OpenLogiConnect a device
How to connect a Logitech device via receiver, Bluetooth, or USB and verify it appears in OpenLogi.
OpenLogi reaches Logitech HID++ devices over three transports:
- Receiver — a Logi Bolt, Unifying, or Lightspeed USB receiver; OpenLogi discovers the receiver and lists every paired device. See Receivers for the recognised dongles.
- Bluetooth-direct — a device paired straight to the computer over Bluetooth, no receiver.
- Wired — a device connected over USB.
Not everything speaks HID++: Litra lights are driven over raw HID and Logitech webcams over USB Video Class, and both show up in the same carousel — see Lights & webcams.
Verifying the connection
Open the GUI — connected devices appear in the device carousel, with battery
percentage and charge state for online devices. From the CLI, run
openlogi list to print the same inventory headlessly.
If a device doesn't show up, confirm Logi Options+ is fully quit (including
its background agent) so it isn't holding the receiver. On Linux, quit Solaar
and check the GUI's Settings → Permissions page — the udev rules must be
installed for /dev/hidraw* access (see
Installation).
Pairing a new device
A Bolt receiver can pair new devices from the GUI's Add device flow: discovery lists nearby pairable devices, and confirming one starts the passkey exchange Bolt requires — for a mouse, a short sequence of left/right clicks. Unifying and Lightspeed receivers are enumerated and driven, but pairing new devices to them is not implemented; use Logitech's own pairing tool for those.