Pocket PC RN-1 Controller

[Pev]

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

[onesandzeros]

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

[Pev]

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

[Pev]

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

[ANDYKONG]

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

[Pev]

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