How are you pairing, does it automatically succeed, did you need to do something to the sphero? Is sphero_ros only for the Sphero 2.0, and not for the SPRK+, maybe I just can't pair it in Ubuntu?

Thank you

[coreylgorman]

came across some issues related to using virtual box and ubuntu:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44326436/ubuntu-16-04-virtual-box-bluetooth

Disable Bluetooth Adapter from Device Manager in Host Machine.
Disable all Services in Host Machine that are using Bluetooth. (TaskManager -> Services -> Press B to find Bluetooth Services & Stop)
Start VB Ubuntu
Enable Bluetooth Adapter from Device Manager in Host Machine.
In VB, goto Device -> USB -> Select Bluetooth Radio
Open Terminal to check bluetooth status: sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth status
If you get Status as Active: active (running), then you have configured Bluetooth correctly.