Is it possible to read from -- or to write to -- a Bluetooth device from within MATLAB?

Date Last Modified: Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Solution ID:		1-ZWNF9
Product:		MATLAB; Instrument Control Toolbox
Reported in Release:		No Release
Fixed in Release:		R2010a
Platform:		All Platforms
Operating System:		All OS

Subject:

Problem Description:

I have a Bluetooth device that is connected to my computer through a virtual serial port. I would like to know how I can access this from MATLAB.

Solution:

The ability to communicate with a USB Bluetooth device was not available in MATLAB until release R2011b.

Bluetooth virtual serial ports are not officially supported as of MATLAB 7.12(R2011a).
However, we have had reports of some Bluetooth devices working under Windows as virtual serial ports.

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