MSLogger available on Android Market

[LT401Vette]

Dave,
Someone just pointed me toward a problem if you can look into it.

It seems if you run MSLogger, then exit, nothing else can connect. Shadow Logger and Blue term just kind of hang or fail on connect.

But if i go into a task manager and kill the MS Logger Connection Checker Service, all is good again.

I reproduced it using the MSLogger Connection Checker.

[scudderfish]

Ah, thanks for letting me know. I'll get onto it.

Regards,
Dave

[scudderfish]

Thanks for the heads up, I've just uploaded 3.51 to the Market. It uses a service so the full app can carry on logging reliably even if it is not the frontmost activity, but the Connection Checker wasn't properly killing the service when the test was over. It does now

I wish people would send their bug reports to me and not bother you with them

Regards,
Dave

[hassmaschine]

I've got an FRD file for MS3 now, will email you a link.

[rcr1978]

I was wondering if I could get some help with this bluetooth stuff for your logger? I'm having connection problems sometimes the Logger with quickly connect then disconnect, but most off the time nothing.
Android version 2.3.4
Blue Term is showing=
Problem
Serial Problem - Receive txmode - driver or computer software problemMS2Extra Serial312b

Also here is a pic of the settings in my LM048 adapter. I was able to get these settings to work just connecting to my laptop with bluetooth using the same adapter.

Thanks

[scudderfish]

It should work as I use an LM048 myself, albeit with an old firmware. What position have you got the little grey switch in? Mine is set to Tx (which seems wrong, but it works) The config settings you posted look correct to me.

Regards,
Dave

[rcr1978]

Thanks for the reply, I have tried both positions. I think I have found my problem though I have a LM048SPA (looks the same) instead of the regular LM048. I guess mine does not swap TXD/RXD signals instead it swaps DTR/DSR whatever that means. It's a printer adapter so I bought the wrong bluetooth adapter.

[scudderfish]

All is not lost. If your handy with a soldering iron it should be possible to make (or buy?) a small adapter to sort out the right connections.

Regards,
Dave

[rcr1978]

I was thinking about that, but the firmware is different from the standard LM048, but I found a page from LM technologies stating witch pins where looped together. I took the unit apart and looked at it pins 7&8 are soldered together. It said for the LM048 pins 4&6 or looped, on mine these go back to the switch.

Do you know more about these? Here is the document I found.

[rcr1978]

Couldn't post the whole document so here is a pic of the page

[GrahamA]

I'm itching to try this out and have downloaded the checker but having troubles connecting everything. I got a BT-232B-E and i'm trying to connect my htc desire with android 2.2 to but not having any luck. Can't even connect via blueterm. Has anyone tried this combination?

[scudderfish]

I was thinking about that, but the firmware is different from the standard LM048, but I found a page from LM technologies stating witch pins where looped together. I took the unit apart and looked at it pins 7&8 are soldered together. It said for the LM048 pins 4&6 or looped, on mine these go back to the switch.

Do you know more about these? Here is the document I found.

I bought an LM048 from eBay and it looks like I got lucky I'm afraid I don't know any more than you

[scudderfish]

I'm itching to try this out and have downloaded the checker but having troubles connecting everything. I got a BT-232B-E and i'm trying to connect my htc desire with android 2.2 to but not having any luck. Can't even connect via blueterm. Has anyone tried this combination?

One of my beta testers successfully used that adapter and wrote up some notes about it here http://www.mslogger.co.uk/adapters.html

[GrahamA]

One of my beta testers successfully used that adapter and wrote up some notes about it here http://www.mslogger.co.uk/adapters.html

I've tried copying those settings but i'm still having issues. The app flashes a message 'Starting connection' which is quicly replace with 'Unable to connect'

I've added the log file from the MSLogger directory on my phone from today. Any chance you can have a look and see if there's something i've missed?

Thanks

[Nitrobanshee]

I'm itching to try this out and have downloaded the checker but having troubles connecting everything. I got a BT-232B-E and i'm trying to connect my htc desire with android 2.2 to but not having any luck. Can't even connect via blueterm. Has anyone tried this combination?

Have you changed the baud rate on the controller? If your running ms1 it needs to be 9600 and for ms2 it is 115200.

[scudderfish]

One of my beta testers successfully used that adapter and wrote up some notes about it here http://www.mslogger.co.uk/adapters.html

I've tried copying those settings but i'm still having issues. The app flashes a message 'Starting connection' which is quicly replace with 'Unable to connect'

I've added the log file from the MSLogger directory on my phone from today. Any chance you can have a look and see if there's something i've missed?

Thanks

Hmmm, you're log file contains the error "Unable to start Service Discovery". Hopefully without getting too technical, there is more than one way to make a BT connection. The official way is the phone asks the adapter "Do you have a serial port service?", the adapter responds and then the phone uses that info to make the actual connection. This is Service Discovery. However some phones don't do this properly (notably some HTC phones), and some BT dongles don't do it right either. There is an unofficial way which is where the phone skips the polite question and just grabs what it wants from the adapter. A very early beta version of MSLogger gave the user the choice of which method to use, but that seems to have got lost somewhere. I'll put it back in as a preference to see if it helps.

Regards,
Dave

[scudderfish]

I'm itching to try this out and have downloaded the checker but having troubles connecting everything. I got a BT-232B-E and i'm trying to connect my htc desire with android 2.2 to but not having any luck. Can't even connect via blueterm. Has anyone tried this combination?

Have you changed the baud rate on the controller? If your running ms1 it needs to be 9600 and for ms2 it is 115200.

That is definitely something worth bearing in mind, although I suspect Graham's issue is more fundamental.

Regards,
Dave

[scudderfish]

One of my beta testers successfully used that adapter and wrote up some notes about it here http://www.mslogger.co.uk/adapters.html

I've tried copying those settings but i'm still having issues. The app flashes a message 'Starting connection' which is quicly replace with 'Unable to connect'

I've added the log file from the MSLogger directory on my phone from today. Any chance you can have a look and see if there's something i've missed?

Thanks

Hmmm, you're log file contains the error "Unable to start Service Discovery". Hopefully without getting too technical, there is more than one way to make a BT connection. The official way is the phone asks the adapter "Do you have a serial port service?", the adapter responds and then the phone uses that info to make the actual connection. This is Service Discovery. However some phones don't do this properly (notably some HTC phones), and some BT dongles don't do it right either. There is an unofficial way which is where the phone skips the polite question and just grabs what it wants from the adapter. A very early beta version of MSLogger gave the user the choice of which method to use, but that seems to have got lost somewhere. I'll put it back in as a preference to see if it helps.

Regards,
Dave

Graham, email me at dave@mslogger.co.uk, and I'll send you a modified version of the Connection Checker which uses this alternate method. If it works for you, I'll upload it to the market.

Regards,
Dave

[GrahamA]

A quick update on my phone. With the alternative connection the app connects happily. Looks like it's an issue with the phone rather than anything else. I'm going to try flashing a new rom to my phone and see if that helps out.

[piledriver]

Have a direct link to the apk?

My little free htc hero finally has cyanogenmod 7.1 on it, but as since I don't have an associated phone #, the market won't work AFAICT.