OS X Bluetooth programming

Question

I want to create OS X app to work with Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 via Bluetooth.

I tried to make it with Objective C and Python, but there are some problems with both.

About Objective C:

I only found this documentation. There is told about configuration with plist-file, but example of such plist file is not provided, only some data on figure. Where to get it? Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Also, there are some references to /Developer directory, which does not exist.

About Python:

I found nxt-python, but it does not work well with 10.7. I tried to install lightblue, doing everything with instructions for 10.6, it just stops when running setup.py Output:

running install
running build
running build_py
running install_lib
running install_egg_info
Removing /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/lightblue-0.4-py2.7.egg-info
Writing /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/lightblue-0.4-py2.7.egg-info

Same thing with PyBluez.

What could you recommend?

Unifilar

First, I'd suggest that taking the attitude that everything is useless is more likely to get down votes than it is to get you a real answer, so you might want to rewrite this entire post to describe what your problem is with both Objective-C and Python that you can't seem to make use of them. Second, BlueTooth programming on iOS is something you don't want to bother with, especially in the Simulator, since there are many restrictions to its use. – Jube

Answer 1

The pyobjc-framework-CoreBluetooth package should allow you to interact with the macOS CoreBluetooth module through Python.

Another option would be to use an entirely platform independent Bluetooth LE stack, such as the one provided on the Bluegiga BLED112 dongle, and interact with it using the pygatt package.

Samba