Well, what I decided to do was download the beta of 11.2, and then everytime it happens, I'm sending in the feedback with the error.
For those of you who are interested, this is what shows up in the console:
fault 15:53:24.520549-0600 kernel AppleHSBluetoothHIDDriver:0x1000027f6 Matching has vendor DeviceUsagePage : ff00 bundleIdentifier none ioclass none but transport and vendorID is missing
error 15:53:24.888216-0600 kernel Invalid digitizer transducer
fault 15:53:25.030673-0600 kernel AppleHSBluetoothHIDDriver:0x1000027f6 Matching has vendor DeviceUsagePage : ff00 bundleIdentifier none ioclass none but transport and vendorID is missing
Now, I wish I new what that meant, but I'm hoping someone at Apple will.
Another curiosity is I keep getting this error as well:
error 17:21:51.189536-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826800 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:51.189961-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826829 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:51.190162-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826801 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:51.190375-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950829892 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:52.194688-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826800 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:52.195151-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826829 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:52.195553-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826801 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:52.195959-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950829892 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:53.201658-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826800 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:53.202086-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826829 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:53.202363-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826801 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:53.202997-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950829892 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:54.209208-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826800 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:54.209678-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826829 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:54.210304-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826801 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:54.210570-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950829892 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:55.215378-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826800 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:55.215854-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826801 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:55.218369-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950829892 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:56.223709-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826800 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:56.224112-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826801 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:56.224308-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950829892 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:57.230362-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826800 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:57.230784-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826829 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:57.230993-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826801 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:57.231193-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950829892 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:58.235688-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826800 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:58.236114-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826829 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:58.238218-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826801 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:58.238492-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950829892 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:59.242477-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826800 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:59.242938-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826829 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:59.246068-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950826801 to SMC with error code 86
error 17:21:59.248193-0600 kernel Failed to write key 1950829892 to SMC with error code 86
It happens with a large list of errors every 3-4 seconds; I have verified that my 2013 Mac Pro, running Big Sur 11.1 (no, I won't risk 2 machines with a Beta ;), does not ever get these errors. (It's using a wired keyboard, Unified dongle with Logitech trackball - not using bluetooth).
Not sure what it all means.