communicating with Bluetooth

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From: Gregor (Gregor_at_radioglas.com)
Date: 04/06/04


Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 18:31:23 +0200


We are looking for a solution that would allow us to integrate Bluetooth
functions into our applications. We are using Intermec terminals running on
Pocket PC 2003 platform. Terminals have integrated Bluetooth interface +
drivers. We are also using three other devices upgraded with Bluetooth RS232
adapters. We have already developed all our applications that communicate
with those devices. The problem we are having is that we are unable to
switch between the devices automatically. We would like to programmatically
select the device we are communicating with. As Serial Port Profile (SPP) is
used, the Bluetooth Manager is shown every time we open COM port and the end
user has to manually select the device. This is unacceptable. What we need
is some
method (using API functions or an SDK), where we could select the device
from our application code with no user intervention. This could be
accomplished by either selecting which device is targeted by predefined COM
port, or by assigning each device its own incoming and outgoing port pairs.
We do know the Bluetooth address and service name beforehand, so no
discovery is needed.

Thanks Grega



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