Hey guys, I hope I can get some help on this ASAP.
I have a program interfacing with arduino using the serial library. I tried introducing Bluetooth into it, and my dongle came with the Bluesoleil program. I can pair with the blueSmirf device attached to my Arduino, and even connect (it gives me a COM address and everything). However, when I try to populate a list of ports, I come back with a blank. In fact, even my commands that involve serial communication don't come back as errors for some reason, even if I have them sent to a port I have nothing hooked up to. After I disconnect and close BlueSoleil, I can suddenly access my list of serials again, and engage in regular serial communication via a USB cable. What's going on?
It says in the Arduino troubleshooting even, under the question "Why can't I upload to Arduino?" "Check that you're not running any programs that scan all serial ports, like PDA sync applications, Bluetooth-USB drivers (e.g. BlueSoleil), virtual daemon tools, etc. "
I guess what I'm asking in the end is, is there a way around this or is there some kind of Bluetooth program that is sympathetic to my cause and won't scan all of my ports? I am doing this on a PC running Windows Vista.