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Controlling or programming a Boe-Bot with a Pocket PC

BradenBraden Posts: 5
edited 2008-07-22 16:07 in Robotics
·Hello everyone, I have seen several posts similar to this but none of them seemed to have a straightforward answer.

Is it possible to write·programs·or control·the Boe-Bot via bluetooth (with the EmbeddedBlue Transciever)·from a Pocket PC·or·a·bluetooth enabled Palm Pilot? I do have·a serial version of the·Boe-Bot·and am planning on buying an EmbeddedBlue Transciever AppMod (eb500) to use with the Microsoft Robotics Studio, but I didn't know if there is a version of the Stamp Editor·for the Pocket PC or Palm and if there·is,·can you write programs on it·and download them to the Basic Stamp through the bluetooth·like you can if you have the Boe-Bot hooked-up with a cable to·a computer.


Thanks in advance,
Braden

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  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2008-07-12 21:49
    1) You can't download via most Bluetooth adapters. The one called a ToothPick could do this, but it's no longer supported (or sold by Parallax).
    The problem is the download timing. The delays in packetizing, transmitting, and receiving and reconstituting the data are too long for the Stamp.

    2) There are no native software development tools for the PocketPC or the Palm, partly for that reason, partly because the Stamp interpretive code is proprietary along with the compiler. Someone would have to reverse engineer the format.

    3) If you're using a Stamp 2 model other than the BS2, you can write a program in Stamp Basic for the BoeBot to receive a program and write it to a memory "slot" other than the one running the download program. Once the program is downloaded, the download program can transfer control to it. You would need to write a transmit program for the other end of the Bluetooth connection, maybe like XModem.
  • BradenBraden Posts: 5
    edited 2008-07-13 13:59
    I see what you mean about running the download·program and storing the other and then switching.·Yeah I guess it's not practical to program the Boe-Bot with a PocketPC wirelessly, I just thought it would be awesome if you could·smile.gif·. Thanks for your help.

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  • Justin RatliffJustin Ratliff Posts: 14
    edited 2008-07-22 16:07
    Like Mike said, programming via a pocket PC is not really possible, but controlling a Boe-Bot is.

    I use a serial Bluetooth device to connect to Bluetooth on the robot.· As long as your pocketPC has a serial port you should be able to connect a serial BlueTooth device like the GBS301 from IOGEAR to your pocketPC or handheld PC.· You'll need some sort of hyperterminal program on your pocketPC to send serial commands across the bluetooth link to your Boe-Bot.·

    On the Boe-Bot side you'd need a program to respond to the commands you send it.·

    I've got a detailed guide here that covers my Bluetooth experiments: http://members.tripod.com/robojrr/bluetooth.htm

    Happy Roboting,
    -Justin Ratliff
    The Robotics Club of Yahoo
    www.TRCY.org
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