B4J Question B4J and Bluetooth 4 (BLE)

[rbirago]

I noticed in other threads that for now there is no B4J library for BLE. It is a pity, because BLE is an interesting way of link between devices.
The worst aspect is that if the Bluetooth driver is not the generic one (in my case is a Cambridge Silicon driver BLE compatible) the B4J library doesn't recognize the Bluetooth component itself, also for non-BLE devices.
I've seen that B4J Bluetooth lib is a wrap to BlueCove lib, that is an old Bluetooth Java lib. Really there is a Bluetooth Java BLE compatible lib: TinyB. Don't you think that the actual BlueCove based Bluetooth lib is a significant limitation?

Roberto

 

[Erel]

Never heard of TinyB before. It doesn't look related to BlueCove as it is only for BLE.

 

[rbirago]

I really don't know if this TinyB lib covers both classic Bluetooth and BLE, but the main problem I have is that using in my Win 10 PC a Bluetooth 4 dongle with a Bluetooth 4 driver (https://www.trust.com/en/product/18187-bluetooth-4-0-adapter) jBluetooth doesn't recognize Bluetooth (isEnabled = false) while Windows recognizes it.

 

[Erel]

I understand. However TinyB doesn't look like a better solution.

Your other option is to map it to a virtual com and use jSerial.