bluetooth

Bluetooth parking

How do I park a Bluetooth connection? I'm trying to communicate with dozens of Bluetooth devices, and the time to re-establish a connection is unacceptable. I've read that you can park connections, but not found anything that answers how to do this. ...

Bluetooth Signal Strength

Does anyone have any idea how to track the signal strength of a bluetooth connection perferably in C#? I was thinking using a WMI query but couldn't track down the WMI class encapsulating the connection. The idea is when I leave my machine with my cellphone in pocket the bluetooth signal weakens and my machine locks and I don't get goa...

Which Java API would you recommend for dealing with Bluetooth?

Can you recommend a Java API to use with a desktop application (i.e. J2SE not J2ME) that will, perhaps, work with the underlying operating system's Bluetooth stack to give access to Bluetooth functionality and devices? ...

Are there any OS X equivalents to `hcitool`?

I'd like to write some quick scripts to play with bluetooth devices (scan etc…), for the Mac. Under linux I'd probably use hcitool, or the python bluez library. What tools are there for the Mac? ...

Getting Arduino LilyPad to switch BlueSmirf v2.11 to/from command mode

A battery powered (2 x AA) Arduino LilyPad should switch a BlueSmirf v2.11 Bluetooth modem to/from command mode (see source code below). The BlueSmirf has been set to 9600 baud. If the PC connects via Bluetooth (see source code below), the Arduino program runs fine at the beginning (sending multiple "ping\n"). After some time it (LilyPa...

Bluetooth APIs in Windows/.Net?

I am in the process of writing a Bluetooth scanner that locates and identifies mobile devices in the local vicinity. Is this something that I can accomplish using C#, or do I need to drop down into the C/C++ APIs? My application is targeting Windows XP and Vista. Pointers are appreciated. Thanks! ...

How do I force a serial port write method to wait for the line to clear before sending its data?

Here's some background on what I'm trying to do: Open a serial port from a mobile device to a Bluetooth printer. Send an EPL/2 form to the Bluetooth printer, so that it understands how to treat the data it is about to receive. Once the form has been received, send some data to the printer which will be printed on label stock. Repeat st...

Make an incoming call on my mobile trigger an action on my pc

I have a specific scenario in mind, but I will ask this generally: Is there a way to make my mobile phone trigger an action on my computer? I am thinking that with a smart phone it must be possible to link the phone and the pc with bluetooth, and have some sort of small program running on my computer that will listen for incoming phonec...

j2me service discovery and discoverable same time

Hi! I try to write a simple client/server application (all application is a bluetooth service and client). The client code find the bluetooth devices and register in to the local db. But when the inquiry running, it's not discoverable. (The server code run on another thread). I the emulator it's work (the scan time is 0), but when I ins...

'Conference' type operations using Bluetooth?

Is it possible to implement Bluetooth devices to provide conference rather than one-to-one operation. Are there any development toolkits that will allow me to configure BT devices in this way, or modifications that can be done to the BT stack or an add-on protocol. I need to configure several Bluetooth adaptors to simultaneously communic...

MySaifu JVM and BlueCove API on an iPAQ

Hey everyone, Having a bit of an issue running BlueCove on my iPAQ (h5550). I installed MySaifu JVM and added the BlueCove jar library to the classpath, but whenever I try to run the tester jar or any other files that reference the BlueCove API, I get class not found exceptions. Anyone had the same issues? I know from the BlueCove docu...

Identify Bluetooth NetworkInterface from Java?

Hi everyone, I need to access the bluetooth network interface from Java. All local network interfaces can be reached via: Enumeration<NetworkInterface> interfaces = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces(); This enumeration will contain ethernet cards, usb networking devices etc and I need to retrieve the bluetooth network interface i...

Get a file system handle to a bluetooth mapped folder

Is there any way to get code level access to a bluetooth mapped drive? The simple use case is I have a bluetooth folder in Explorer that looks something like: "My Bluetooth Places\Entire Bluetooth Neighborhood\DEV1\OBEX File Transfer\E:\" which maps to a device root, and I want to be able to read/write to the file system by treating ...

Bluetooth Serial Ports Enumeration with other Bluetooth devices connected

I am using a Bluetooth radio as a serial port. However, when this radio is connected to another device, say a mouse, I cannot enumerate the port(s) for that radio, But, if I pair the Bluetooth radio with my device over the serial port, and then also pair it with the Bluetooth mouse, things work correctly. I am using the MS Bluetooth A...

Locked Serial Port on Vista

I'm working on an App that talks to a serial port, and on my development machine, I'm running Vista, and that serial port is a Bluetooth connection. Occasionally, the serial port gets caught in a state where my App can no longer connect to it. In .net I get an IOException with a message reading "Element not found." I've tried restarti...

Bluetooth to Serial Adapter - Connection Exception

Hello, currently writes an application to connect to the device "BTLink Bluetooth to Serial Adapter" More information about device: device specification Have created such a code: BluetoothAddress btAddress = null; if (!BluetoothAddress.TryParse(comboBoxDevices.SelectedValue.ToString().Trim(), out btAddress)) thr...

Access to iPhone's BlueTooth Abilities via SDK?

Is there a way to use Bluetooth from the iPhone SDK? I have some cool ideas for apps involving bluetooth, but I haven't turned up anything searching. ...

Python and Bluetooth/OBEX

Is there any Python libraries that will let me send files with OBEX (OBject EXchange) and that works cross-platform (Windows, OS X, Linux)? I have found Lightblue, which works for Linux and OS X, but not for Windows. If none such lib exists, are there any decent ones that only works in Windows? ...

Control cellphone camera via Bluetooth

I'd like to be able to control the Photo and Video camera functions of a Nokia N73 cellphone remotely using Bluetooth, in C#. I've seen the 32feet.NET Bluetooth Library but really I've no idea what to do with it. Any existing Bluetooth profile that is specifically designed to control camera-functions? ...

How to "Connect via Bluetooth" in WM programmatically?

Does anybody know how do I programmatically emulate a click on ActiveSync "Connect via Bluetooth" menu? I need my smartphone to periodically attempt to check/reestablish connect via bluetooth, but I couldn't find anything in WM SDK, which would do that ...