Trying to use my myRIO to wirelessly control particle photon

[Linkyboi]

Looking for some help! I'm working on building a game and am having trouble connecting the myRIO to a particle photon. Essentially what I'm trying to do is use the particle photon to collect data and wirelessly send it to the myRIO where it can be accessed in a state machine. Any help would be appreciated, thank you!

[RTSLVU]

Granted it's been a while since I used a Particle Photon but I recall they are basically a WiFi enabled Arduino type of thing that uses a web portal to program them and share data. 

Having to go through that web portal is probably the issue or at least adds an extra layer of complexity.

I am guessing LabVIEW web services like HTTP Get is what you are going to have use to retrieve your data from the Photon.

[Linkyboi]

Thank you, is there another board that may communicate easier? Would an Arduino UNO with a BT receiver work better? I'm only using the photon because I had a few kicking around.  

[RTSLVU]

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@Linkyboi wrote:

Would an Arduino UNO with a BT receiver work better? 

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Yes an Arduino and Bluetooth serial device like the HC-05 or HC06 would be a lot simpler.

As once they are configured and paired with your computer, Windows will install a virtual serial port and Bluetooth becomes transparent. 

Communicating with your Arduino through Bluetooth will then be no different than communicating with and Arduino or any over device on a serial port using VISA.

Even the Arduino IDE should have no problem using the BT Serial connection.