Is it possible, either presently or as a planned feature, to tap into the mobile device’s bluetooth functionality? I feel like this would open up a full range of application possibilities. I do believe it is possible to do with javascript in HTML 5.
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‘Bluetooth’ covers a pretty wide range - is there a particular feature you were looking to take advantage of on the mobile device?
For instance: reading in packets from nearby bluetooth beacons (usually just a string identifier of the beacon). Or, a more complex scenario, two way communication between the mobile client and another nearby device (say a bluetooth enabled microcontroller).
It would be quite useful for the ignition client running on a mobile device to directly communicate with any nearby I/O device, or just load up some contextual information based on where the client device is currently located at on the plant-floor, based on the beacons. I’d say that reading bluetooth beacons is your baseline bluetooth application.
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@PGriffith let me know if you guys are considering such a feature and I can work out some possible use cases. I understand that bluetooth connectivity is like opening up a can of worms, but I think beacons are a pretty reasonable use-case, even if you just allow the client session to see the raw packet.
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Hi @smiano,
I’m not sure of the likelihood of adding this feature at the moment, but I have put in a ticket and will get back to you once I know more.
Thanks!
This feature was added in the 8.0.5 nightly build that was uploaded on 9/10.
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Awesome. Any chance I can get a royalty or something?..
We would like to connect directly to a remote bluetooth pressure switch on 24 machines to monitor the pressure. Any thoughts on this? We are looking at the Motionics BP2-050-01 Bluetooth Pressure Sensor BluePSI. From the datasheet: BluePSI is a wireless pressure sensor used for measurement of liquid or gas pressure. These Bluetooth-enabled pressure sensors, with the help of our free software, allow you to continuously monitor pressure in multiple locations simultaneously on your iOS, Android, or Windows device.
I doubt you'll be able to read these without using the software provided by that company.
The feature being discussed here and the feature actually implemented back in 8.0.5 are not the same thing. The release note was:
Added a new Bluetooth Session Event and configuration session props to support scanning and filtering Bluetooth Lower Energy beacons.
Thank you. I assume that if I use their software I could figure out a way to get the date from it to Ignition? In theory? Would it be worth exploring?
Maybe using the Windows software, I doubt it using whatever iOS or Android app they have. It's probably just their own data viewer app.
You should ask their support if they offer any way to export data for integration into other systems.
Thanks again!!