2004-03-23 09:00:41

by Stefan Mischke

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Subject: [Bluez-devel] Accessing HCI on Windows

Hello folks,

I'm quite new to this "professional developer stuff" and mailing lists
(so far only used to forums), so sorry if I do something wrong here.

I'm writing a little "Location Awareness using Bluetooth"-thing for my
Bachelor of CS degree. On Linux, everything is fine and I just have to
look into the BlueZ code. But it would be nice if there was a
possibility to port my work to Windows. Unfortunately I have found no
documentation about how to access the HCI on Windows. All I need would
be a simple "SendHCICommand()" or something. My Question: Does anyone
know how to do this? Do I have to deal with the Widcomm drivers (seem to
be monopolists) or is there a common way?

I know that this is not a Windows mailing list, but I just don't know
where else to ask. I'd really appreciate any help or hint. Thanks in
advance!

Kind regards
Stefan





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2004-03-23 11:11:06

by Marcel Holtmann

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Subject: Re: [Bluez-devel] Accessing HCI on Windows

Hi Stefan,

> I'm writing a little "Location Awareness using Bluetooth"-thing for my
> Bachelor of CS degree. On Linux, everything is fine and I just have to
> look into the BlueZ code. But it would be nice if there was a
> possibility to port my work to Windows. Unfortunately I have found no
> documentation about how to access the HCI on Windows. All I need would
> be a simple "SendHCICommand()" or something. My Question: Does anyone
> know how to do this? Do I have to deal with the Widcomm drivers (seem to
> be monopolists) or is there a common way?

as I know there is no Windows stack that provides full access to the HCI
layer as BlueZ do. Actually it must be possible in some kind of way, but
in most cases you have to pay for their development kit.

Regards

Marcel




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