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I would like to connect to my EV3 from PC (and then Android) via Bluetooth. I was able to connect to NXT with LEGO-MINDSTORMS-MINDdroid which uses direct LCP commands but as far as I know the communication language for EV3 is different from that of NXT.

I have installed lejos 0.9.1-beta on my EV3 and I could communicate with it via USB and WiFi using lejos' HelloWorld example containing BrickFinder.getDefault() for connecting.

I have followed Abid's tutorial for connecting from Linux. It did not work with Ubuntu 16.04 but it did with Ubuntu 14.04. I could ssh to the brick (I guess because 16.04 uses Bluez 5 while 14.04 and lejos uses Bluez 4). Bluez 4 and 5 seems incompatible.). However BrickFinder.getDefault() still does not find the brick. (It is not clear whether this function checks Bluetooth at all.)

What should I do to create a Bluetooth connection from Linux (preferably Ubuntu 16.04) and Android?

I would like to avoid low-level bluetooth programming/direct commands as I have no experience with it and I prefer a java solution. Lejos on the brick's side is not a priority.

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    Does this help? bricks.stackexchange.com/a/5930/3498 Dec 12, 2016 at 16:41
  • @David Lechner I have seen this page but there was no mention of Bluetooth in the source of Peter Mitrano's project. I will check it more thoroughly.
    – rics
    Dec 13, 2016 at 7:40
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    The BrickFinder source code is at sourceforge.net/p/lejos/ev3/code/ci/master/tree/ev3classes/src/…. It seems the .getDefault() method iterates over all interfaces returned by the Java call NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces(). Once bnep0 is created I would think it would be listed here and the EV3 should consequently become discoverable. Would need to hack this code to test what the problem is. Dec 14, 2016 at 18:38
  • I have found out that socket.receive in BrickFinder.find throws a SocketTimeoutException even if I raise setSoTimeout to MAX_DISCOVERY_TIME from MAX_DISCOVERY_TIME/4. Ping to EV3 from Ubuntu is working. Bluetooth communication from Android to EV3 is also working.
    – rics
    Dec 31, 2016 at 10:49

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