Bluetooth drivers for communicating with the NXT
I just finished reading an interesting article on Communicating with LEGO NXT via Bluetooth in C# written by Pierre Poliakoff. There was a very useful hint in there that may explain our difficulties with communicating with the NXT via bluetooth from Windows. Pierre states…
I confirm what many other people have reported: Bluetooth communication with Lego NXT is very sensitive to the Bluetooth drivers used. Most of the time, it is strongly recommended to NOT install — or if they are already installed, to uninstall — the drivers provided by the Bluetooth adapter manufacturer and to use the Microsoft Bluetooth default drivers instead.Â
This article will help immensely if we have to resort to low level (byte-by-byte) bluetooth communication with the NXT. I’m hoping that we can find a library or high-level framework for bluetooth communication.Â