Hi Bob..a bit of an update..."It is alive"!
..."I have created life itself ..."insert evil laugh!" Finally up and running with Gemini on BT.
I had to:
Set Gemini Autodetect ports to "off", which allows a longer port communication time out period.
Set flow control to "hardware" on both com9 (the outgoing) and COM10 (the incoming) BT ports.
Use Max232 interface between BT module and Gemini RS232.
Not crimp my RJ11 plugs too hard as the Gemini socket would fingers not contact properly.
Still have lots to do..testing on data rates and drop-outs, make a dedicated PCB etc... but I have a big smile on my old mug thanks to you Bob!
And a thanks to the boys from Gemini ASCOM, Paul, Mark and Tom!
I'll post back when I have some more progress.
edit:
the port stack issue is still there...I can fix this by editing the port number in regedit but I appears to have to do this each time I re-boot the computer (not sure on this yet). Something to do with MS bluetooth stack issue! There is obviously a permanent fix but it eludes me at this stage..I'm sure it can be fixed.