I tried this recently on my android htc wildfire unsuccesfully. I think the problem may have been down to a old buggy version of the bluez library used in the htc version of android, which does not support the spp (serial port) bluetooth profile.
A quick search reveals a lot of problems: http://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1C1RNCN_enGB343US356&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=htc+bluez+spp Nic On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:59 AM, Luke O'Donnell <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that when you establish a bluetooth connection with the serial > profile, windows creates a com port for that connection. Have a look in > device manager - com ports. There is software such as GpsGate > http://gpsgate.com that can help with doing some things like com port > mirroring over tcp etc. > > I don't believe there is any functionality in XCSoar yet for being able to > recieve GPS information over TCP/IP. I did submit a ticket a few months ago > (669) so it might be in the pipe. > > As a side note to any dev's that might be interested in implementing this, > in order to try and make it compatible with other apps, the GPSd project > might be of assistance. > > Luke > > On 28 March 2011 10:16, Joachim Wieland <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm a bit lost in the connection setup... Here's what I want to do: >> >> I'd like to run XPlane on Windows and output NMEA data to my Android >> phone (HTC Inspire aka Desire HD). >> >> Is Serial over Bluetooth the right way to connect? I don't have a >> physical serial port on my computer, is there a software that can >> advertise a virtual COM Port via Bluetooth? >> >> Or is this better done in a completely different way (like over the >> network for example)? >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the >> growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses >> are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software >> be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker >> today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar >> _______________________________________________ >> Xcsoar-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the > growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses > are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software > be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker > today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar > _______________________________________________ > Xcsoar-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
