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aurinko
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Joined: Fri Apr 26, 2013 3:21 pm Posts: 1
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 Bluetooth connection to multiple devices
Hi,
I'm trying to connect my brick to both my phone (or laptop haven't made up my mind yet) and another brick. Unfortunatelly when I'm trying to connect the second device, doesn't matter whether it's another brick or phone, the other connection gets disconnected or I get the "line busy" message.
Any ideas what might be the reason for that? And how to solve it?
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Fri Apr 26, 2013 3:30 pm |
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NeXT-Generation
Senior Roboticist
Joined: Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:13 pm Posts: 630 Location: If I told you, I'd have to kill you.
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 Re: Bluetooth connection to multiple devices
At a guess, I'd say that the phone needs to be the "master" and the NXT's as "slaves". That would mean that the phone has to receive and send the messages that the NXTs would normally be sending directly to one another.
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Mon May 06, 2013 2:41 pm |
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roboRed
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Joined: Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:07 am Posts: 163 Location: California, USA
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 Re: Bluetooth connection to multiple devices
My best guess is that the NXT can only handle 3 NXT device, and only 1 Other device at one time. I really don't know. 
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Sun Jun 02, 2013 8:56 pm |
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Ernest3.14
Professor
Joined: Sat May 18, 2013 1:24 pm Posts: 271 Location: Olympia, WA
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 Re: Bluetooth connection to multiple devices
I don't think you can daisy chain NXTs... Although you can do that with EV3s  But what you can do is connect both to a computer 
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Mon Jun 03, 2013 12:05 am |
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roboRed
Expert
Joined: Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:07 am Posts: 163 Location: California, USA
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 Re: Bluetooth connection to multiple devices
Why not? 
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Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:39 pm |
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Ernest3.14
Professor
Joined: Sat May 18, 2013 1:24 pm Posts: 271 Location: Olympia, WA
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 Re: Bluetooth connection to multiple devices
Well, there was a comparison article between NXTs and EV3s which mentioned that you couldn't daisy chain NXTs... I think it's because you need to have capabilities to filter messages/packets and it just complicates things.
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Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:33 pm |
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mattallen37
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Joined: Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:09 pm Posts: 184 Location: Michigan USA
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 Re: Bluetooth connection to multiple devices
Because they aren't designed for it. The EV3 has USB host, but the NXT doesn't.
You can make a large wired NXT network using RS485 though.
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Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:33 pm |
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roboRed
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Joined: Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:07 am Posts: 163 Location: California, USA
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 Re: Bluetooth connection to multiple devices
Ok, Thanks
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Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:35 pm |
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