So after countless hours of headache, i finally have my DF bluetooth working with the Arduino IDE, although the serial monitor blows and doesnt work so i must use Hyperterminal. But I Spent 10 times as long and I`m still trying to get bluetooth to work with processing sketches but the bluetooth link is not recognized by processing.
Why is it so difficult? Its supposed to be just as easy as an ordinary Serial cable! (according to all the advertisements and tutorials) It doesnt seem like The software developers of arduino are doing anything to fix their overwhelming amount of problems for their Processing and Arduino IDE’s.
How do you get BT to work in processing? Would Xbee or the RF antenaes be easier?
thanks for any help
I see. I might resort to purchasing Xbee soon. However I did read that the bluetooth modem should be a selectable com port from the processing sketch. There wasn`t very much help in the Proccessing forum except that a few people claim it should work.
Hi,
At this time none of the products we carry really involve Processing, so the ideal place to get support would be on the Processing forum (though there does not seem to be much written about it). Bluetooth adds a few additional steps to the communication process (pairing tends to be the spot where most people get stuck). XBee does not involve pairing, so it is a direct replacement to a serial cable (just don’t change the default settings at least initially). XBee is a form of RF, which is also fairly easy to use. The choice of communication methods depends on your application (Bluetooth is used when you want a variety of devices (cell phone, PDA, laptop etc) to communicate with the robot, while XBee is great at sending and receiving a variety of signals over long ranges. RF is the norm and can be very inexpensive to the systems used to communicate with satellites.
Sincerely,
