Android Question Bluetooth connection between PC and Android device

[metheoneandonly]

Hello!

Seems I have a lot to learn, so here is another question (sorry if a such topic already exist):

how can I pass data from Android device to PC using Bluetooth? Specifically, I need a way to pass GPS data (Lat. and Long.) to a PC app "Travel order" I'm making in VB.net, VS 2012.

Thank you all in advance!

 

[Erel]

You should create a virtual port on the PC and then use .Net SerialPort class to open it.

 

[metheoneandonly]

Thank you very much, Erel, but how to do it?

 

[KitCarlson]

Perhaps I can help. I used BT between my tablet and PC as part of a development process for work with BT on embedded system. My PC did not have BT, so I used USB BT dongle. When the dongle installs it is assigned as a virtual serial port. By using device manager, you can find find assigned port. For first test, I used free PC terminal emulator application called TeraTerm, and one called BlueTerm on tablet. With the terminals it is possible to type and get character communications back and forth. This step proves the devices are properly paired, and hardware is working.

For the Android side learning to use AsyncStreams will help getting the communications going there. Erel has provided excellent example in Bluetooth Chat. For the PC side there are MS examples for serial communications using .Net.

 

[metheoneandonly]

Thank you very much! Now I'm gonna to study all you wrote here.