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Adding POSSIBLE_PORTS (Blumax GPS-4043, OSX, Bluetooth)

Sun, 08/23/2009 - 20:16 — mporter

I am trying to connect a Blumax GPS-4043 to my MacBook using Bluetooth in order to download tracks.

I have managed to get this to work using BT747 but only under the old interface. I did this my editing the bt747_macosX.command file, adding the following lines:

POSSIBLE_PORTS="$POSSIBLE_PORTS /dev/tty.BlumaxBT-GPS-SPPSlave-1"

java -Djava.library.path=${ROOT_DIR}/rxtx/ -Dbt747_port="/dev/tty.BlumaxBT-GPS-SPPSlave-1" waba.applet.Applet /w 250 /h 250 /scale 1 /bpp 8 BT747

I have also added the /var/lock file with the following two commands:
sudo mkdir /var/lock
sudo chmod 777 /var/lock

I can now connect the device to work with the device set to Nav. I have downloaded tracks and everything works.

However, I would prefer to use the newer interface but I cannot find the equivalent location in which to add these lines.

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

Thank you,
Matthew

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Sun, 08/23/2009 - 22:58 — mdeweerd
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Hi In the new interface you

Hi

In the new interface you should be able to add the same -D... to the java call.

However this should not be needed: you can type any text in the box next to 'Connect'. You can put there "/dev/tty.BlumaxBT-GPS-SPPSlave-1" which should work.

BTW, does that port not get added to the list automatically when you do File -> Find serial ports ?

I updated my code so that it is added to the next release.