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Bluetooth app mod

Don FrenchDon French Posts: 126
edited 2007-06-29 18:03 in General Discussion
I haven't begun to study Bluetooth technology yet but I have in mind a project where I program a Bluetooth enabled PDA to send commands to a Javelin based device. Does anyone know if the Bluetooth app mod connected to the Javelin is appropriate for this purpose? Or is it only really appropriate for communicating with another Bluetooth app mod?

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  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2007-06-29 16:55
    Don,

    The EB500 supports any Blue Tooth device that supports SPP (Serial protocol). The connection is made by MAC address and the communication is serial in nature. I hope this helps. Take care.

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  • Don FrenchDon French Posts: 126
    edited 2007-06-29 17:05
    Thank, Chris. Now I have to see if my PDA uses SPP and if not, what ones do, if any.
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2007-06-29 17:38
    Don,

    SPP (BT lingo) is just a fancy way of saying whether or not the device can create a BT Serial port. I have heard many forum members talk about the ability to do this, however I don’t have one to give you an example. Take care.

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  • Don FrenchDon French Posts: 126
    edited 2007-06-29 18:03
    I am beginning to think that they all can. I found an article with source code in VB for a chat application that will run on any PocketPC with Bluetooth capability (http://www.devx.com/wireless/Article/11511#codeitemarea). The article doesn't mention SPP but treats the BT as a COM port. Looks quite easy though I will have to dig out a VB manual before I can start modifying it for my purposes.
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