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Sacohen wrote:

cosmith71 wrote:Yes, but now I don't even have to get up to switch the cable. Life is good.

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That's what I was saying.
Roberto is a god.

You forgot "genius".

Well that is implied.

Help, I would like one too but Roberto's mailbox must be full as my pm is stuck my outbox

I got it ...
It comes out of the outbox when I read it

cheers,
payment sent... now hopefully it wont get stuck in customs for too long while I patiently chew my finger nails waiting for the post man.

I found a new use for the Bluetooth adapter.

This morning I was having problems with the Wifi signal getting to the portal and to the Andriod app, so I wanted to re-boot the Reef Angel, but I couldn't do it via Wifi in any matter.

My WiFi to the house was working because I could remotely access my laptop via Team Viewer so I logged in to the laptop, launch the Arduino IDE and re-uploaded my current code, which forced the RA to re-boot at the end.

That actually wasn't the fix to the problem, but at least I could rule that out without having to wait until I got home to re-boot it.

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Hey it worked.

After messing around with it for several hours I finally got mine working!! I picked up a SMK Link VP6495 Nano Dongle from Fry's today since it was on sale. Everything seemed to install fine but it came up with two inbound ports by default and no outbound ports. I had to manually add the outbound port and I was never able to get it to work.

After uninstalling the mfg software, deleting the dongle in the Device Manager, and re-installing using the Windows 7 default drivers it worked as expected.

So much better than stringing out the cable and unplugging/replugging the wifi

~Charlie

I had similar issues with the manufacturer's drivers on the BT I got. Windows drivers work fine.

If anyone has problems finding the COM port under Windows 8, it's here:

Control panel -> Devices and Printers, find "RN42-FF47", right click, Properties, hardware tab. There will be an entry for "Standard Serial over Bluetooth link (COM#). This is the COM you use.

--Colin

I love this thing.

I wanted to make a small change to the delay on something in my code and connected to the house, opened up Arduino IDE, made the change and uploaded it.

Now when I get home that's one less thing I have to do before I can sit down and relax.

Getting "Error Uploading", even though I found the COM port and all. Win8 x64.

bhazard wrote:Getting "Error Uploading", even though I found the COM port and all. Win8 x64.

Do you have an inbound and outbound com port? Did you install the software that came with your BT dongle? When I used the included drivers I could not get it to work at all. After uninstalling and reinstalling without the manufacturers drivers I was able to get it to work.

Sometimes when it sits for a while I have to physically remove and re-seat the adapter in the USB slot.

~Charlie

Piper wrote:

bhazard wrote:Getting "Error Uploading", even though I found the COM port and all. Win8 x64.

Do you have an inbound and outbound com port? Did you install the software that came with your BT dongle? When I used the included drivers I could not get it to work at all. After uninstalling and reinstalling without the manufacturers drivers I was able to get it to work.

Sometimes when it sits for a while I have to physically remove and re-seat the adapter in the USB slot.

~Charlie

Yep to all. Going to try a different usb port

Others have posted that it takes a few times before it will go through too. My problem is that it takes 5 minutes before it starts to upload so I have to start it and walk away for a while :/

Piper wrote:Others have posted that it takes a few times before it will go through too. My problem is that it takes 5 minutes before it starts to upload so I have to start it and walk away for a while :/

It's something to do with the windows communication.. I've got this problem too. It seems that windows thinks the COM port is being used by something, but then a few tries later it doesn't think that anymore. It's weird.
I noticed that if I open Bluetooth attached devices and go to properties of the BT attachment, and then to COM ports, it refreshes it and it helps with the com port being used.

Roberto - Is that for the COM port in use issue or the slow compiling part? It takes me at good 4 or 5 minutes just to get to the point that it starts to upload. It's that with the cable and with the BT. A few tries to upload will clear the port in use issue sometimes.

Piper;

Did you replace the rxtxSerial.dll file as directed on the first post.
I remember that my connection was very slow and sporadic when I first set it up until I replaced the file.
I'm running Windows 7 though.

Just a thought or suggestion.

Piper wrote:Roberto - Is that for the COM port in use issue or the slow compiling part? It takes me at good 4 or 5 minutes just to get to the point that it starts to upload. It's that with the cable and with the BT. A few tries to upload will clear the port in use issue sometimes.

The compiling taking long is your computer
You need a newer one
I compile in a few seconds.

I don't think it's the computer It didn't take that long when I first started using the RA. I'll have to re-install the Arduino IDE and see of that makes a difference. But enough thread hijacking for now

I may need to give up on this and RMA or sell it. I just can't get it to upload. The COM port is always in use on Win8 x64 no matter what I do or what workaround I try.

We could try it on my setup. I have a mac and also a linux laptop, but the laptop is sans bluetootg dongle at the moment...

I'm assuming you were able to find the BT attachment?
The 2 com ports were created and you can see them in your device manager, right?
Are they listed on Arduino IDE?

Yep. Bluetooth attachment found, outgoing port listed in Bluetooth settings, device manager, and Arduino IDE. Device is always busy no matter what.

Let me try on my W8 laptop

bhazard wrote:Yep. Bluetooth attachment found, outgoing port listed in Bluetooth settings, device manager, and Arduino IDE. Device is always busy no matter what.

Have you tried using the dongle without the drivers it came with? If not, try deleting the BT dongle in your Device Manager, reboot, re-inset the BT dongle, and let Windows install the drivers without using the mfg's disk/drivers. I was too lazy to flip back a page or two to see if you've already done that

~Charlie

Yep, did that too.

Ok, my laptop already had a BT radio built-in, so I didn't need to plug any dongle nor install any driver.
I went and clicked add device and it found the BT attachment.
Then it automatically created 2 ports (com3 and com4).
I looked under Bluetooth settings and found that com4 was the outgoing.
So, I picked that one and it worked just fine.

I use Win8 as well. My only issues were with the drivers that came with the unit. It sounds like an issue somewhere in your setup vs a Win8 problem.

You aren't using Reef Angel Client are you?

It might be worth a shot to try a different BT device as well.

~Charlie