mBlock isn't connecting to mBot properly on Linux


#1

Hello everyone! I recently got an Mbot for Christmas. My main OS is Linux-Mint and I managed to get mBlock running properly through Wine. I installed the package ‘blueman’ (Mint’s default bluetooth package), the drivers, mBlock, and turned the robot on. Under the ‘connect’ tab, Bluetooth was grey. There are no listed serial ports and pressing ‘connect’ does nothing. Am I missing a library?

Thank you!

EDIT:
I’ve checked to see that the robot is connected to the computer- it is. I can’t switch it to a serial port.


#3

UPDATE ///
Turns out Wine is NOT compatible with Bluetooth. I forgot to mention it.