Problems downloading files from NXT

[aFringeDweller]

Hi, I just got my NXT 2.0 kit last week and this is my first post.

I'm writing a PC java app too practice controlling the NXT remotely.
So far I can send commands and text to the brick through a DataOutputStream, but the next step is causing me some trouble.
I want to be able to select a file (on the NXT) and download it to my PC from inside my GUI. I've looked through the source code of NXJBrowse and tried experimenting with the ExtendedFileModel and its fetchFiles() method. But when I run the method, the PC app freezes up. If it had worked, I would have created a JTable with the ExtendedFileModel in the constructor. Is this the only way to access the contents of the file model?

Maybe I'm doing it all wrong? Please help.

The code that's causing me problems:

Code: Select all

NXTComm connection = NXTCommFactory.createNXTComm(NXTCommFactory.BLUETOOTH);
NXTInfo device = new NXTInfo(2, "MyName", "MyAddress");
connection.open(device);
NXTCommand nxt = new NXTCommand(connection);
ExtendedFileModel filemodel = new ExtendedFileModel();
filemodel.fetchFiles(nxt);

Thanks,
Morten

[Xfel]

Are you running a special program on the NXT or using a custom protocol? ExtendedFileModel is using the LCP protocol. It won't work with others.

[aFringeDweller]

Are you running a special program on the NXT or using a custom protocol? ExtendedFileModel is using the LCP protocol. It won't work with others.

Oh, I didn't realize that. No, the program on the NXT just a normal class that connects to the PC via Bluetooth and sends/receives data in streams. I'm not very experienced with streams though. How would I go about sending a file on the DataOutputStream?

[Xfel]

You will of course need to tell the PC that it's a File comming through, but to send just the data you could write:

Code: Select all

File file = ...

FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
DataOutputStream dos = ... // wherever it comes from

final int BUFSIZE = 256; // can vary
byte[] buf = new byte[BUFSIZE];

int read = 0;
long fileSize = file.length();

dos.writeLong(fileSize);

while(true){
  read = fis.read(buf,0,BUFSIZE);
  if(read<0)break;
  dos.write(buf,0,read);
}



[matthias]

Dont forget to flush