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BlueMouse on Windows Pc

Developed By: Peinthor Rene

License: Free

Rating: 3,1/5 - 32 votes

Last Updated: April 17, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 0.8
Size 124.8 KB
Release Date March 24, 13
Category Photography Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices. [see more (5)]

What's New:
* UI redesign* setting for location updates* a few bug fixes [see more]

Description from Developer:
Overview
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BlueMouse is an Android app that lets your mobile phone act like
a Bluetooth GPS mouse. It creates a serial Bluetooth channel on port 1
and listens for incoming... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download BlueMouse and install on Windows PC. BlueMouse is free Photography app, developed by Peinthor Rene. Latest version of BlueMouse is 0.8, was released on 2013-03-24 (updated on 2024-04-17). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of BlueMouse is 3,1. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 32 users, 11 users had rated it 5*, 14 users had rated it 1*.

How to install BlueMouse on Windows?

Instruction on how to install BlueMouse on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install BlueMouse on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install BlueMouse using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "BlueMouse" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install BlueMouse on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "BlueMouse" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 0.8.

Download BlueMouse 0.8 on Windows PC – 124.8 KB

Overview
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BlueMouse is an Android app that lets your mobile phone act like
a Bluetooth GPS mouse. It creates a serial Bluetooth channel on port 1
and listens for incoming connections. If a client connects it will send out
NMEA GGA and RMC sentences.

The main motivation for this app was to create an app
that can provide GPS data to the foolography unleashed products.
More information can be found on the foolography homepage
-> http://www.foolography.com

Requirements
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* An android device with Bluetooth, GPS or network location positioning
* Android version 2.0 or above

Android version 1.* doesn't have a prober Bluetooth API.

Settings
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There are currently 3 settings:

* Force serial port number

You need to set this to use the software with foolography unleashed.
If you don't force the serial port number a free port will be choosen
from android and advertised via the SDP protocol.

* Serial port number

Force the serial port number and use channel 1 for foolography.

* Update interval

Interval for sending NMEA sentences to the connected devices.
Minimum setting is 250ms, but actually there is not much sense in
setting it below 1000ms.

Supported devices for foolography unleashed
-------------------------------------------

It depends more on the used Android ROM/firmware than on the actual device,
Currently known to work devices/software versions are:

* HTC G1/Dream - Cyanogenmod 6
* HTC One S - Stock ROM
* HTC Vision/Desire Z - Cyanogenmod 7
* Google Nexus S - Stock ROM
* LG Optimus P990/2x - Cyanogenmod 7
* Samsung Galaxy S3 - Stock ROM

Known not to work:

* HTC Desire - Stock ROM
* LG Optimus P990/2x - Stock ROM

Instuctions for foolography unleashed
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Before you start make sure your device is discoverable, either by the
system setting, or make it discoverable with BlueMouse's menu option.
Start the BlueMouse app and try to pair you unleashed with the phone
with the paring code 0000. The first pairing will usually fail,
because the unleashed doesn't wait long enough for you to enter the code.
But the second time you shouldn't get asked for a paring code anymore
and the unleashed device should immediately connect.

For foolography devices the serial channel has to be forced to channel 1.

License
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BlueMouse is license under the GPLv3 and the license
can be found in the LICENSE file delivered with this source code.
Some code comes from the android SDK example and WAS licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.
* UI redesign
* setting for location updates
* a few bug fixes
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to open network sockets.