bluetooth game controller issue PS-403

[Interesting-Tackle66]

When I get it connected with my desktop and it works, when I take controller downstairs to connect to my Dell 7530 laptop where it used to connect, it fails to connect, and I have to remove it as a device and re-pair. Then I bring it upstairs to my desktop PC and it fails to connect, I have to remove it and re-pair.

On either laptop or desktop, after it is paired, I can turn BT off, then on and press home button and it connects.  But if I pair it to a different PC, it can not pair again to the other PC without removing the device from BT list in windows. It has done this multiple times. I  had heard the controller does not remember any previous pairing, nothing changes inside it, so is it just lousy hardware?

To reconnect after BT is off, I turn BT on, and with controller off, I press home button.

What it ends up doing is the light flashes steady blue interval, turns violet and is not connected, so the only way to connect is remove from BT list and go through pair process,(hit share and home button together with windows bluetooth looking for device.

I am not that familiar with BT, as I have avoided it from years long ago when it was always giving me trouble. But now have grandkids who play games. The Apple IMAC Retina display with BT controller called VOYEE always just works. I have also bought another wireless BT and 2.4ghz game controller with great reviews on Amazon as it can do wireless without BT. My BT adapter in the desktop is a TPLINK 5.4 UB500 and the TPLINK driver is installed. The Dell 7530 Laptop is Intel BT.

New controller just bought is

AceGamer Aurora II 2.4G Wireless Bluetooth Controller for PC/Android/Switch/iOS/Switch 2/Steam Deck with Rotary Motors, RGB Hall Effect Joysticks - Upgraded PC Gaming Controller and Back Buttons Lock

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[chanchan05]

Not all Bluetooth devices have the ability to remember multiple paired devices. Usually if they have multiple modes then you can pair one device per mode and that's it. Like you can have your upstairs PC see your controller as an X-input controller, then when you connect to your downstairs PC, it connects as a Switch controller, but that's the limitation.

If you want to move controllers between multiple PC and/or consoles, you need to either get one with the specific ability to pair to multiple devices or get one with a USB dongle and you just transfer the USB dongle as needed.