Can I have more than one Bluetooth Connection running?

[Rickz2020]

Hi all.

Just started on my robot again after putting it off for a few months and have a quick question:

Can I have more than one BT device connected to the NXT simultaneously?

I have a BT GPS device and an Android phone - both of which I would like connected to the NXT at the same time.

Thanks,

Rich.

[gloomyandy]

You can have one inbound and three outbound connections. In this context inbound means a connection that was made from another device to the NXT (i.e. the NXT used waitForConnection), while outbound means connections originated from the NXT to some other device (so in this case the NXT code used the connect method). In all cases the connections are full duplex so you can send data in both directions.

Note however that having more than one active connection, means that the NXT has to do a lot more work to manage the connections and so the data rate and the reliability of the connections will be reduced...

Andy

[Rickz2020]

Thanks Andy.

I need to control the robot from the Android and the robot simply needs to receive GPS data from the BT GPS device.

So, which do you think would be better: OB for BT GPS Device and IB for Android connection, or IB for BT GPS Device and OB for Android connection.

Thanks for the warning about the data rate and reliability of the connections.

Rich

[gloomyandy]

It probably depends on the devices you are using. I suspect that most Bluetooth gps devices require that the NXT connects to them. Certainly the simple Bluetooth GPS device that I have requires that. Not sure about the Android phone, it probably depends on the software you intend to run on that device...

[Rickz2020]

Ok, I'm just going to use the dGPS from dexter industries rather. This will save some headaches I guess.