Douglas , Serial over Bluetooth on all Windows with LC - Yes , but as you say it is seen as a Com port.
I have a Bluetooth device that needs serial commands - Windows sees this as a Bluetooth device (in the loaded driver VCP should be ticked) I then pair it and use LC with the standard com port commands. I second all your other points and we can only hope that LC gets this for Android. Regards Camm > On 5 Jul 2018, at 15:36, Douglas Ruisaard via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Cam .. you mention that you have Windows working with LC "over USB and > *Bluetooth*" ...??? Really? Can you describe more details about using > Bluetooth / Windows / LC? As far as I know, the ONLY implementation for > Bluetooth from LC is Monte Goulding's "mergBLE" which exclusively runs on > iOS. If, on the other hand, you are actually talking about using serial / > USB (likely via a USB-to-serial module/adaptor like an FT232) on Windows or > Mac, then LC sees these devices as simple "COM" ports and works perfectly > well. But Bluetooth... NO. So, I'm VERY interested if you have a Bluetooth > - LC working combination on Windows! > > Serial/USB functionality on iOS is so complicated, it's a joke! After > submitting some sort of detailed "review" of your needs to Apple, they might > "sell" you a customized chip which you must integrate into your receiving > device.... if your implementation meets their stringent criteria. No ... I'm > NOT kidding! And then you're still on your own to find a way to integrate > the necessary Xcode into LC... good luck with THAT!! > > But, hey, I'm not bitter! > > LC development *might* consider developing a Bluetooth library for Android if > someone (like the LC community, for example) pays them to do so. I have no > problem with that.... other than the price tag for a one-man-show. According > to Iain Morrison from LC: > > "... I am truly sorry to inform you that we will not be able to help on this > occasion for this work. Our team are completely tied up at the moment on > multiple projects and for the foreseeable future I don't think they will be > working on any projects of value less than $1,000 per day. Perhaps you could > get in touch with a few of the LC developers that you mentioned to see if > they would be interested in crowd funding the work, if you can let me know > and I will get one of the devs to have a look at a specification and price. > As it stands I would probably put a guide price on it of $5k...." > > I don't have the wherewithal to implement a KickStarter (or some other > crowd-funding methodology) campaign... but I'd *sure* would be interested and > contribute to one for this purpose. I see the lack of Bluetooth support as > being a huge gap in LC's functionality. > > I have offered (and do so again) for anyone from THIS community with > expertise in Android and LC external code integration to consider a project > involving either USB/Serial and/or BlueTooth implementation on Android. I > have a full Java library from Adafruit for Android for a specific BLE module > which needs integration into LC. I am, sorry-to-say, completely Java > ignorant so I can't even get to first base with this, myself. > > I'd invite the rest of this community to consider the possibility of funding > the development of a Bluetooth library for Android and voice their opinions > on the matter. I'd also like to hear if anyone would be willing to initiate > a crowd-funding campaign for such a venture and what the level of interest is > for this functionality. At approx $5,000 it would only take 50 of us > contributing $100 to reach such a goal. Sounds reasonable. > > Douglas Ruisaard > Trilogy Software > (250) 573-3935 > >> ------------------------------ >> >> There is not currently a library available that does what you want. With >> LCB, you could package your own. There are a couple of packages with code >> that interfaces with USB deices, but I don't know enough about Android to >> build them in a way that works with LCB. >> >> Here are a couple: >> https://github.com/felHR85/UsbSerial >> https://github.com/mik3y/usb-serial-for-android >> >> Here is an example of using the first one: >> https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/projects/communicate-with-your-arduino-through-android/ >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 7:25 AM, General 2018 via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi , >>> >>> I have seen questions raised over platform support for Serial Com ports >>> and cannot seem to find a conclusive answer for Android and IOS. >>> >>> On Windows I use serial data over USB and Bluetooth , this all works fine >>> with LC. >>> >>> I want to migrate to Android - so with LC is serial over USB and Bluetooth >>> possible ? >>> Many Android apps currently us this but need LC too. >>> >>> The only option for IOS is WIFI connection. >>> >>> Regards >>> Camm > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
