When adding the COM port you need to set it as Incoming (device initiates connection) That allows you to add the Bluetooth COM port and assigns a port number to it. ![]() If you open the "Bluetooth & other devices" panel in Control Panel (search for Bluetooth), there is a "More Bluetooth options" setting on the right side. I found that I needed to go through additional configuration steps on my Win10 PC to add that COM port. I'm not sure if this is because I don't have integrated WiFi or Bluetooth adapters on this desktop PC - I use a USB dongle (Edimax N150) to add that functionality. However, there was no "Standard Serial over Bluetooth" showing in the COM ports list. ![]() The tutorial indicates that you can locate the COM port using the Device Manager once the tablet is paired. ![]() Connecting a serial terminal on the PC requires a connection to a BLE COM port. Both the tablet and PC were visible to each other and I had no problem pairing them. AppInventor has a nice set of BLE programming blocks and the client construction and deployment was straightforward following the tutorial. The tutorial shows how to set up a BLE client on the tablet to interact with a serial terminal on the PC (server). While working through a tutorial on setting up an AppInventor Bluetooth Client, I came across a Windows feature (setting) that I had not used before - the Standard Serial over Bluetooth link. And there is a plethora of tutorials available for it. MIT App Inventor appears to be used by quite a few of the E14 community members, so that's a reasonable endorsement. I've started using MIT App Inventor to create apps for my iOS and Android tablets to interface with my BLE devices. ![]() I've mainly been using WebBLE - most recently with the Nicla Sense ME. I've recently been doing more work with BLE devices and communicating with them using my Windows PC.
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