Joel, About the issue of always expecting Apple devices for BT on a Mac...
I used to have a couple of non-Apple devices BT-connected with my Mac. One was my old Palm Pilot (which I still have actually stuffed away in some drawer) and the other was an old Cell Phone I had before the emergence of iPhone. But, that was a while back, maybe around 2005 to 2008 or so and I have not done any non-Apple BT connecting since then so their could be a problem. I should dig out my Palm Pilot and give it a try. 73, phil, K7PEH On Apr 13, 2013, at 4:19 AM, Joel Black <w4...@charter.net> wrote: > I recently tried this with some no-name BT transceivers. Using just the BT in > my Mac, I could not connect to the devices. I did not try going through a > serial-to-USB adapter as that would occupy another USB port which is what I > was trying to eliminate. > > I also tried experimenting with a Logitech M315 mouse. I couldn't get the > mouse to connect to the Mac either. I did not try using the USB BT > transceiver that came with the mouse. Again, that would occupy a USB port > which I'm trying to keep from doing. > > Apparently, what you try to connect via BT needs to be an Apple device - I > could be wrong, this is just my experience. > > I have not tried this on my Boot Camp partition. > > 73, > Joel - W4JBB > > On 4/12/13 7:23 PM, Phil Hystad wrote: >> Don, >> >> I may try it but I was hoping someone had done some work to thin the field a >> bit. There are a number of different RS232/Bluetooth devices with a very >> wide price range from my brief googling. Wide is $25 to $150. Actually, >> only one I found at $150 and most seem to be in the $45 to $75 range. >> >> I am also preferring Mac versions and most of what I find seem to offer on >> Windows (not surprising) but a few on Linux and Mac but again I am wondering >> if anyone else has experience. >> >> 73, phil, K7PEH >> >> >> On Apr 12, 2013, at 3:30 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Phil, >>> >>> Why do you not try it and report the results? If the bluetooth connection >>> is good and the bluetooth to RS-232 adapter is of good quality, it should >>> work just fine. >>> I have not tried it, but in theory it should work. The only caution that I >>> can state is that the quality of some consumer devices is wanting for >>> something more robust. Find one that is sufficiently robust and it should >>> work. >>> >>> Unfortunately, many PC type devices do not conform to true RS-232 levels >>> and speeds, and will work with some devices over short distances, but fail >>> on other devices that expect the minimum RS-232 switching voltages. Others >>> do not work at slow speeds - note the reports of USB to RS-232 adapter >>> failures on this reflector - some work, and others do not, particularly >>> with the slower data rate used by the K2. Adapters designed for industrial >>> applications will likely work, but some of those offered for the consumer >>> market may present problems. My Edgeport-4 will handle anything I have >>> connected to it so far, but a garden variety Prolific adapter is very picky >>> and fails at slow data rates. >>> >>> 73, >>> Don W3FPR >>> >>> On 4/12/2013 6:09 PM, Phil Hystad wrote: >>>> Has anyone used a Bluetooth to RS232 Serial adapter, such as the dongle >>>> style that could plug into a 9-pin connector (but, it does not have to be >>>> dongle style). >>>> >>>> This would be instead of using a Serial to USB adapter. I think, though I >>>> am not positive, that such devices come with driver to define additional >>>> serial COM ports. I was wondering if such a configuration would work with >>>> the Elecraft utility programs. >>>> >>>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
