How will i be able to recieve or get data from a hardware with bluetooth

[orcaizer]

Im planning to buy a Hardware with bluetooth, my question is will i be able to get or recieve data from the hardware using VB 6.0..?

is it possible to get the data from that hardware and transfer it into a VB textbox..? if you can provide code it is much appreciated =D tnx in advance and happy new year!

[westconn1]

most bluetooth devices appear in windows as com ports and can be communicated with using mscomm control

[orcaizer]

i've tried communicating with bluetooth using the mscomm control.. im still new to mscomm control... but i cant seem to get any event on the MSComm1_OnComm() event...

[incidentals]

have you found how to connect the bluetoth device

i believe they have to paired

just a thought

[Doogle]

You will also need a Bluetooth adapter for your PC if you haven't already got one.

It's not going to be 'easy' unless you're familiar with Windows APIs.

You can get a feel for what you'll need to do from these links:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=VS.85).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=VS.85).aspx

[dilettante]

most bluetooth devices appear in windows as com ports and can be communicated with using mscomm control

Actually most don't, and can't.

They can appear as a keyboard, mouse, microphone, speakers, printer, network adapter, etc. - the list is almost anything you might attach to a PC.

You don't deal with these devices at the Bluetooth level any more than you'd talk to the PCI bus if the thing was an add-in card. The whole point of these kinds of connections is to make them appear as local hardware to programs at the application level, just like other hardware.

When you guys go off looking to buy some HackJob 5000 you should really spend 5 minutes reading its specs and then 15 minutes reading its SDK docs. That should tell you what device the thing presents itself as, and if not there should be a description of the interface API provided with the specific device.


We really don't have a good reason to expect the device in question to look like a COMn: port at all. For all we know it presents itself to Windows as a game controller. SPP is just one of many possible Bluetooth Profiles:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_profile

[westconn1]

Actually most don't, and can't.

as i have only played with a couple i obviously was under a miscomprehension
in case of any misunderstanding i was referring to a bluetooth adapter device (built in or usb), without which no bluetooth accessory can communicate with pc

certainly the bluetooth adapter i have installed on this machine, creates 9 com ports (coms 9 to 2), as this is only for the adapter, it does not create any other types of devices

[dilettante]

I'd guess you have paired several devices to it (or one device, several times) that presents an SPP to your host adapter. Phones often did this as a mechanism for things like addressbook synchronization since early snyc tools used a virtual COM port connection over parallel ports, USB, and Bluetooth.

Mine doesn't show a single COM port besides the two hardware ports on the PC. However it does show my phone, a mouse, a stereo headset, and a car handsfree set I have paired with it.