Bluetooth devices - RDMLX

[kno_dk]

Hi.

I have got a request from a customer: is it possible to integrate to a bluetooth device in longrange? it is a sensor measuring some pressure, which we want to save on the IBM systerm I.

[tsupartono]

Can you let us know the details of the device? (or a link to the product description page on their website).

[kno_dk]

Hi.

There is nothing official info yet - it is still under construction. But as far as I know it is a little piece of hardware which can test oil preseure on a truck. they want to measure the oil presure and store the info (with gps location) on the system I. after that they want to make a report (pdf) and make a website so the customer can see the test online.

[tsupartono]

I can't tell for sure without knowing the exact details of the device - however most bluetooth devices (be they barcode scanner, tape measure etc) that you pair with your iPad/iPhone will function as an external keyboard - this means that the measurement that the device takes (in your case, the truck oil pressure) will be sent to the the iPad/iPhone as if they are typed in using a keyboard.
If that's the case, you can definitely capture the data using LongRange - you just need to provide a textbox to receive the data from the device (and the data will be submitted to the server as normal).
You would however need to code in your server (RDMLX) program to parse the received data (generally it will be pretty simple - but this depends on the data format).