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I am working a project that transmits data over Bluetooth SPP and would like to use Mac OS X "Mavericks" as an interface. I have read that certain options in the Bluetooth Menu in System Preferences have been removed which may prohibit this from being possible.
Is there anyway ("maybe virtual machine of a Linux variant") that will allow this to work?
Alejandro Escobar
Posted 2014-02-12T06:37:59.737
Reputation: 31
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See related post on Ask Different: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/169437/bluetooth-spp-support-in-os-x-yosemite
I was able to pair a bluetooth serial port via the preferences panel (using the paring wizard from the menu extra should also work):
Apple Menu > System Preferences... > Bluetooth
My adapter was discoverable, failed auto-pairing, but I was able to pair with the pin code provided in the online documentation. The system automatically created a serial port:
alf@my-mac:~ ls -l /dev/tty.*
...
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 18, 6 Aug 12 15:09 /dev/tty.HC-06-DevB
Screen will open this port, but I don't have the correct baud rate just yet:
screen /dev/tty.HC-06-DevB 9600
alfwatt
Posted 2014-02-12T06:37:59.737
Reputation: 163
@AlejandroEscobar I don't think you're around here anymore, but if you can further explain how you got this working, that'd be great :) – mgarciaisaia – 2015-05-27T03:51:18.030
Resolved issue.
Paired device with Bluetooth menu.
Checked /dev/ for specific tty listing.
"screen" connection ensures that the device stays connected. – Alejandro Escobar – 2014-02-12T07:00:59.463
Post that as an answer, please, and then accept it after two days. We want other users to find their answers easily. Why? Because the purpose of [su] (and sites in the [se] network in general) is not to solve your specific problem; it's to provide knowledge to the worldwide audience of the Internet. – gparyani – 2014-03-28T20:47:24.273