Comments on: HOWTO: Mac OS X Bluetooth Serial Port

By: todbot

todbot — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:13:12 +0000

Hi Rva,
I don’t know much about blueconsole, the site that Larry cooke points to looks like a scam site now. It looks like this site is a mirror of what used to be on it:. http://www.conserver.com/consoles/BlueConsole/

As for pairing an iPad with a BlueSmirf, I don’t think that’s possible unless the iPad is jailbroken. By default iPads don’t support the Serial Port Profile (SPP) of Bluetooth that the BlueSmirf implements.

However, there are Bluetooth modules out there that do HID profile, and there might be a way to get the BlueSmirf to go HID too.

By: Rva

Rva — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:58:10 +0000

Hi and specialy Larry Cook.

Do you or does someone know where i can find more info about blueconsole?
I do get a stupid metalwallet website in dutch!,

Also, is it posible to pair an iPad with a BlueSmirf?

By: Rva

Rva — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:56:55 +0000

Hi and specialy Larry Cook.

Do you or does someone know where i can find more info about blueconsole?
I do get a stupid metalwallet website in dutch!,

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By: panos

panos — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:24:43 +0000

Does anybody know how to do the same proceedure for Windows 7 or XP Prof??
any comment or link would be useful!

By: Steven

Steven — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:49:07 +0000

My Mac OS X 10.6 ask for a passkey to use fo the modem. I just select “dont use a passkey with this device”. But then when I try to connect to it using screen, a dialog for pairing comes up for me to enter a pass key. So I enter “default” but it doesn’t want to pair and screen ends up saying the “device is busy” and closes.

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By: John

John — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:25:09 +0000

Great!..thanks a lot for this setup guide, I got this serial Bluetooth adapter:
http://www.usconverters.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=228
and it works perfectly fine following this guide.

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Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:43:35 +0000

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By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 11 May 2007 00:11:05 +0000

Thanks TodBot, I’m going to be playing a lot with bluetooth over the next few months, and thanks to you I’ve taken the first steps (hooked up to my BT GPS unit and extracted my position from the serial port!). Really great article!

By: Larry cooke

Larry cooke — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:05:07 +0000

Also check out the BlueConsole Bluetooth serial adapter. This product has complete documentation for Mac OS X, and also is able to power itself from existing RS232 handshaking leads. You can find info and Mac OS X documentation at http://www.blueconsole.com

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 03:51:52 +0000

RE:
‘There is another issue with panter. After I changed the key I tried to setup the serial port. But under panter the required button is missing.’

In step 6 above, Panther does not allow you to “edit serial ports” so you can access the “Bluetooth Serial Utility” found in your “/Applications/Utilities” folder. You can then select “new” and set up your serial port.
Select your BlueRadio device and click “edit” then set your “port type” to RS-232″

By: Michael de Silva

Michael de Silva — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:49:12 +0000

Thanks for the heads up, I might expand on this a bit at some point. The crucial bit was â€œEdit Serial Portsâ€¦â€ – which created the alias under /dev/.

I used ATSW20,472,0,0,1 for 115.2k and ATSW20,944,0,0,1 for 230.4k. Note the ’1′ at the end permanently stores the change in flash, so it’s best to leave it out when testing ;)