Android Question How to realize XMODEM-1K with B4A

MikeFree

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Has anyone done some codeing

for receiving files via bluetooth with "XMODEM-1K"-protocol?
see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMODEM#XMODEM-1K

Backkround:
I use a OBD hardware named FISCONTROL which collects data in logfiles.
This logs can be downloading using XModem.

I m at the moment not so experiencend in B4A but I think a little app can be realized with B4A?

Has anyone an idea?

Thanks for posts
 

MikeFree

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Fair enough. Let's get this party started. šŸ„³

First thing is still to confirm which type of Bluetooth the OBD device is using. I thought I didn't have any Classic Bluetooth SPP devices, but then I remembered that the ELM327 OBD dongles are probably just serial ports, so after I found them and also the OBD port in the new (OBD-wise) car, I connected to it and then spoke with it using the Serial Bluetooth Terminal app. Unfortunately that app doesn't have XMODEM(-1K) so now I am searching for a terminal app that does both Bluetooth AND XModem.

In the meantime, if you want to try talking to your OBD device anyway, these are stages that I went through:

Settings, Bluetooth = list of available devices:

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Pair with ELM327 OBDII dongle:

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Paired, ready for use:

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Start Serial Bluetooth Terminal app:

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Choose serial port (here only one choice - the paired OBDII dongle):

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Connected and looking good:

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Type ATI (attention, identify) command:

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and OBDII dongle responds with ELM327 and version:

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i downloaded the app and using a iCar OBD - dongle this works like you described ..
 
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