Connecting the V5 Brain to a Pc via Bluetooth

[Robotic_Revolution]

We want to be able to be able to download programs from our pc to the v5 brain via bluetooth. Can we do this and how?

[technik3k]

I don’t believe this is possible right now

@jpearman

No programming environments support it yet. The first platform to be implemented will probably be iPad.

@tfriez

Our initial focus for Bluetooth support is with VEXcode V5 Blocks on Android and iPadOS devices. After that, we’ll look at desktop support in both Blocks and Text, however I wouldn’t expect anything on “Desktop” platforms until early 2020.

@tfriez

Ah, yes… initially BT support will be for Android / iOS only. ChromeOS falls under “desktop” category, so early 2020.

However, you can connect V5 controller to your pc via USB and upload the program using wireless connection between V5 brain and controller.

[cougarbots]

One of the programmers on my team is very interested in wireless programming too. He wrote a program last year that allowed him to make changes to his auton program through the controller, and save the changes on a SD card. This year he is using a Raspberry Pi connected to the robot so that he can send programs from his computer wirelessly. Here is a link to his GitHub in case you are interested in checking out how exactly he is doing it GitHub - vexcat/strelizia: 8301E's code for the Tower Takeover season

[buckledsam]

this was made awhile ago has there been any updates on it

[jpearman]

V5 only supports BLE from iPad and Android.

This is a very old topic, please start a new one to discuss further.