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Serial to Bluetooth Convertor

This is a far better version of this wireless serial port. Why bother? I use them for configuring Cisco equipment for work. If you have ever been standing on a chair, balancing your laptop, trying to program a managed switch, you’ll appreciate being able to sit comfortably at a desk close by, while doing it wirelessly. Just screw the console cable onto the RS-232 and turn it on. New: 2-3 Seconds boot time. Old: 20-30 seconds. New: Battery life lasts around 48hrs when continuously transmitting. If you double tap the charge button on the battery it turns on an excellent flash light. Good for finding your way around the back of network racks. Old: About 3-4hrs. New: Auto turns off when inactive Old: Stays on until dead battery. New: Smaller, and easier to manufacture –… Read More »Serial to Bluetooth Convertor

Bluetooth Speakers and Squeezeslave

The setup serving audio in our kitchen was pretty conviluded and had a few too many cables jammed into a cupboard: A thin-client with powered speakers, attached to a wireless access point set to client mode. I picked up a newer set of powered speakers that came with a 30 pin iPod/iPad dock – so I looked online and found an attachment for the iPod dock that converts it to a Bluetooth audio receiver (similar to this), so you can connect with any Bluetooth enabled music device (phone, laptop, etc.). I have a laptop (Media Director for LinuxMCE) hooked up to a TV in a close room that’s on most of the time anyway, so I paired the Bluetooth receiver to a laptop and setup squeezeslave to pass audio to the speakers. In summary: Before… Read More »Bluetooth Speakers and Squeezeslave