MPX220 and Bluetooth Serial Port Profile

[dleonard]

I'm getting conflicting information when researching this topic, so maybe someone can give me a simple yes/no answer: Does the MPX220 (if purchased in the US) support the SPP (Serial Port Profile) ? Thanks in advance!

[Sven Johannsen]

I wish I could give you a simple yes/no answer, but this is the best I can do.

I can ActiveSync my MPX220 over BT, which requires connectivity over a serial profile.

I can connect my MPX220 to my Delorme Blue Logger BT GPS and read position and display it on Pocket Streets for Smartphone, which requires the serial port profile.

But, when I scan the MPX220 looking for services from my PC (XP SP2, MS BT implementation) all it shows is DUN.

So, guess it depends on what you want to do.

[dleonard]

Thanks for the response sven. I'm writing a .NET CF application for the Smartphone (and PocketPC 2003) operating system that sends and receives information to/from a "dumb" serial device via BT. I'm using an off the shelf control (from www.charonsoftware.com ) that opens a com port dedicated to BT to communicate. I would assume that since some of the apps you mentioned require BT SPP, I should be able to do the same thing. I guess I won't know for sure until I take the plunge and get one. Do your applications (Pocket Streets or ActiveSync) setup modes reference any BT Com port settings on your MPX220?

[Sven Johannsen]

No they don't actually. Very different experience than with a PPC. In each case, the PC for AS and the Blue logger for GPS, I paired the device from the phone first. Just went to the BT section, new device, discover, etc.

For AS, in Active Sync is a menu option that says ActiveSync over BT. I selected that and since my PC was already set to watch the BT serial input port that I had set up with the MS BT manager, it just connected and sank (sunk, sync'd...whatever)

In Pocket Streets there is a start GPS menu option. Selecting that, initially gave me an opportunity to pick what device I wanted to start. Now it assumes I want to start the Blue Logger. It says Start, but really it is connecting.

In neither case, was I given any comm port options on the Smartphone. Nor is there any built in way of seeing what is going on, or what profile is being used.