Using two bluetooth adapters (not devices) together in OSX?

I was wondering if its possible to allow OSX to use two bluetooth adapters at the same time? In windows, when you plug in two adapters, it places two bluetooth icons in the system tray. It seems when I try this with OSX, the main adapter is used, and the secondary adapter gets listed as a keyboard im guessing, as a window pops up saying it doesnt recognise my keyboard (even though i own no bluetooth keyboards), and it shows up with an improper mac address with the main bluetooth adapter, but not as its own. Is there any way to make OSX notice the second adapter?
EDIT: I guess I should specify my reasoning for this. on windows, because of the way bluetooth works, ps3 controllers need to isolate the bluetooth adapter, rendering a bluetooth adapter solely for the ps3 controller. obviously this works in osx without isolation, but I noticed that since the ps3 controller pairs by mac address, using the same adapter results in only having to pair the controller to osx and windows once, rather than having to pair each time i switched between systems. Also, I would still like to use the second adapter as its own for pairing other devices.
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Hi,
Thank for posting in Microsoft TechNet Forum.
Based on my research, two Bluetooth adaptors can work at same time.
In your case, the major problem is the dongle can’t start. I suggest you could test if the new Bluetooth adapter could work in another computer?
Meanwhile, the Code 10 error pertains mainly to hardware and device driver issues or to compatibility issues between hardware drivers and additional software
that is installed in Windows. Therefore, we recommend that you troubleshoot these issues by focusing on device drivers, on device configuration issues, and on hardware compatibility issues.
I recommend you could refer to:
Description of Code 10-related errors that Device Manager generates in Windows-based computers
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