bluetooth

Broadcast message or file to nearby Bluetooth devices

Hiya, A client of ours is attending a business fair and would like to push some sort of "welcome message" to people visiting their space. I'm not too familiar with Bluetooth, so I have a few questions: What kind of content can you transfer via Bluetooth? (Is it files only or is it possible to send a simple text message?) Is it possib...

Android Bluetooth from within Service

I have a service that theoretically can work without an Activity associated to it (as "services" are intended on the Android platform). This service uses Bluetooth, in particular registers a Bluetooth Service with a given Name that listens for communications. Of course to work it has to have the Bluetooth active. As also shown on the B...

j2me bluetooth client. Function startInquiry nothing found.

I develop simple j2me bluetooth client and have problem with bluetooth device search. Function startInquiry nothing found. Client : nokia 5220 Server : my pc with bluetooth adapter All bluetooth devices is on. /* * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates * and open the template in the editor. */ import javax.microedition...

GameKit bluetooth help

Hi, I'm trying to understand the basic steps required for a game I'm trying to make using GameKit for bluetooth connections. I only have 1 device, so I can't test out my ideas very easily - therefore, I'd really appreciate any help you could give. The game involves a maximum of 2 players over bluetooth via GameKit and the only data to...

Do there any dev who wrote iPhone wifi/bluetooth multiplay before?

Hi there, do there any dev who wrote iPhone wifi/bluetooth multiplay before? Recently, I'm trying to make my latest game Doodle Kart to have mulityplay via bluetooth. But I found that there are hugh data need to share between the 2 devices. -your car's position and direction -your car's status(it is in normal state, it is hitting by bu...

how to turn Bluetooth on/off with J2ME ?

I want to write a program in J2ME to turn the Bluetooth on/off automaticly in a certain time without the user permission. I'v been looking for a while but I couldn't find an answer. ...

Android Bluetooth Fails to Pair

I am having a problem getting my devices to pair in Android. If I go into the settings and pair them manually I can get them to connect using the following code: Server @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.connect); Intent discoverableInten...

Bluetooth proximity hooks on OS X. How? (i.e., automatically lock screen if I move away)

I have a macbook pro. I would like to have my screen lock when I (my phone) moves away from the laptop. I'm sure third party solutions exist, but if I'd like to code something from scratch, what libraries or hooks should I be looking at? ...

Symbian bluetooth vs. Windows Mobile bluetooth

Hello, I wanna know what are the differences between Symbian OS bluetooth and Windows Mobile bluetoo? Can you explain/describe me? I did not find something clear in this case.. i wanna compare them. Thanks! ...

WTK emulator bluetooth connection problem

Hi! I'm developing a J2ME program with eclipse / WTK 2.5.2 and having problem with connecting two emulators using bluetooth. There is one server and one .client running on two different emulators. The problem is client program cannot discover any bluetooth device. Here is the server and client codes: public Server() { try { ...

New Bluetooth API question

I have written a small app that puts my bluetooth in discoverable mode for a long time (G1 - API 1.6). I use that along with small program on windows to lock/unlock the computer if the phone is close by. Recently i try to port this app to my nexus one but it seems like i have to pop up the message every 300s to enable device to go to dis...

Bluetooth multiple connection j2me

If i found RemoteDevice and ServiceRecord in my client(functions deviceDiscovered, servicesDiscovered). Then open connection with found serviceRecord(e.g. stream = (StreamConnection) Connector.open(url);). Then close this connection. And again create connetion with found service. If two of my clients will work at the same time, you get a...

BlueCove failing to associate with Bluetooth device in Java.

I am getting the following error when i try to use a blue tooth dongle to transfer a video file from pc to mobile phone. does anyone know run: BlueCove log redirected to log4j log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (com.intel.bluetooth). log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. BlueCove version...

bluetooth GPS device in J2ME emulator / Wireless Toolkit

I'm developing a j2me application for my mobile phone (a Nokia). I'm using WTK (Wireless Toolkit) to test my code. Because I'm using a GPS device via a Bluetooth connection, I would like to be able to extend the emulator with bluetooth possibilities. Has anyone experience with BT & WTK? according to this article there is no way to do i...

android bluetooth discovery: ACTION_FOUND happening after ACTION_DISCOVERY_FINISHED

I am implementing Bluetooth support via implementing a task which searches for devices in the background and provides a list when the search is complete. However, this list occasionally contains a No devices found entry (added only when ACTION_DISCOVERY_FINISHED is received with no devices already in the list) before listing other device...

Discoverability of bluetooth device during Inquiry

On my device bluetooth properties give System.getProperty("bluetooth.sd.trans.max"); as 1. It is not found by other device while it is making an inquiry itself. I want to my device to be discoverable while its doing inquiry. Is this possible ? Thanks in advance. ...

Broadcast-style Bluetooth using Sockets on the iPhone?

Is there any way to open a broadcast bluetooth socket, take a listen and send replies? I want a proper peer to peer system where I broadcast and listen for broadcasts in an area. That way, variable clients can mingle. Is this possible? My theory is this: If GameKit can sit around wasting 25 seconds of the users time whilst having ac...

Reading Serial Data From C (OSX /dev/tty)

I am trying to read data from a bluetooth barcode scanner (KDC300) using C. Here is the code I have so far, and the program successfully establishes a bluetooth connection to the scanner, but when a barcode is scanned, no input is displayed on the screen (Eventually more will be done with the data, but we have to get it working first, ri...

Using backport-android-bluetooth on Android 1.6

Hi, I'm trying to write an application using Bluetooth on Android 1.6. Since it's not officially supported, I found the backport of android.bluetooth API ( http://code.google.com/p/backport-android-bluetooth ). But when I deploy the sample chat application (modified for backport) LogCat gives me the error below: My question is, how I c...

Android: Any way to auto-pair to another device over Bluetooth without prompting for a pin?

I am looking for a way to connect to Android devices via Bluetooth without user intervention(assuming at least on device is set to "Discoverable"). Since 2.0, it seems the devices prompt for a random pin to be entered when connecting to each other for the first time. I've tried some Bluetooth projects, but none seem to work as the underl...