Bluetooth-to-CAT dongles for FT-817/857/897 use the
Bluetooth SPP protocol ("Serial Port Profile") which
does not seem to be available on MS Windows 8. At least in the preview version I have been able to try (Win8 Enterprise build 9200).
Device is found. Pairing with PIN works, a "serial-in" and "serial-out on Dev. B" device are created but no COM port is allocated on the system, therefore the serial-over-Bluetooth device is not reachable from the PC application.
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Is this a Win8 limitation. Has it been solved with newer releases? Comments (moderated) are open, please write your experience if you land on this page looking for Win8/SPP information.
1 comment:
Looks like Win8 does not support serial devices at all. Windows 8.1 currently in preview (July 2013) (re)introduces this feature (established 3-4 decades ago).
I am about to try it out in Win8.1 Pro Preview.
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