Remote Control Framework Tutorial

In this tutorial series we will be looking at creating a Bluetooth Remote Control application.

Intended Audience:

This tutorial is designed for Symbian licensees and 3rd party application developers.

Before moving on to the tutorials it may be useful to review some of the basic Remote Control Framework concepts.

• Roles

  • Controller

    This device creates a connection over Bluetooth to the device to be controlled and sends the commands as required.

  • Target device

    The target device receives remote control commands and sends responses back along the same route to the controller. The target device can only operate in the connectionless mode. (See below)

  • Both

    Operates as both a remote controller and a target.

• Modes

  • Connection-Oriented

    Creates a connection over a known bearer to a known device.

  • Connectionless

    Creates a connection using the Target Selector Plugin, which discovers the bearer and device address.

See the Remote Control Framework Overview for more details.

The following tasks will be covered in this tutorial series:

• Starting as Controller

  • Sending Commands

  • Receiving Responses

• Starting as Target

  • Receiving Commands

  • Sending Responses

• Remote Control Basics - This document

• Starting as Controller

• Starting as Target

• Commands and Responses