3rd party bluetooth keyboard not connecting to Mac

I have a 3rd party bluetooth keyboard that works fine on m iphone,
When I try to connect it to my Mac, the keyboard is discoverable as "Bluetooth Keyboard" where it always fails at the pairing process.
"The pairing attempt was unsuccessful. This configuration of Mac OSX and bluetoot software could be invalid or unsupported."
The bluetooth on my Mac connects fine to my trackpad.
Is there any reason why this shouldnt work on my Mac and is there any way to get it working?

I had the same problem with my third party bluetooth keyboard. When pairing, I could enter the passphrase but then the RETURN button would not register to complete the pairing and it would give me the same error message. It seems to work if you pair the keyboard by going into System Preferences>Keyboard>Set Up Bluetooth Keyboard instead of using the Bluetooth Setup Assistant.

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(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
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(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = myserver)(PORT = 1521))
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