So this means that we cant use Bluesoleil
What bluetooth software does support binary pairing?

I understand binary like I understand women, so don't quote me on this, but I found a binary converter that seems to be working (and will even invert the bits for you!)

It's a Trial (but who cares for testing purposes for now):
http://www.aquariussoft.com/pc-binary-converter/

So to convert my Wiimote's MAC which is 00:17:ab:3a:2e:69 , you need to remove the colons which gives you 0017ab3a2e69.

Converted to Binary that gives us: 1011110101011001110100010111001101001
And from the "Invert Bits" button we have: 0100001010100110001011101000110010110

Which sounds just about right.

If you want to implement this as code, a good starting point in Wikipedia would be:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal (for a chart from Hex to Binary) and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address (for a good visual cue of how MAC addresses are built).

I'm not sure just how much this helps you, I'm not a programmer so I can't really go further than this.

Update:
No luck yet
My BT Address is: 00:19:5B:5B:E3:81
Removed colons 00195B5BE381
Using converter: http://www.roubaixinteractive.com/PlayGround/Binary_Conversion/Binary_To_Text.asp

Created the binary for:

• 00195B5BE381 - as is
• 183EB5B59100 - Backwards
• 00195B5BE381 - as is then inverted binary
• 183EB5B59100 - Backwards then inverted binary

I am running Widdcom v5 on XP (given Broadcom made BT infrastructure in Wii and they make Widcomm I assume this is most likely to be successful.

Using normal connection sequence only start with red internal sync button instead of skip I enter the binary.

All return no connection!

Any thoughts?

benpaddlejones

Thats what I'm hoping!

I will try your converter tomorrow. Perhaps you could have a few tests too see if you get a result.

benpaddlejones

Ack, now I'm confused too! Wiibrew should really think about putting an example of how they do a backwards bit thing, because I'm not sure anymore. But here's what I think...

You start with your binary (from my MAC: 0017AB3A2E69)
1011110101011001110100010111001101001
(I just realized that the Aquarius software remotes all the trailing zeroes, the idiot!, so it's actually:
000000000001011110101011001110100010111001101001 )

Because a "byte" is 8 bits, and each number is a binary bit, a byte is basically 8 binary numbers. So 6 bytes:
00000000 00010111 10101011 00111010 00101110 01101001

Backwards (Last byte First) is:
01101001 00101110 00111010 10101011 00010111 00000000
which is 692E3AAB1700 in HEX

For your mac, that's:
00000000 00011001 01011011 01011011 11100011 10000001

Backwards:
10000001 11100011 01011011 01011011 00011001 00000000
In HEX: 81E35B5B1900

I just tried putting in the MAC in HEX, backwards bytes (692E3AAB1700) and I get a message that the device has refused the passkey because the passkey was wrong... Maybe because as wiibrew says, common BT stacks don't support this properly, so the internal Vista and XP stacks are most likely culprits.

I wonder if this could be circumvented in another way through programming?

ujs

Thanks for your help (as you already now I'm no programmer). How hard is it to change (hack) the Mac address?

Do you think this worth further exploring or is it too hard basket???

benpaddlejones

Well the Pairing is depending on the stack, I assume - Bluesoleil has their own stack, etc.

So I'm supposing that someone would have to write a new stack for this, or we would need to find which one works and with which adapter...

This is very complex stuff!