Gamer discovery: Wiimote to PC pairing

What happens when you have some free time, a PC, a Nintendo Wii, and some ideas about how bluetooth works? Simple: you figure out how to make your PC acknowledge your Wiimote.

Brian sent us an email on some experimentation he did with his PC and the Wiimote. Apparently, he was able to figure out a way to pair the two. While we’re not sure what else he used to get the two to work together, it’s definitely an interesting development. While it doesn’t have any practical applications as of yet, maybe someone can think of something you can do with a connection like this, such as controlling the PC’s mouse with your Wiimote.

Of course, you’re free to test this out. While he didn’t give us a step-by-step guide on how to do it, he did give us a basic idea on what you should be looking for.

Here are his instructions:

Method of connecting is press A + B + 1 + 2.

Four LEDs blink, it is discoverable during this time. Once paired, the same button combo turns it on and you can connect it as an active connection. The LEDs blink as long as its connected, shows up as a HID game controller, but with no buttons or axis’ in the control panel.

Got any verification on this? Send it in as a tip or place a comment below. If you’ve got pictures, that’ll be great as well. Let’s see just how far we can take Brian’s observation, shall we?

What happens when you have some free time, a PC, a Nintendo Wii, and some ideas about how bluetooth works? Simple: you figure out how to make your PC acknowledge your Wiimote.

Brian sent us an email on some experimentation he did with his PC and the Wiimote. Apparently, he was able to figure out a way to pair the two. While we’re not sure what else he used to get the two to work together, it’s definitely an interesting development. While it doesn’t have any practical applications as of yet, maybe someone can think of something you can do with a connection like this, such as controlling the PC’s mouse with your Wiimote.

Of course, you’re free to test this out. While he didn’t give us a step-by-step guide on how to do it, he did give us a basic idea on what you should be looking for.

Here are his instructions:

Method of connecting is press A + B + 1 + 2.

Four LEDs blink, it is discoverable during this time. Once paired, the same button combo turns it on and you can connect it as an active connection. The LEDs blink as long as its connected, shows up as a HID game controller, but with no buttons or axis’ in the control panel.

Got any verification on this? Send it in as a tip or place a comment below. If you’ve got pictures, that’ll be great as well. Let’s see just how far we can take Brian’s observation, shall we?