Hi there,

i have the following challenge:
i have a Bluetooth GPS device that i have connected to my linux notebook.
but now i also want to use the same device (or better, GPS data stream) for my Navigation device (HP Ipaq with TomTom).

so i had the followin idea:
make an serial port bluetooth service (sending) that my Navigation device can connect to.
copy the incoming bluetooth serial port data stream to the outgoing bluetooth serial port.

i have already installed GPSD so i have the TCP port where the GPS data is available for everything on my notebook. but now i also want it to send it out through bluetooth.

so here are my questions:
1. is there someone out there who already did this?
2. how to make an bluetooth serial port service on Fedora 12?
3. how to copy a data stream from 1 device to the next device?

i hope I'll get some answers because google is letting me down on this one .

With regards,

Robin

Well, since no one else answered yet I will give you my 2 cents.

On the past when I was using slackware and had one of those Sony Ericsson T610 which had bluetooth and GPRS (not GPS), I used to connect it to my laptop using fusermount, bluez and something else (if you search for pppoe/gprs bluetooth linux on google you may find something and adapt to your needs).


The idea was pretty simple, use bluetooth tools to discovers your cell phone after that, bind it to a device and access trhough the local loop device as a serial port, after that what is possible to do will depend on you device of course, you can't expect to connect to it and use some service it doesn't have (I'm not considering hardcore hacking which may not work too). Sometimes to connect to the device I used OpenObex tools.


Maybe this can help you on somewhat, But this is just my 2 cents.


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