site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: bluetooth-dev@lists.apple.com Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:cc:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :subject:date:references:x-mailer; bh=mFkIU3SHP3LffXfCtB7p6ktyJdo5Qkm3RjMzHp4CMlU=; b=Qu2FHSHO2w50tuBrm+3eOo9NqYCHSc9LTuAzD1aoRU202OA1F+EUwFVmzl3/8HGCWM ys+ZhVehBxUioyjzdLI8vUxvFuVwUjB6rxUNO5ymg2LPhStzuQk4dDPLDp6mi0JiacKZ +0jmVFxJ9QNOyp69K7luhE6IJRi2cKvgwlj6c= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :x-mailer; b=WcPWUWK1OcciSHIAil6Up9RogNbAd86TUzq7DzSi00uZdeXj1QFjN2NbbbRuhMrFPL rspgLAIXRPZDmyuIidlhT561GOLKMshX6MOYozVCyWJm6JvuZ4V8+WUBm8HGlliE321O 9kTIRIaKlJ0mxeQaULNXTvUrjNVSKuE2ogk18= Thomas On Jul 9, 2008, at 11:58 PM, Joseph Kelly wrote: Joe K. On Jul 9, 2008, at 2:18 PM, Thomas Winkler wrote: Hello, Any ideas are highly appreciated. Thanks, Thomas _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Bluetooth-dev mailing list (Bluetooth-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/bluetooth-dev/joeman%40mac.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Bluetooth-dev mailing list (Bluetooth-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/bluetooth-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a... I know that one device can manage a few connections simultaneously (at least in theory) but if you want to exceed this number there is no other option than using a second or third device. Or is there? So, just to clarify: There is absolutely no way in OS X to make use of more than one bluetooth dongle/antenna/HCI at the same time? Even if you access the devices on a low hardware layer and do not use Apple's Bluetooth API? It can be done with Linux, so what's the issue with OS X? The Apple Bluetooth frameworks support communications with multiple devices, just not communication using more than one dongle/antenna/ HCI. I think the limit of allowable devices is 7 or 8, which is part of the Bluetooth spec iirc. according to some messages in the list archives it is not possible to use more than one bluetooth device at a time with the Bluetooth API. What I'd like to accomplish is to use multiple Bluetooth USB dongles that are connected to the Mac to send and receive files using OBEX to/from many different devices simultaneously. e.g. it should be possible to send different files to 3 different mobile phones while receiving files from 2 others and still do a device discovery at the same time. Since Apple's Bluetooth API seems to be limited to only one bluetooth device I'd like to know if there are any other ways to solve the problem. Is there a way to access the devices on a low- level layer and put a third-party Bluetooth API on top of it? This email sent to joeman@mac.com This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com