Answers.Body: <p>You can remotely start and stop programs from the NXT software. So create a simple program that just has a few display blocks and an empty loop at the end to keep the program from stopping then run the program.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I need it to do this while running a different program.
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Answers.Text: Then there will be some coding required. You can send direct commands remotely using a library such as leJOS or MonoBrick. You could use these to draw on the display. However, if there is a program running on the NXT that has Display blocks, it will write over whatever you sent each time it gets to a Display block in the program.
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Answers.Body: <p>I just had an idea. Have the output of the bluetooth message receiver block run into the input of the display block. Then, I have some other device sending messages that I type in.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I'm planning to use NXT to troll my friends, and I want to show something on the screen that I send to it via Bluetooth. To clarify, I want to type it on a computer in another room. Is there a way to do this all in the NXT software? (no coding)
  Thanks - Sam.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Are you using a NXT or EV3? I think I could help you with that problem :)
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Tags: <mindstorms><nxt><software><bluetooth>
Title: Use Bluetooth to access NXT display
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ThreadText: # Use Bluetooth to access NXT display
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-04-16)
  
  I'm planning to use NXT to troll my friends, and I want to show something on the screen that I send to it via Bluetooth. To clarify, I want to type it on a computer in another room. Is there a way to do this all in the NXT software? (no coding)
  Thanks - Sam.
  
  **Tags:** mindstorms, nxt, software, bluetooth
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Are you using a NXT or EV3? I think I could help you with that problem :)  
  > **username_0**: The version i use is NXT  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-04-16. Score: 1
  
  You can remotely start and stop programs from the NXT software. So create a simple program that just has a few display blocks and an empty loop at the end to keep the program from stopping then run the program.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: I need it to do this while running a different program.  
  > **username_2**: Then there will be some coding required. You can send direct commands remotely using a library such as leJOS or MonoBrick. You could use these to draw on the display. However, if there is a program running on the NXT that has Display blocks, it will write over whatever you sent each time it gets to a Display block in the program.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2016-04-27. Score: 0
  
  I just had an idea. Have the output of the bluetooth message receiver block run into the input of the display block. Then, I have some other device sending messages that I type in.
  
  
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