[Xastir] Xastir B/T expert?

[Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)]

Have you tried tying the handshaking wires back on the radio side of the 
bluetooth?  I've had some adapaters that will not transmit data out the 
RS-232 side unless it sees the proper handshaking, DTR->DSR->CD, 
RTS->CTS.  It's almost certain that the radio's interface cable doesn't 
provide the handshaking.

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32

On 3/19/2011 9:28 PM, Kurt Savegnago wrote:
> Hi,
>
>    My first Bluetooth foray with Xastir has been pretty much a success but
> I have a quick and simple question to ask of the cognescenti.
> Heck it's my first try with the mode I'm embarrassed to say
>
>    I plugged in a stubby (and cheap) USB Dongle, a Broadcom BCM9204DG-CL1ROM into my Slack laptop and connected a serial cable from the computer jack of a Kenwood D7A(g) and plugged the DB9 into an IOGear GBS301 serial- to-B/T device. Ran it in packet mode.
>
> It pairs fine with the computer with BlueZ and the data packets come in over Xastir (and APRSIS32 with WINE)just as plain as can be. (Minicom too.)
>
> Only issue is that no commands get to the D7A(g) from Xastir to transmit.  I'm using the same initialization file that works with a direct Serial-USB cable except with the B/T, Xastir sees it as /dev/rfcomm0 instead of /dev/ttyUSB"X"
>
> I did a sudo chmod 777 /dev/rfcomm0 and like I said it receives just fine.
>
> I am suspecting that maybe that stubby dongle is only a one way connection device to the laptop/Xastir?  The IOGear GBS301 is in Slave mode.
>
> If that el cheapo ($12.00) Dongle on my laptop is the wrong device, what would be a good Bluetooth/USB device I can plug into the laptop for two-way communications via bluetooth to that IOgearGBS 301?
>
> A $12.00 mistake I can live with. :-)
>
>                               Kurt KC9LDH
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