bluetooth

GameKit Server/Client

I have been trying to implement the GameKit Framework for bluetooth connection and want to use a Server/Client relationship to reduce lag and be able to distinguish between to connected devices. I found this thread and it is similar to what I am trying to do, but the code doesn't work for me. Here is what I have: Connect Method: -(IBAc...

getting error when trying to retrieve MD5 hash of bluetooth address in j2me

package md5; import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException; import java.security.; import javax.bluetooth.BluetoothStateException; import javax.bluetooth.LocalDevice; import javax.microedition.lcdui.; import javax.microedition.midlet.; import java.math.; public class BluetoothMD5Hash extends MIDlet{ private Form form; private Display...

Android Bluetooth scanning on Froyo HTC Desire

Hi: I'm Facing some problems while scanning for bluetooth devices on a HTC Desire with Android 2.2 (Froyo). Directly after device reboot, it works but when I try to scan again later I only get the following error message. Broadcasts like BluetoothDevice.ACTION_FOUND and BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_DISCOVERY_FINISHED are not received. ERROR/...

Need to know whether a device is wired serial or Bluetooth

I need to find out programatically whether a connection is a Bluetooth connection rather than a physically wired connection to a comm port. This is on Windows using .NET. ...

iOS Bluetooth Keyboard Detection at Runtime

Is there any way in iOS SDK to detect the presence of an active Bluetooth keyboard? As many well know, when a Bluetooth keyboard is active, the on-screen keyboard does not show, so interface placements might have to change... Right now I am doing this semi-passively by responding to keyboard events, but those notifications are a little ...

Any Widcomm Bluetooth wrapper to recommend?

Hi all, I've been playing around with the 32feet library for desktop bluetooth for about a month now. It works fine for the Microsoft stack but doesn't play well for machines with the Widcomm stack. I noticed that different PCs require different dll files which is a pain to identify if I were to install my application on a different P...

What USB class fits multi functional Bluetooth dongle?

Hi, I've seen a lot of programming unrelated questions on Bluetooth topic here, I hope I wont be another one :) Basically, I'm developing USB/BT dongle with following features: ability to receive digital audio stream via BT from A2DP source ability to receive commands like volume up, down, mute from A2DP source ability to send comman...

C# application to connect to a mobile application using bluetooth

I want to know how to write a C# desktop application that can connect to the mobile version of the same application (that I will create). The desktop application will be used as a backup/restore for the mobile application. I want to know also how to write the mobile version (using C# if possible). ...

What does StreamConnectionNotifier do?

Does it run an internal thread that waits for incoming connections? ...

PHP : Access to Bluetooth GPS via Serial Port (SPP) COM3

Hello, how can I access to my Bluetooth GPS via Standard Serial Port (SPP) using PHP in Windows ? Thanks. ...

How do I install the lightblue Python Bluetooth library on my jailbroken device?

I am trying to install a python blue tooth library on my jail broken iPod touch but get errors on the install trying to install lightblue i get an error to do with finding the correct complier, i have installed gcc but cannot find any ports of xcodebuild http://pastebin.com/fdgzYjhr and trying to install light blue there seems to be a...

Sharing Audio over bluetooth

Hi, I want to write a function in my iPad App, which allows me to stream the music choosen on iPad to the connected Game-Interfaces (iPod, iPhone...) via bluetooth. Does anyone knows a simple solution or maybe wants to share some sample code? Thanks for help! ...

Why does my J2ME Bluetooth code hangs after an incoming RFCOMM connection?

All I want to do is send "hello" to the first incoming RFCOMM Bluetooth connection and then exit. My code works on Nokia N73 but not on more modern devices like Nokia E52. In Nokia E52, the application hangs just after: streamConnectionNotifier.acceptAndOpen(); Here is the code: All the code is inside the run() method of my Thread: ...

get GPS coordinates via bluetooth with python on OSX

I just bought a GPS bluetooth receiver, which has been correctly paired with my OSX machine. Now I would like to query the device for my position with python. How do I do it? ...

Bluetooth concurrent connections

For a fest at my college, we are planning a quiz contest. For the buzzer round, I was thinking of writing 2 app for android (we have a few handsets), one for the quiz master and the other for the contestants The contestants will be connected to the quiz master through bluetooth. After reading the question, the quiz-master clicks a butt...

C# application to connect to a mobile application using bluetooth

I`m asking this question again as I got no answer for about a week now ... I want to know how to write a C# desktop application that can connect to the mobile version of the same application (that I will create). The desktop application will be used as a backup/restore for the mobile application. I want to know also how to write the mo...

BlueZ, do not require authentication

Hi, I'm working with BlueZ 3.x. I have a linux embedded device and I need to send and receive files using the bluetooth technology, with Obex. (Note: BlueZ 4.x doesn't even compile on our specific platform.) I don't need PIN authentication, I even don't want it. It must remain as simple as possible for the end user. I tried to set sec...

Android: General Direction for Bluetooth SPP App with Multiple UI Activities (Multithreading/Handlers)

I am relatively new to Android but have some experience with Java. This may be more of a Multithreading/handler issue as apposed to Bluetooth. I am writing an Application that has multiple layouts with buttons. I have set up onClickListners for the buttons. Some buttons will change the activity and bring up a new layout with new button...

Android: Multithreading-Bluetooth SPP/RFCOMM-How to keep my BluetoothSocket and OutputStream active when changing Activities

I am pretty new to Android and very new to Multithreading. I am writing an android application that contains multiple activities that implement onClickListners which sends a Bluetooth message on button click to . I have successfully been able to connect and keep my BluetoothSocket and OutputStream open while in one activity. I do not do...

Android: Multithreading-Bluetooth SPP/RFCOMM-How to keep my BluetoothSocket and OutputStream active when changing Activities

I am pretty new to Android and very new to Multithreading. I am writing an android application that contains multiple activities that implement onClickListners which sends a Bluetooth message on button click to . I have successfully been able to connect and keep my BluetoothSocket and OutputStream open while in one activity. I do not do...