Sphero Connectivity Issues With Windows 8.1

Question

BACKGROUND: I am an amateur programmer in my Freshman year of college. We are currently doing a project where we are to take the Sphero and develop a new target market for a more profitable product. Seeing as I am the only one interested in programming, I was chosen as the only programmer of my 4-man team.

QUESTION: When I connect to the sphero via bluetooth on my laptop, everything goes well until I attempt to run my code I have created. Than I realize that the sphero is no longer connected. When I go to "View Devices" the Sphero is there, however its status is 'not connected'. How can I fix this?

THINGS I HAVE TRIED: 1.) Redownloading / Updating drivers 2.) Uninstalling / Reinstalling device 3.) Restarting

Any assistance you could give would be awesome! Thank you very much for any help you can give.

Answer 1

In windows after you pair a device it doesn't switch to "connected" until a device actually initiates a connection via established protocol. In the example of sphero this would be via rfcomm over serial. When a connection is active it will switch to 'connected' otherwise it is just idling waiting for a connection.