Can i connect to Sensor Tag from Windows 8 ?

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The SensorTag is currently not supported natively in Win8, but you can use it with the CC2540 USB dongle and the BLE device monitor:

http://www.ti.com/tool/cc2540emk-usb

http://www.ti.com/litv/zip/swrc258a

Hello Hattori 

Thanks for your reply .

But as per the link bellow windows 8 OS supports BTLE low energy profile

http://developer.bluetooth.org/DevelopmentResources/Pages/Member-News.aspx

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowshardware/Bluetooth-Generic-4f4ea968

If Sensor tag supports GATT profile then it should connect to Windows 8 capable OS , is not it ?

Thanks

Manas

Hi Manas,

I am not sure on the details regarding windows 8 Bluetooth low energy functionality but it seems that one must write specific drivers for every device and/or services. So I assume someone must write specific driver(s) for the sensor tag. 

Best Regards

Hi Nick,

Can we expect to get an sample project for Windows 8 written in Visual Studio (like the sample iOS and Android projects) any time soon? It will be very helpful! Windows App store has no Bluetooth apps at the moment. It will give TI a great advantage.

Regards,

Ariel

hi,

I have the same question.

My PC has ble4.0 inside,I test hid kbd ok,but I can not test another ble app such as "Heart Rate Sensor".

I develope with Visual Studio 2012, I download soft sample from it's help,"Bluetooth LE Health Profiles sample",it has  app sample of "Heart Rate Sensor",but I can test it.

Please help check it.

Thanks a lot.

Jack.

Any news? I also need the Windows 8 Drivers and TI did announce that the sensor tag will support win8 in the future. So I'm disappointed that there seem to be no drivers/guides at all. Since there's also the, already mentioned, sample application for the CC2540 it shouldn't be too much work to write the new drivers or am I wrong?

Has anybody gotten the TI part (2540/2541) to connect on windows 8.0/8.1?

I wrote a library for Windows 8.1 apps that should work http://sensortag.codeplex.com

There're apps in the store which use it. For example http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/ti-sensor-tag-reader/c5218f45-f779-41d9-a5ca-4624df94613d

Thanks!

Does it support "Just Works" ? or is paring required?

Pairing is required.

There are two apps on the Windows 8 store now and both work with windows 8.1. 

I use the tags with an acer aspire r7, you pair  them and they are good to go. 

There are some issues with losing a connection on going to sleep, at least after 1 day of playing with anyway.

P.S. I'm new here so if I do anything stoopid, I'm sorry.  Just let me know and it won't happen again.

Can you provide a test scenario to reproduce it? Maybe I can fix it in the next few days if I've some time.

Two slightly different situations cause it.  One I would imagine is my fault.

1) If I don't poll the sensors in within the time out period they will disconnect and I need to unpair/re-pair to recognize the sensor again.

This one I can avoid by reaching out and polling it within the timeout.  Mine, see?

2) If I put the computer to sleep (closing the lid or through menu) it does the same thing.  That I'm not sure, but I have only been playing with since yesterday evening!