Developing for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) in C# windows 8.1

Question

Hello, 

 I've looked all over the web, but I cannot find any good working projects for connecting a PC to a BLE device.

Everyone talks about developing BLE for Anroid and iOS, but how does one develop for Windows in C# (.NET)?

I've found this http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Bluetooth-Generic-5a99ef95

from

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsapps/en-US/2f236b71-a6ac-4c42-aef3-723c3691cbf8/how-to-discover-connectdisconnect-and-reconnect-to-bluetooth-low-energy-device-from-windows-81?forum=wdk

I've tried the C# example, but I don't have any devices with health profiles (and I don't know how to set searching for a generic device). I did try modifying the code on the run button routine (RunButton_Click) to scan for "GenericAttributes" - but it didn't help nothing ever got detected.

I have a sensor tag (CC2541) and also a generic BLE HM-10 module useful for arduino projects. My iPhone can find both of these devices using the SensorTag or LightBlue application .

I also found this http://www.orcs.sebsoft.com/index.php/79-vision/72-how-to-acquire-data-by-c-from-bluetooth-4-bluetooth-low-energy-ti-ble-keyfob-ti-sensor-tag

I tried starting it up and scanning, but it didn't find any BLE devices. 

There seems to be a lack of helpful documentation on connecting with BLE. I'm really surprised by Microsoft.

I have a BT 4.0 dongle, and I can see Microsoft Bluetooth LE Enumerator in device manager

Many Thanks,

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Answer 1

Im not sure this is the right forum, so I'm going to move it to here 

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsdesktop/en-US/64f9f4d9-073d-4912-bd02-afd2eed80d8a/developing-for-bluetooth-low-energy-ble-in-c-windows-81?forum=wdk

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Answer 2

Have you tried developing for BLE?

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Answer 3

hi there,

im experiencing the same frustration.  I am looking for a way to connect to Blue tooth low energy device with a desktop PC antenna and a BT LE tag, but not much useful stuff unless you are doing windows store apps where there seems be a lot of stuff around

Answer 4

I am having issues with the website to download

http://www.orcs.sebsoft.com/index.php/79-vision/72-how-to-acquire-data-by-c-from-bluetooth-4-bluetooth-low-energy-ti-ble-keyfob-ti-sensor-tag

I was wondering if you could repost it?

Thanks