How possible would it be to integrate pre 4.2 bluetooth stack (bluez) to allow direct API access to the L2CAP layer? If not, anyone know of anything that can route input over WiFi? (Hopefully it doesn't have to come to that). Surely there is something that can be done. Wiimotes are just so convenient for mobile gaming on Android. I'm surprised a fix hasn't been released yet.
Well, to those also interested, I found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2640723
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It would be very useful to have these mobile devices act as bluetooth keyboards and mouses. Has anyone written such a service?
I am familiar with the gremote project but i'm talking about a more general solution that would allow the mobile devices to be paired with all sorts of things.
The ultimate goal would be to have "keyboard" and "mouse" listed under the services broadcast by the mobile device. I found the following page that describes how to register bluetooth services:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa450140.aspx
But, unfortunately, i'm a Java developer and believe that it would take me too long to do this myself. Has anyone thought of doing something like this before? Is anyone interested in giving it a shot? It seems like it should be fairly straight forward to write such a service.
you can use GRemote if you want to use it as a keyboard and mouse.
Salling Clicker lets you use it as a mouse and media center controller.. and you can add many other scripts to control your comp.
or.. this:
http://www.jaylee.org/remotecontrol/
Thank you nir36.
I followed your link to jaylee's remotecontrol and had a look at what it does. It seems that both jaylee's solution and the gremote solution use a server/client model that rely on proprietary software running on both the server and the client. Unfortunately, that is not what i'm asking about.
What would be ideal is to emulate the functionality of a bluetooth keybaord and mouse that one can buy off the shelf and that does not require server software (something like Logitech diNovo Edge Bluetooth Keyboard). And this is why I was referring to "registering a bluetooth service" as a possible solution. Is this possible? Is it very difficult to accomplish?
I would, for example, like to be able to pair my mobile device with a PS3 and have it act as a bluetooth keyboard and mouse. But a PS3 is just one example. There are many other use-cases that can be satisfied by offering a generic solution that cannot be handled by the server/client model.
I have tried a lot of bluetooth remote controller softwares and searched for others as well.
unfortunatly, i don't know of any remote which doesn't require server side client.
to your question.. yes, i think it would be hard to accomplish as you need to have everything loaded on your ppc and send all data to the server.
I'm almost positive that someone would be able to develop such an application here as there are many gifted developers floating around this forum.
You might have to donate some for it tho.. it's not trivial.
Thanks again nir36.
I am willing to put in the time required to develop this but could really use some help getting started.
Can someone point me in the right direction? Is what i'm looking to do clear? Do others see this as being useful? Has anyone tried this before? If so, what were your pitfalls?
What documents/addresses can you share with me to help me get started? What IDE do you recommend?
I searched this now for a few days on the web. I found plenty of programs doing lots of things coming close to what I am looking for but nothing exactly what I am looking for that would work.
I am looking for a program that turns my HD2 into a native bluetooth mouse. I don't need any remote control or remote desktop stuff, I want my HD2 to look like a regular mouse connected by bluetooth.
I found plenty of remote control apps, that would require a server installed to the computer I want to control with my HD2, however this is exactly NOT what I am looking for. I want to control any computer that supports generic bluetooth input devices, no matter if Windows, Linux, Mac, whatever without installing any additional software to the computer.
I found two programs, that claim to do that (mobileSRC RemoteMobile and MobileMouse) but neither will function on the HD2. RemoteMobile does not seem to support the Widcomm Bluetooth Stack and MobileMouse is not usable, because it's not designed for WVGA (at minimum, I cannot get past the Licence Disclaimer after starting the app, because I do not reach any controls to do so).
Is there anything out there that would do what I am looking for on a HD2?
+1 Looking for the same
http://gbmsoftware.com/
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http://gbmsoftware.com/
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oh yeah, this is what I was looking for, thank you very much!
Which irony: I am still looking for what I described in my first post - and while I was searching for a program capable of doing this once again, I stumbled across my own old thread here
Sadly gdayhtc's solution wich seems to make 2 die 4 happy is exaclty what I am *not* looking for. I was aware of GRemote when I wrote this posting in january already. The point is, you need to install a server application on the host you want to use your phone with. The "talking" is done between the application on the phone and the server on the host as regular network traffic. This is not what I am looking for. What I am looking for is an application that basicly says "Hi [whatever operating system you are], I am a regular bluetooth mouse! Go ahead and load your appropriate drivers, so I can talk to you (just as any other bluetooth mouse would do)!" - and if there are Bluetooth touch pads, that the phone could emulate, that would be even better Basicly the phone will promote another bluetooth service to other devices that do a bluetooth service lookup stating that it can be a bluetooth input device. I can't believe nobody did something like that! Besides having to poke around in some bluetooth input device standards it seems like the much cleaner and more appropriate approach to use your phone as an input device over bluetooth compared to what GRemote and the others are doing.
I don't think there is such thing as a 'generic' blue tooth mouse (please correct me if I am wrong).
If you get a logitech one, it still loads its appropriate driver for the operating system you are using. Same for DELL (both use setpoint) and I'm sure Microsoft (and for the different models, there may be different drivers).
What I think you can best hope for is somebody to emulate one of these 'drivers', but at the end of the day, I would assume that some driver will have to be loaded on your pc/server.
I'm really hoping to get a physical keyboard to work with my Eris. I'm even open to a USB hard-wired solution, it doesn't have to be bluetooth.
I own an I.Tech Virtual Keyboard, which the Eris can see and identify properly but not pair with (so far), and I was thinking of buying a Freedom Pro keyboard, simply because they have posted an Android driver on their web site.
I downloaded an Android bluetooth app called KeyPro, which lists the I.Tech VK as a supported device, but it doesn't seem to get the job done.
Anybody out there working on the same capability who can share what they've learned?
Thanks!
I've read that it's a common problem with other android 2.1 devices, and from what I've gathered, it appears that pppd and the kernel were compiled without MPPE support, so you can't connect to a PPTP VPN that requires encryption with the device.
I'm considering trying to dig into recompiling the kernel to support MPPE (we can just steal pppd from another device, or recompile it, as well)... but I didn't want to jump into that if someone else has already done so or is already working on/releasing a custom kernel and can just fix this in theirs with less effort.
Soooo... anyone else working on or interested in this issue?
i second this. The earlier we begin implementing security into our devices the better .
I could use IPSec with challenge response like bluefire for winmo has
Alright, sounds like this hasn't been fixed yet, so I'll start digging to find out exactly what is missing from the kernel--my guess is GRE protocol support, but I'm not sure.
I wanted to see if there are others interested in writing an app that would control "internet enabled tv's" similar to sony's media remote. I own a 2010 model internet enabled tv and i'd love to see an app that could control the tv.
Anyone interested?
I haven't seen any documentation on how the sony media remote works with all the 2011+ tvs and blue ray players. I'm running on the assumption it's wifi based communication.
I figure the first steps of this project would be
Research: Learn which protocol Sony uses to communicate with their devices
Reverse Engineer: Figure out what is required to communicate with 2010 models
Write or mod an existing app that communicates via upnp/dlna to control tv/blueray/"internet enabled" devices
My particular tv, Sony Bravia KDL-32EX308 has the Xross Media Bar similar to the Playstation 3 Home navigation. I am trying to determine if it uses the same methods of communication that the later 2011 models use. If so, this would make everything much easier. I know from a hardware stand point the KDL-32EX320 is very similar to the KDL-32EX308, and the KDL-32EX320 is included on the list of approved tvs for the Sony Media Remote App.
Side-note:
The firmware is upgradable OTA via Wifi. When I got the TV they had just released an update. I thought, "Wow, that would make flashing custom firmware much easier assuming I didn't brick it."
No replies, no PMs. I guess I will have to plow the field myself.
deckerm said:
No replies, no PMs. I guess I will have to plow the field myself.
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Just curious how far you got with this. I am going to attempt to decode this as well. Not sure how far I will get, but it is worth a shot if I can get some automated scripting going for interfacing with devices on the network.
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Just curious how far you got with this. I am going to attempt to decode this as well. Not sure how far I will get, but it is worth a shot if I can get some automated scripting going for interfacing with devices on the network.
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I got no where with this and abandoned the project about a year ago. Thanks for resurrecting this though. It you make any headway let me know.