Bluetooth connection between Lego Mindstorms NXT and MATLAB

I am following the steps of the page: http://au.mathworks.com/help/instrument/examples/communicating-with-the-lego-mindstorms-nxt-brick-over-bluetooth.html. However, after pairing the device, matlab returns the error: Error using instrhwinfo (line 191) Bluetooth is not supported in MAC OS Mountain Lion (10.8) and higher Does it mean that there is no way that I can do the connection? Thanks.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

http://www.mathworks.com/help/instrument/bluetooth-interface-overview.html

The Bluetooth interface is supported on these platforms:

* Mac OS 10.7 and earlier versions only 64-bit
* Microsoft® Windows® 32-bit
* Microsoft Windows 64-bit

I have no information on the reason for this restriction, so I do not know how difficult it would be to create your own Bluetooth interface. You will not be able to use the prebuilt support, though.

[Luiza Cunha de Menezes]

Oh, so there is really no way of doing it. I would like to know the reason why is not being supported anymore. Thank you, anyway.

[Walter Roberson]

Sorry, I do not seem to find any information about why the restriction exists.

[Vinod]

As of R2016a Mac OS X 10.10 and newer is also supported. It is recommended to use OS X 10.11 or higher.

Answer 2

[Vinod]

Bluetooth on Mac OS X 10.10 and higher are supported in MATLAB R2016a and newer.

Answer 3

[Sriram Narayanan]

MAC OSX Mountain Lion 10.8 is fully supported with MATLAB starting release R2012b.

Since you are facing issues with communicating with NXT over bluetooth using MATLAB on Mac OS X 10.8, please make sure that you have installed X11 on your computer by following the steps mentioned in the following article.

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/93392-is-matlab-compatible-with-mac-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion

[Luiza Cunha de Menezes]

Sriram, thanks for your answer. I already have the last X11 installed and my matlab version is 2014b. I am just entering the command: bluetoothDevices = instrhwinfo('Bluetooth') And it gives me the error: Error using instrhwinfo (line 191) Bluetooth is not supported in MAC OS Mountain Lion (10.8) and higher