I just run on the following site
http://dailymobile.se/2009/01/07/op...ith-your-blackberry-garageshadow-application/
And I wondered if its possible to have something like that on my diamond.
Most are using infrared which isn't really available in current devices anymore. And afaik infrared in mobile devices will only have a range of at most 1 meter (optimistic guess).
Does the blue flashing light indicate that bluetooth is on?
there is a special remote which can connect to a comp. you can send signals to whatever you like... BUT, it's problematic.
As i stated like a year ago in a guide i wrote about bluetooth services,
the only bluetooth service working with AD controllers is the GXP port.. which you don't have on windows mobile.. it's not software related.. sorry.
You could use NetRemote via WiFi (and configure MortScript to connect to Your home WiFi network automatically if it approaches a certain mobile cell tower so if You are near home You are already connected to NetRemote server) and use an IR repeater from the server for the door. This is a theoretical concept which I haven't tried but in theory - why shouldn't it work?
You would probably want to use gps, not a cell tower id, and yes it is theoretically possible to make your phone trigger something to open your garage... but i think the questions was can you use your phone to open your garage door.
you can't use GPS as GPS can only send signals.. not receive...
you would be able to connect to your comp using wifi but then you'd have to be able to send signals through your home network to the garage door. the problem is not the sending of the signals but the receiving by the door.
of course it's "possible" but it's somewhat of a project to have the receiver operate the door... at least the way i see it.
Joel - wouldn't the outcome be the same, meaning using your phone to open garage door? Of course, the simplest way would be to buy a gsm controller, insert a SIM there with a number and hook the controller up with the door, so when you call the controller it opens the door. That solution is expensive tho and you can't use it for other stuff like with NetRemote - you can practically control anything with IR or ZWave repeaters.
lol, $100-200 for a gsm controller, then a $40 monthly plan for the gsm? i say just go buy a remote. they sell keychain sized garage door remotes at home depot for like $20 and last about a year for the cell battery opening the door about twice a day.
I have a suggestion tho.
try searching for a bluetooth controller.
someone here would have to write the application for you..
but if you manage to find a bluetooth controller, you might (you need to know how) be able to connect it to the engine.. and give it the what... 10mA trigger it needs?
What about a radio (funk) controller ? Can our handhelds do that ?
cellular radio?
untrueparadox - although with your solution doesn't let him open the door with phone, it's definitely the best and cheapest so far
my last year project might just be developing a straight current independent bluetooth controller. i'll give you the prototype for a symbolic price if you want
so what do you do when you happen to be near your home but dont want to or can't park in the garage? You know, those rare but plausible times when it so happens you are parking on the street. OH wait, there goes your door again!
Just hoping you thought it through all the way.
Look into zwave and MControl for your pc
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I have just setup a wireless network in my home. Compared to bluetooth it is absolutley brilliant, I have fast internet on my laptop downstairs, wifi card in ipaq working great and it was a doddle to install, whereas bluetooth presents nightmares to configure, wont work with lots of devices, is short range and very slow. For anybody who is in 2 minds I would suggest wireless is the best by far in all ways.
Hi,
Apologies if I misunderstood you, but I think you missed the point of Bluetooth/WiFi. They really are completely different technologies.
Bluetooth is designed to be short range and lower power and to be able to communicate a multitude of devices wirelessly (i.e. keyboards, mice, GPS, headsets as well as forming mini networks). It's also not really designed to be "high speed" as in the same sort of levels of WiFi.
WiFi on the other hand is ONLY for networking and compared to Bluetooth it IS much faster as you've realised and it is designed for bigger distances, but the power drain is also considerably more as well.
That's why your device has both technologies, so that you can choose which method suits you best. Personally I use the WiFi for networking, but the Bluetooth for talking to my GPS and Handsfree. I've ran a Bluetooth network before and found them quite stable (driver/firmware versions will assist here) and they're okay in an emergency, but they're really not that speedy at all.
So wifi is limited in its capabilities? So no chance of wireless gps or wireless headsets for phones?
I wouldn't say it's limited. Wireless Fidelity is wireless networking. That's what it was designed for and that's what it does.
You do get network webcams as well as network printers etc which could directly or indirectly take advantage of WiFi, but that's about as diverse as I think it goes and even then it's not really WiFi doing the work. The devices themselves have built in network cards.
Technically you could have a headset with a built in network card/wireless tranceiver, but I think since they can already do that with Bluetooth in very small sizes/low power/low cost... I can't see a WiFi implementation happening anytime soon, if ever. More likely it'll skip WiFi and that sort of thing will go in whatever wireless technology comes out next.
But aside from possibly a headset with longer range and faster networking, what else would you want to use with a range more than 10m or needs faster speeds?
I suspect mobile phones will start including 100m Bluetooth when they work out how to get the power down, but I don't believe that'll increase the speeds. But hey I didn't write/design the spec, so who knows?
I was also quite surprised and pleased by the simplicity of setting the wireless network, on the desktop I took about 1 minute, no added software, just a couple of clicks and a reboot, on the laptop I installed the software, plugged in the card and it immediately found the network and asked me politely if I would like to use it, brilliant implementation of a superb system. I also saw an advert for a long distance network connection, 3 miles I think, that would be a cheap way of all your family using a single high speed broadband connection in the same town.
The answer is simple:
Can you use high speed WIFI for more than 3 hours with any PPC with standard battery? BT does that well.
You should compensate the high speed of connection and simplicity in configuration (not very sure about this) to the longer usage time.
Calling everyone who has a Phone or Wifi enabled Pocket PC!
Ever got lost with your PDA and realised you left your GPS Receiver at home? Do you still want to navigate in big cities when you lose GPS signal? Or hell, do you just hate the fact that HTC does not integrate a GPS Receiver in their phones yet?!
Well, Navizon is the coolest application I've found in a long while. You can navigate using Wifi or GSM!? How kewl is that?
http://www.navizon.com/
Spread the word. As more people join, more GSM Towers and Wifi Access Points pop up all over the place. If your area isn't covered yet, just simply hook up to a GPS Device and it'll find and plot all the Telephone Masts and Access Points (WEP or Open). Then disconnect the gps, and become set free.
The greatest thing about Navizon is that you can use it as a Virtual GPS Device for your navigator (eg TomTom), which lets you navigate using just GSM or Wifi singals.
It has some other kewl features like seeing where your phone is online; great if your phone gets stolen, or to check on your kids.....(or wife!? - let's not go into that debate)
THE BEST PART IS - IT IS FREE!
Hello,
I did quite some searching on this topic but nothing to be found. Maybe some developers can shed some light on this issue?
Many developers have written excellent applications that take the GPS output of the phone and display your coordinates, altitude, speed, and other variables. Presumably, this information can be gathered without the need for a data application.
Now, let's say the data format that the GPS is outputted in (NEMA Standard) is slipstreamed consistently into a Maps application (like Microsoft Streets & Maps), then you would have a winner. The combination of preloaded maps with the power of the GPS receiver in the G1 would give you awesome maps functionality on the cheap (perfect for that Netbook).
However, much GPS status applications only display the output on screen. While it is nice to have a coordinate staring at you in the face, that's all it's doing. Instead, utilizing those NEMA values for the computer to interpret would simplify the process.
My friend and I proposed a couple of concepts on how to take this on:
1) Upload the NEMA data to a server
*Okay idea but defeats the purpose of going Data-less. I might as well use Google Maps
2) Upload the NEMA data to a local server
*Good idea but if the laptop is connected to an ad-hoc network or some weird [sic] network, the phone maybe unable to connect to the same network (i.e. business-style wifi logins)
3) Bluetooth. Beam data through OBEX file transfer or other method.
*Better idea but the implementation of bluetooth in Android does not currently support OBEX file transfers or other pairing mechanisms. Would this be possible to carry out?
4) Serial output via USB.
*Best idea. This would put the GPS receiver in tandem to the other devices.
So...any ideas? Would love to hear them. Are there people who could utilize such functionality for a netbook/laptop combination? Spill your comments, questions, concerns.
Developers, feel free to chime in at any time Thanks.
~NerveBand
try BlueNMEA witch is avaible on the market, it send NMEA over bluetooth.
So does anyone use BlueNMEA and if so can you help set mine up. I cant seem to find any real documentation.
Are there any other options for utilizing the gps on a program like streets and trips?
Can anyone confirm blueNEMA and CM-4.1.9999?
Has anyone successfully gotten this blueNEMA working with a G1 + Bluetooth + Laptop and Streets and Trips?
Love to get this working too... I have the BlueNMEA installed, paird with my laptop over BT but I cant get MS Streets and Trips to see it, if I scan it doesnt see it either... weird.
Here's a bit of documentation I found: http://git.snow-crash.org/?p=blue-nmea.git;a=blob_plain;f=README
Sorry for the bump, but...
Is there any possibility of this ever working over USB rather than bluetooth?
I'm going over seas soon and I'm NOT planning on taking my air rave, but it got me thinking - and I was just curious - could I plug it in to an internet connection overseas and have free calls?
The only reason I can think that this wouldn't work is that
1. The air rave won't register on an IP Sprint detects as foreign.
2. Sprint won't register an air rave that is reporting a GPS location out of their coverage area.
I read one article that claimed that Sprint uses #2, in which case you could create a simple device that plugs into the pigtail port on the Air Rave and reports erroneous coordinates. You could probably do this by recording the input from one location and then playing it back through the pigtail at another location (not sure if straight audio would work or exactly how GPS is transmitted).
There used to be an app for Windows Mobile that would turn your phone into a bluetooth GPS that you could hook other devices up to. If there was something like this for Android - combined with mock locations being enabled, you could hook this up pretty easily.
You could also solve #1 with a VPN.
Anyway, again - I'm really not planning on doing this, just sort of thinking out loud. The fact that I would have WiFi/VoIP anyway wherever I could plug an air rave in would defeat the purpose. Also, I'm sure it would be illegal to operate your own device at 1900MHz in most countries.
I know that the CM 6.1 supports the USB Keyboard/mouse, but what are the odds of getting the Bluetooth DUN tethering support ported over from the Archos 101 and 70 devices? Would love to hear some insight from the devs about the feasibility of having such a feature. I would love to leave my EVO tethered to the GTab over Bluetooth instead of Wifi. It would be a huge battery saver when I'm away from home/office wifi connection.
Also, USB Keyboard/mouse as a part of TnT? Possible? Worth it? Not worth it?
I second the above. BT stays on 24/7 on my phone, it would be much easier, and ideally we could eventually come up with some sort of on-demand script or app that keeps the BT DUN profile active, without battery drain on the cell.
With this in place, the gTab could connect and disconnect to the cell phone as needed, just like DUN should be. Best case scenario is to not even have to do anything on the phone, just enable BT on the gTab (or leave enabled as desired) and do some activity that accesses the internet. This would trigger a BT DUN connection to the phone, which disconnects after a certain period of inactivity (or manually, as desired).
If I knew a damn thing about how to program, this is what I would be trying to create.
That said, I'm a willing guinea pig.
Really? No one else is interested in this?
I know one of you guys out there has a rooted phone with wireless tether. I'm just starting down the root road. I have a Dinc, but it's been factory since I got it... and will be until the weekend, the gTab has whetted my whistle for root freedom.
What happens when you try to pair your gTab with your phone while it's got BT Tether activated? Any BT DUN profile goodness?
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What happens when you try to pair your gTab with your phone while it's got BT Tether activated? Any BT DUN profile goodness?
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I'll try it out and let you know.
Bluetooth Tethering a High Wish List Item
For me, getting the tablet to tether via bluetooth to my Blackberry Tour would be a high priority wish list item. I am completely in the dark with this stuff but I can tether my PC to my Blackberry so I should in theory be able to tether and use the network connection. I realize that most folks here probably have an Android-base smartphone, but my company makes me carry around their smartphone (and has the decency to pay for unlimited data plan). If I could get the tablet to work from the BB's network connection I would be almost complete on my wish list. I have gotten to the point of paring the two devices (but can't seem to get them to connect). I am using tnt lite 2.02 and my 9630 device has v 4.7.1.40 with 3G, CDMA connections.
Indeed, the hope would be that the BT stack within the gTab can take advantage of BT Dial up networking or Personal area networking profiles. Then we would be good to go. If not now, hopefully we can find a way to get that to work.
Really? No one care about Bluetooth Tether on this device?
You don't have to ask me twice Oops, you did.
I am extremely interested in a Bluetooth tethering solution for the gtab. It's the only way I will be able to get a 3G connection from my phone that won't be policed at work (non-corporate wifi hotspots are monitored).
I have a Nexus One Adnroid phone (running Froyo 2.2.1). I use the Wifi hotspot feature when I want hop online with my G-Tab (my work monitors wifi, as well but I only turn it on as I need it.) I can't speak for BlackBerry phones but any "rooted" Android phone should be able to act as a 3G/4G hotspot.
Wifi tethering should be faster, but USB tethering and keyboard & mouse support are needed and should work in the first place. (keyboard and mouse support at least should).
Need a program like http://android.gval.biz/ or ibluever for iphone/itouch then the g tablet would be my laptop replacement for traveling .
nicholas621 said:
Need a program like http://android.gval.biz/ or ibluever for iphone/itouch then the g tablet would be my laptop replacement for traveling .
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I've tried to run this on VEGAn ROM, configured but at the moment when It suppose to scan for Channels, it exits of message "Failed To connect to SDP server on device Blackberry 9000".... ideas?
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Need a program like http://android.gval.biz/ or ibluever for iphone/itouch then the g tablet would be my laptop replacement for traveling .
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Are you looking for DUN over BT? If so, have you tried this:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/pdanet/com.pdanet
Jim
I believe PDAnet requires client windows/mac software, and they haven't written client Android software.
I haven't seen anyone port the Archos home-grown BT tether to any other brand. BT tether isn't part of Android (I'm betting the cellcos in OHA demanded it not be built).
My wife has Joikuspot on her phone, so she wifi tethers on the G-tab.
I have unlimited bluetooth data, so I bought an Archos.
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I believe PDAnet requires client windows/mac software, and they haven't written client Android software.
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You are right PDANet wont work as no client for Android, but from my experience listed above blackberry refusing connections.... or may be GTab just doesn't opening connection properly.
When I check GTable BT device property from Blackberry side it can do only:
Handsfree Audio Gateway
Headset Audio Gateway
Object Push
AV Remote Control Target
.... there is no DUN in the list, so I suspect it just not supported by BT stack on device.... but also I have in same my laptop listed as well which doesnt have DUN in its services