Calling coolice...

[oldnick]

Hi Ian, I bought a (cheap and nasty)* bluetooth dongle for the laptop and it doesn't seem to be interested in connecting with your BT thingy.

The coolice widget works beautifully with my Android phone, but the phone is tiny and my fingers are fat so laptop it is.

Is there a 'setting up a bluetooth connection for dummies' out there? I'm going round in circles with everything I've found on Google so far

Cheers, nick


*V2.0, 3Mbps, doesn't mention Windows 10 on the packet

[Planehazza]

Is the BT USB dongle for your laptop installed and working in Windows? I have a really cheap (Trust I think the brand was) and it works perfectly fine for me. I'm on Windows 10 also.

[acidla]

Is the BT USB dongle for your laptop installed and working in Windows? I have a really cheap (Trust I think the brand was) and it works perfectly fine for me. I'm on Windows 10 also.

Hey, you are not Coolice!

[kenny d]

Hey, you are not Coolice!

Yeh he asked for coolice & planehazza posted BUT so did you lol

[coolice]

Hey Buddy.

Like any bluetooth peripheral (spelling?) it must be paired with the laptop in this case. From here you can also find out what PORT has been assigned to what function of said BT connection made between the laptop and BT dongle.
I am assuming this is a BT unit for a Vbar?
If yes, then once paired and you know the PORT assignments, you can then lock on to that from within the Vstabi software by clicking the angled arrows icon and selecting your BT dongle name/connection.

Ian

P.s. Harry is my secretary when I am away ;-) lol

[acidla]

Yeh he asked for coolice & planehazza posted BUT so did you lol

Couldn't help myself

[Planehazza]

Hey Buddy.

Like any bluetooth peripheral (spelling?) it must be paired with the laptop in this case. From here you can also find out what PORT has been assigned to what function of said BT connection made between the laptop and BT dongle.
I am assuming this is a BT unit for a Vbar?
If yes, then once paired and you know the PORT assignments, you can then lock on to that from within the Vstabi software by clicking the angled arrows icon and selecting your BT dongle name/connection.

Ian

P.s. Harry is my secretary when I am away ;-) lol

Am I? I think I need some backpay then mate Kidding.

[oldnick]

The more the merrier! I'm good like that...

Only asked for Ian so the answer would be easily searched for by other people who are also technically challenged like me

It's to run a brain from my laptop, the brain end I'm almost competent with, pairing this and connecting that less so.

[coolice]

Evening mate.

Ah it's to connect to an MSH Brain, the steps would be the same to get the BT module paired with your laptop first to establish the wireless link.
From there it should work as usual, but I can't then help you how to tell the MSH program to connect/use it, as I've never had a brain ;-) lol

Ian

[Mike Sanders]

I know that feeling Ian. I have never had a brain either.