On XP it seems that most of the BT stacks support the ability to sense the signal strength when communicating with a device, apart from when using Java-ME and the Microsoft Stack on XP, for instance
BlueSoleil
BLUETOOTH_DEVICE_INFO_EX
{
..
CHAR cSignalStrength;
};
Toshiba
Using the BtGetRSSI command you can get the difference (db value) of a received signal index on the strength of "Golden Receive Power Range"
BroadCom
Using the GetConnectionStats() you can get the signal strength, from -128 to 127
Microsoft (Windows CE/Mobile)
Windows Mobile version of the MS stack supports signal strength through the BthReadRSSI, again a range of -128 to 128, but i can't find the same in the XP version, see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa362927(VS.85).aspx for the APIs.
There is a BluetoothIsConnectable() which returns a TRUE/FALSE but nothing else, the bluetoothapis.h which contains all the structures doesn't seem to have anything in it either, such as RSSI, strength or even signal so i don't think it is supported at least by any documented API.
Anyone else know if you can get the RSSI signal strength using the MS BT stack on XP?
Saturday, 29 March 2008
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