BlueMouse
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About BlueMouse
Overview
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BlueMouse is an Android app that lets your mobile phone act like
a Bluetooth GPS mouse. It creates a serial Bluetooth channel on port 1
and listens for incoming connections. If a client connects it will send out
NMEA GGA and RMC sentences.
The main motivation for this app was to create an app
that can provide GPS data to the foolography unleashed products.
More information can be found on the foolography homepage
-> http://www.foolography.com
Requirements
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* An android device with Bluetooth, GPS or network location positioning
* Android version 2.0 or above
Android version 1.* doesn't have a prober Bluetooth API.
Settings
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There are currently 3 settings:
* Force serial port number
You need to set this to use the software with foolography unleashed.
If you don't force the serial port number a free port will be choosen
from android and advertised via the SDP protocol.
* Serial port number
Force the serial port number and use channel 1 for foolography.
* Update interval
Interval for sending NMEA sentences to the connected devices.
Minimum setting is 250ms, but actually there is not much sense in
setting it below 1000ms.
Supported devices for foolography unleashed
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It depends more on the used Android ROM/firmware than on the actual device,
Currently known to work devices/software versions are:
* HTC G1/Dream - Cyanogenmod 6
* HTC One S - Stock ROM
* HTC Vision/Desire Z - Cyanogenmod 7
* Google Nexus S - Stock ROM
* LG Optimus P990/2x - Cyanogenmod 7
* Samsung Galaxy S3 - Stock ROM
Known not to work:
* HTC Desire - Stock ROM
* LG Optimus P990/2x - Stock ROM
Instuctions for foolography unleashed
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Before you start make sure your device is discoverable, either by the
system setting, or make it discoverable with BlueMouse's menu option.
Start the BlueMouse app and try to pair you unleashed with the phone
with the paring code 0000. The first pairing will usually fail,
because the unleashed doesn't wait long enough for you to enter the code.
But the second time you shouldn't get asked for a paring code anymore
and the unleashed device should immediately connect.
For foolography devices the serial channel has to be forced to channel 1.
License
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BlueMouse is license under the GPLv3 and the license
can be found in the LICENSE file delivered with this source code.
Some code comes from the android SDK example and WAS licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.
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BlueMouse is an Android app that lets your mobile phone act like
a Bluetooth GPS mouse. It creates a serial Bluetooth channel on port 1
and listens for incoming connections. If a client connects it will send out
NMEA GGA and RMC sentences.
The main motivation for this app was to create an app
that can provide GPS data to the foolography unleashed products.
More information can be found on the foolography homepage
-> http://www.foolography.com
Requirements
------------
* An android device with Bluetooth, GPS or network location positioning
* Android version 2.0 or above
Android version 1.* doesn't have a prober Bluetooth API.
Settings
--------
There are currently 3 settings:
* Force serial port number
You need to set this to use the software with foolography unleashed.
If you don't force the serial port number a free port will be choosen
from android and advertised via the SDP protocol.
* Serial port number
Force the serial port number and use channel 1 for foolography.
* Update interval
Interval for sending NMEA sentences to the connected devices.
Minimum setting is 250ms, but actually there is not much sense in
setting it below 1000ms.
Supported devices for foolography unleashed
-------------------------------------------
It depends more on the used Android ROM/firmware than on the actual device,
Currently known to work devices/software versions are:
* HTC G1/Dream - Cyanogenmod 6
* HTC One S - Stock ROM
* HTC Vision/Desire Z - Cyanogenmod 7
* Google Nexus S - Stock ROM
* LG Optimus P990/2x - Cyanogenmod 7
* Samsung Galaxy S3 - Stock ROM
Known not to work:
* HTC Desire - Stock ROM
* LG Optimus P990/2x - Stock ROM
Instuctions for foolography unleashed
-------------------------------------
Before you start make sure your device is discoverable, either by the
system setting, or make it discoverable with BlueMouse's menu option.
Start the BlueMouse app and try to pair you unleashed with the phone
with the paring code 0000. The first pairing will usually fail,
because the unleashed doesn't wait long enough for you to enter the code.
But the second time you shouldn't get asked for a paring code anymore
and the unleashed device should immediately connect.
For foolography devices the serial channel has to be forced to channel 1.
License
-------
BlueMouse is license under the GPLv3 and the license
can be found in the LICENSE file delivered with this source code.
Some code comes from the android SDK example and WAS licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
* UI redesign
* setting for location updates
* a few bug fixes
* UI redesign
* setting for location updates
* a few bug fixes
More downloads BlueMouse reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
Version update BlueMouse was updated to version 0.8
More downloads BlueMouse reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
Version update BlueMouse was updated to version 0.7.6
What are users saying about BlueMouse
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by C####:
by C####:
This is the third app I've tried on my HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE for use with my Foolography D200+ Unleashed on my Nikon D300. Wish I'd searched through the Foolography compatibility page a little more first. Really like my phone. Always have it with me anyway and didn't want to buy a separate GPS receiver. It took a couple tries to connect initially, but now works reliably and connects quickly every time when turning the camera on. Am really looking forward to having my GPS info on all my photos so I can go back to those great photo locations years later or to help find those great hiking trails where the good shots came from.
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by C####:
by C####:
Big problem with this app is that once installed there is no way to turn it off!
C
by C####:
by C####:
In the app menu there is a exit button.
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by Y####:
by Y####:
Tried to use it with an HTC EVO and an Unleashed DX000 on a D7000. The Unleashed unit appears to connect to BlueMouse (says it's connected on the BlueMouse screen, and the Unleashed only blinks green), but the D7000 never shows any GPS position data (the position option is continually dimmed out). BlueMouse will release the shutter on the D7000 though! Even though BlueMouse doesn't work, it makes it further than any of the other BT/GPS apps (and I think I've tried them all). Sure wish it would work!
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by S####:
by S####:
This is the third app I've tried on my HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE for use with my Foolography D200+ Unleashed on my Nikon D300. Wish I'd searched through the Foolography compatibility page a little more first. Really like my phone. Always have it with me anyway and didn't want to buy a separate GPS receiver. It took a couple tries to connect initially, but now works reliably and connects quickly every time when turning the camera on. Am really looking forward to having my GPS info on all my photos so I can go back to those great photo locations years later or to help find those great hiking trails where the good shots came from.
S
by S####:
by S####:
Big problem with this app is that once installed there is no way to turn it off!
S
by S####:
by S####:
In the app menu there is a exit button.
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by D####:
by D####:
Tried to use it with an HTC EVO and an Unleashed DX000 on a D7000. The Unleashed unit appears to connect to BlueMouse (says it's connected on the BlueMouse screen, and the Unleashed only blinks green), but the D7000 never shows any GPS position data (the position option is continually dimmed out). BlueMouse will release the shutter on the D7000 though! Even though BlueMouse doesn't work, it makes it further than any of the other BT/GPS apps (and I think I've tried them all). Sure wish it would work!
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