HOWTO open a bluetooth console to Python/S60 on a Mac

  1. Using the Bluetooth Serial Utility (in Applications/Utilities), create a new "incoming" Bluetooth connection (any name will do; e.g. "s60python")
  2. Open a terminal, start "screen /dev/tty.s60python" (or tty.whatevernameyouchose)
  3. If you do this for the first time, turn on discoverable bluetooth on the computer
  4. Shut down any bluetooth connection between phone and computer you might have running
  5. On the phone, start Python, then start Options->Bluetooth console
  6. Choose the connection you created in step 1
  7. Hack away! (And remember to turn off discoverable bluetooth on the mac.)
[tags]nokia, s60, python[/tags]