ADIO WIRELESS BRIDGE USER’S MANAUL REV. 02
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Communicating with the Wireless Bridge
The Wireless Bridge device can be connected to a computer through the micro USB port. Figure 4 shows
the device manager view of an example connected device. Note that a single device shows up as two
separate COM ports. In Figure 6, the COM ports are COM43 & COM44. The COM port numbers will vary
from machine to machine depending on what COM port device drivers have been previously installed.
Fig. 4 Example COM port Device Manager View
COM ports can be opened with any terminal program. Putty, Tera term and X-CTU may all be used to
send data and communicate with the Wireless Bridge. Links to some terminal programs can be found on
the Datawave website.
Once a COM port has been opened, pressing the ENTER key can determine which port is the
data
terminal and which port is the
information
terminal. If a command prompt appears, than that port is the
information
terminal. The command prompt for the ADIO Wireless Bridge indicates the Wireless Bridge
type and appears similar to the text below.
ADIO>
Typing ‘help’ at the command prompt will display the list of available commands as shown in Figure 5.
Any data typed into the data terminal window will result in the data being transmitted. This can be
confirmed by watching the TX LED blink when data is sent.