RE: Multiple Bluetooth Radio (using Microsoft PnP bluetooth USB dongle)

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Yes my point is to make my program able to use one key dedicated for
scanning,

and use the others radios for connecting to client.

Basicly it’s only for sending files using obex-push.

For awnsering to doran im sorry but i was mistaken with the description of

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa362786.aspx
…
BluetoothFindFirstRadio Function

The BluetoothFindFirstRadio function begins the enumeration of local
Bluetooth radios.

HBLUETOOTH_RADIO_FIND BluetoothFindFirstRadio(
BLUETOOTH_FIND_RADIO_PARAMS* pbtfrp,
HANDLE* phRadio
);
…

“the enumeration of local Bluetooth radios” i took it for granted :wink: i
thinked it was local radios connected for my system -=)

sure for a normal user i see no need for having mutiple radios. but i wanted
to make a ‘file distributor’ using bluetooth.

So far i did it using a linux but it wanted a full windows version without
the cost of a mini-linux dedicated for this :wink:

Thanks both for your anwsers this mailling list is very valuable to me =)

-Nicolas

I am going to save this post away. I have told customers this very same
thing and yet they still ask me if multiple-radio support is possible.
Sure
it is possible. Tell me why you want a ‘user’ to try and sort that out?
What a nightmare for pairing (link key management). The idea of turning a
Windows system into the worlds most expensive Bluetooth Network Access
Point
always seemed a bit the wrong direction.

Perhaps the OP has another application in mind that requires being
‘between’
two BT piconets. My suggestion would be to look at other Bluetooth stacks
that can run on Windows to provide the ‘other radio’ or multiple radio
support. Alternatively, the OP can take over the radio entirely since
whatever they are doing is likely to raise hell with Windows trying to use
the radio as well unless all they need is an L2CAP or RFCOMM channel to the
‘remote’ device…

-dave

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Doron Holan
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 11:00 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: RE: [ntdev] Multiple Bluetooth Radio (using Microsoft PnP
bluetooth
USB dongle)

The Bluetooth stack provides a way to enumerate multiple *remote* radio’s
services. The Microsoft stack only supports one local radio (I have never
seen a viable user scenario where having multiple local radios made any
kind
of sense)

d

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of rotterdam hooligan
gabber uber alles
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 5:20 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Multiple Bluetooth Radio (using Microsoft PnP bluetooth
USB
dongle)

Hi everyone.

Does anyone of you could ligth me about the support of multiple bluetooth
radios under windows XP/Vista.

From The bluetooth documentation i saw microsoft provide a ways to
enumerate the radios presents on board.

But if we plug more then one key. the second key get in conflict.

  1. Does windows really support mutilple bluetooth radios ?

  2. if yes does it conflict because im using usb bluetooth ?

I have a hardtime from porting my application from Linux to windows where
it
was so simple to use any number of bluetooth device… If you could point me
into a way or a solution :slight_smile:

Thanks alots.

(sorry for my english)

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