My client needs a Pocket PC application to remotely configure an industrial sensor via Bluetooth. The sensor is equipped with a small Bluetooth SPP module. The application should run on Pocket PCs running Windows Mobile. As I’m familiar with .NET application development on the desktop but not on mobile devices, I’d ask for a bit of advice on how to get started with this.
I’ve had a look at the book “Microsoft Mobile Development Handbook”, which says that device manufacturers can use the Bluetooth Stack of their choice (sounds bad). The 32feet library is also mentioned. But it’s still unclear to me whether there is a way to write a device-independent application that uses the Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP). Any thoughts?
I’m the maintainer of the 32feet.NET library and added its Widcomm support.
The library provides simple access to a RFCOMM/SPP service on a remote machine with a sockets/stream API, regardless of whether it’s the MSFT or Widcomm stack on the local device. See the “General Bluetooth connections” section at http://www.alanjmcf.me.uk/comms/bluetooth/32feet.NET%20–%20User%20Guide.html