What do I need to achieve this?

[wphm449]

I want to create an Android app to control, and listen to, my scanner over WAN through my phone. What components would I need for the audio, control, and LCD data? Any contributions are appreciated, especially from any developers out there.

 

[gmclam]

I want to create an Android app to control, and listen to, my scanner over WAN through my phone. What components would I need for the audio, control, and LCD data? Any contributions are appreciated, especially from any developers out there.

First I guess you have a scanner that can be controlled. You should understand the (serial) commands to the scanner to make it do what you want, and how to get the scanner to send you serially the data on its display.

Since scanners don't yet have a TCP/IP connection; I wonder what interface you expect to have to "connect" the scanner to your WAN. It's not too tough to stream the audio through the WAN, but you need a serial (data) connection in both directions for the control aspect.

The last step would be "extending" the control of the scanner from your interface (as mentioned above) to the phone app.

 

[wphm449]

I'm using Win500 to capture the serial data and audio from my PSR-500, and it is network controllable through WAN and LAN, I just need to create a client for Android to control the host (scanner).

 

[n5ims]

I'm using Win500 to capture the serial data and audio from my PSR-500, and it is network controllable through WAN and LAN, I just need to create a client for Android to control the host (scanner).

You could check the Starrsoft web site's page for Win500 (Win500: PSR-500, PSR-600, PRO-106, PRO-197, PSR-310, PSR-410 Scanner Software for Data Management, Monitoring, and Control) to see if they might have document that provides the protocol necessary to use the network control capability (like possibly this http://www.starrsoft.com/software/win500/Win500 Remote Control.pdf) or even an app (like this for the PocketPC Win500: PSR-500, PSR-600, PRO-106, PRO-197, PSR-310, PSR-410 Scanner Software for Data Management, Monitoring, and Control) that might be emulated on how such an app for the Android might want to work.