Re: Communicating With BLE Devices

2017-10-13 Thread Cannon Smith via 4D_Tech
Hi Miyako, The specific device we are currently connecting to is a prototype RFID reader for cattle. We have it working correctly on iOS using CoreBluetooth. Basically, when we want to connect we create a central manager which looks for a certain peripheral name. The peripheral only has one

Re: Communicating With BLE Devices

2017-10-11 Thread JasonH via 4D_Tech
Speaking of Arduino's, for school I had to buy a starter kit for my son. He won't actually need it for another month or two, but of course I immediately busted it out and started playing with it (so I can help him with his school work when they get to working on them ) It's been fun working

Re: Communicating With BLE Devices

2017-10-11 Thread Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech
it seems the cross platform libraries are all cross-mobile-platforms. couldn't find anything for desktop windows and macos. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corebluetooth?language=objc https://developer.apple.com/library/content/samplecode/TemperatureSensor/Introduction/Intro.html

Communicating With BLE Devices

2017-10-11 Thread Cannon Smith via 4D_Tech
Is anyone aware of a way to communicate with a Bluetooth Low Energy device from 4D? It needs to work on both platforms. Perhaps a plugin that I’m not aware of? (Note that BLE devices communicate in a completely different way than classic Bluetooth devices.) Thanks for any pointers. --