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Re: [ecs] a more general bluetooth question (clarification) Mark Gilmore Sat, 15 Apr 2006 11:04:09 -0400

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yes, - i could just buy something cheap and determine how to detect it.
but i assume that such a solution would be very device-dependent.
still looking for the java stuff.
i gave up on finding an XP exe to discover/report devices (very 
strange that such software is not more common)

At 11:00 AM 4/15/2006, you wrote:

>Mark Gilmore wrote:
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>>i don't have any :-(
>>wouldn't know what to buy anyway.
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>oh, I see :-)
>If your purpose is to "just detect" something around, the cheapest 
>one would be okay. Unfortunately I don't know many of them, the 
>serial port adapter from Merlin cost around 100 EUR (from UK) (10 or 
>100mt available, at around the same price, battery operated).
>PC dongle, much cheaper, can't work stand alone, I'm afraid. 
>Otherwise, if they would "signal" if when just powered, that would 
>be perfect. You could try one, giving it only the 5Vcc on USB cable, 
>from a battery.
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