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Is it possible to control an NXT with Bluetooth device(such as mouse) directly? I watched a video clip from youtube (URL) I want my NXT to do that :-) I read 'Bluetooth Developer Pack'(or whatever it is) and it says NXT requires to receive certain (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Controling NXT with Bluetooth Device(such as mouse, etc)
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(...) This is not an easy thing to do. While the mouse may support bluetooth, the signals are not the same as what the NXT is expecting. The mouse sends Human Interface Device (HID) signals, while the NXT expects Serial Port Protocal (SPP). Simply (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Controling NXT with Bluetooth Device(such as mouse, etc)
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We had (URL) a discussion about this earlier> when I asked about my Nintendo Wii remote. The only way this is going to work right now is as you suggested: (...) You'll have to write a program that lives on your computer that will relay the messages (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Controling NXT with Bluetooth Device(such as mouse, etc)
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(...) Thank you for answering :-) How about putting a Bluetooth-Dongle to NXT? It will receive HID signal, but dongle will translate the signal into NXT-usable one. I think it will work, how do you think? (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Controling NXT with Bluetooth Device(such as mouse, etc)
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(...) That actually doesn't address the real problem. The NXT has a "dongle" built-in, so it can receive the Bluetooth messages. It just can't understand what it reads. The NXT requires a very specific message format, and that's not what the mouse (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Controling NXT with Bluetooth Device(such as mouse, etc)
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(...) The problem is the NXT is a USB-slave device: it does not provide either the power (5V) or the communications ability to run a BT dongle (this is a seperate issue from the "shape" of the USB port: that's just a bit of hardware shaping to keep (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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