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Pocket PC RN-1 Controller

2007-04-09T17:08:01+01:00

Andy,

Sorry for the delay. The code has been tested on PPC2003 but we are aware of one issue. Some manufacturers use virtual com ports for the bluetooth serial interfaces. Microsoft .NET 2005 does not enumerate these as valid com ports and as such is not available to use them.

Sorry about this, we are still looking for a solution at present but don't have one for the virtual comport issue.

Pev

Statistics: Posted by Pev — Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:08 pm

Windows Mobile 5.0, COM3 or 8 only

2007-04-08T05:31:26+01:00

hi hi, I just got a dopod D810 last week. I have installed your program and got into the com. config. The funny part is that I can only use COM 3 or 8. Then, when I set the bluetooth port, COM3 or Com 8 was not allowed to be set. Not sure if it was in use or sth. Just wonder if your program is supposed to be run in Pocket PC 2003, and I use Win Mobile 5.0, will it cause this problem? If yes, would you have time to build a program for 5.0? Or, does Microsoft have any free trial IDE to build the exe? Thx

Statistics: Posted by ANDYKONG — Sun Apr 08, 2007 5:31 am

Pocket PC RN-1 Controller

2006-12-01T00:05:51+01:00

Hi,

I checked the config dialog code tonight and it definately interats through the available ports and displays their names, code as follows:

REM get list of serial ports
ComboOutgoingPort.Items.Clear()
For Each sp As String In System.IO.Ports.SerialPort.GetPortNames
ComboOutgoingPort.Items.Add(sp)
Next

Thus the only names you'll get are the com ports available on the PPC. Check the Bluetooth properties and look under the serial link tab. That should detail the incoming and outgoing ports, you'll be looking at for the outgoing one.

Hope this helps

Pev

Statistics: Posted by Pev — Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:05 am

Pocket PC RN-1 Controller

2006-11-30T00:23:44+01:00

The app iterates through the available ports in code and reports the ports available on the IPAQ. I'm not sure if com port 0 is a valid address. I have seen mine report the connection on com 0 but when I checked the port properties on IPAQ it wasn't actually on com port 0 at all, com 8 on the IPAQ. I will look into this again tomorrow and see what I can find.

Pev

Statistics: Posted by Pev — Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:23 am

Pocket PC RN-1 Controller

2006-11-28T02:41:47+01:00

hey Pev
i wonder if u kan assist me please.
iam trying to use ur ppc app with my bluetooth, but my ipaq is getting bluetooth connection on com port 0

ur app doesnt have com port 0.
i never seen anything use com 0 before..

any suggestions?

thanks

Statistics: Posted by onesandzeros — Tue Nov 28, 2006 2:41 am

Pocket PC RN-1 Controller

2006-11-22T21:37:08+01:00

Sorry for the delay but I've finally managed to find the source code for the PPC2003 controller. The robobasic bas file is downloadable from a link at the start of the thread.

The attached zip file contains the source and VB.NET 2005 project files etc. Hope this works for you, am pretty sure its the latest version.

Pev

http://robosavvy.com/Builders/Pev/RobotControlPPC_Source.zip

Statistics: Posted by Pev — Wed Nov 22, 2006 9:37 pm

Pocket PC RN-1 Controller

2006-11-15T16:22:22+01:00

Okay its has been a while since I have worked on this as it does work and I am now working on a Tablet PC controller for my Samsung Q1. I will dig out the latest source code and executable and post them in this thread. Just got to remember where I put them lol

Pev

Statistics: Posted by Pev — Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:22 pm

Pocket PC RN-1 Controller

2006-11-15T11:50:16+01:00

i just ordered a bluesmirf.] for my robonova
thanks alot for your great contribution of the ppc aplication pev
iam definately going to be trying it out.

have you made any modifications fromt he ver1.0?

Statistics: Posted by onesandzeros — Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:50 am

Sorry

2006-11-12T21:27:33+01:00

May I know how can I install bluetooth module on the serial input? I have difficulty in this process. Thanks

Statistics: Posted by debby — Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:27 pm

Pocket PC RN-1 Controller

2006-08-22T19:49:54+01:00

Pev great info again cheers.I shall order up all i need in the morning and start experimenting soon after.thanks

Statistics: Posted by rep001 — Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:49 pm

Pocket PC RN-1 Controller

2006-08-22T06:30:25+01:00

rep001 wrote:
Perfect Pev thanks for the info.Interesting to see that it is alot more than the plug and play version hitec offer.Any thoughts either way.

I haven't seen the hitech unit and have to confess I went with the bluesmirf as a number of other people on the board were using them. The bluesmirf was very easy to implement so I think thats a plus. I am looking to try and add bluetooth to another 'bot and have yet to make the decision but will probably go bluesmirf again as I know how they work etc. We'll see......

But in general I think they all look pretty good for the money and as long as they can do 8bit, no parity, 1 stop bit (no flow control) at an exceptable Baud rate I think it is probably all pretty much of a muchness.......

Oh one other thing, unless you want to worry about regulating the 5volts on the RN-1 down to 3.3v I'd look for a unit that works on 5volts. That was my other requirement as I didn't want to mod the controller board as some have and didn't want the extra hardware to regulate this just for the bluetooth module.

Pev

Statistics: Posted by Pev — Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:30 am

Pocket PC RN-1 Controller

2006-08-21T20:21:54+01:00

Perfect Pev thanks for the info.Interesting to see that it is alot more than the plug and play version hitec offer.Any thoughts either way.

Statistics: Posted by rep001 — Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:21 pm

Pocket PC RN-1 Controller

2006-08-21T07:56:02+01:00

rep001 wrote:
which bluesmirf should i order up then , is there a specific p.np i should order as i see there i smore than one.

This is the one I use. I got the one with hardware flow control as it can be disabled by making a solder jumper on the back of the unit (which I've done and needs to be done for faultless RN-1 operation) but it means that I can reactivate it if I use it in another bot.

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=582

Pev

Statistics: Posted by Pev — Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:56 am

Pocket PC RN-1 Controller

2006-08-20T22:22:15+01:00

which bluesmirf should i order up then , is there a specific p.np i should order as i see there i smore than one.

Statistics: Posted by rep001 — Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:22 pm

Pocket PC RN-1 Controller

2006-08-20T21:17:40+01:00

rep001 wrote:
Pev any thoughts on taking apart a pc bluetooth dongle and using that with RN or is this an old thought....
if so any idea on connection from the usb side ?
cheers

Hi,

To tell you the truth I haven't tried it. Somehow you'd have to get the signal from the bluetooth and grab it before it was turned into a USB signal, and convert it to TTL serial. To be honest a bit beyond my electronics knowledge and TTL serial bluetooth modules are prett y cheap really. The Sparkfun guys will ship worldwide but you do need to pay duty when it gets to the UK (if you are uk based obviously) otherwise there are some I haven't tried at

http://www.rfsolutions.co.uk

Pev

Statistics: Posted by Pev — Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:17 pm