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BluePort XP User Guide

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Summary of Contents for BluePort XP

Page 1: ...BluePort XP User Guide Revision A September 5 2007 Document Part Number GC 800 319a ...

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Page 3: ...rmation contained herein Grid Connect Inc products are not designed intended authorized or warranted for use as components in systems intended for surgical implant into the body or in other applications intended to support or sustain life or in any other application in which the failure of a Grid Connect Inc product could create a situation where personal injury death or severe property or environ...

Page 4: ...he information in this guide may change without notice The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this guide Date Rev Author Comments 09 05 07 A GR Preliminary Release ii BluePort XP User Guide ...

Page 5: ...a period of 60 DAYS after the date of shipment In no event will Grid Connect be responsible to the user in contract in tort including negligence strict liability or otherwise for any special indirect incidental or consequential damage or loss of equipment plant or power system cost of capital loss of profits or revenues cost of replacement power additional expenses in the use of existing software ...

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Page 7: ...able Replacement Example 4 10 4 4 1 Configuration Procedures 4 10 4 4 2 Link Test 4 11 4 4 3 Hyperterminal Setup 4 12 4 5 Making a Connection 4 12 4 6 Firmware Configuration 4 13 4 6 1 From Local Serial Port 4 13 4 6 2 Remote via Bluetooth 4 14 4 6 3 Security Issues Pin Codes and Link Keys 4 14 4 6 4 Modes of Operation 4 15 4 6 5 Common Problems and Questions 4 16 5 BluePort XP Command Reference 5...

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Page 9: ...certain industry specifications and standards for Bluetooth and RS232 Interface Specifications For help with RS232 see the RS232 User Guide The BluePort XP is NOT a Plug and Play device When used in pairs these devices consist of a radio link that connects two different RS232 devices Therefore you should understand basic radio transmission principals and more importantly the methods and practices ...

Page 10: ...luePort XP can be charged from any 5VDC power source including USB ports and can run for hundreds of hours in standby mode and up to 32 hours continuously connected and transferring data BluePort XP uses the standard Bluetooth Serial Port profile and is compatible with all clients running under Windows Windows Apple PocketPC and other platforms including many cellphones There are three ways to uti...

Page 11: ... a Bluetooth device which is make break connections and Inquiry Additional commands are also provided to perform ancillary functions The serial devices can be configured commanded and controlled through simple ASCII strings through the BluePort XP s hardware serial UART or over a remote Bluetooth RF connection NOTE If you are new to Bluetooth devices or RS232 communications see the RS232 User Guid...

Page 12: ...adio Serial Port Profile used for direct connect to Bluetooth clients 3 LEDs Transmit Received data Power Connection Status and battery charger Low power operation 1ma standby 50ma connected Optional USB power charging cable right angle and higher gain antennas 4 2 Overview The following drawings show the top and bottom views of the BluePort XP The bottom view shows the jumpers near the DB9 RS232 ...

Page 13: ... 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready Tied to 1 6 9 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready Tied to 1 4 9 7 RTS Request to Send Host Device Out 8 CTS Clear to Send Attached Device In 9 RNG Ring Tied to 1 4 6 Attached Device In Table 1 RS232 DB9 Male Pin Descriptions The BluePort XP does not use all the 9 pin cable signals However it has some internal jumpers that take care of the missing signals This simplifies th...

Page 14: ...in Table 1 RS232 DB9 Male Pin Descriptions Note the term Modem is for reference only The BluePort XP does not support Modems PC DTE Modem DCE Straight Cable A BluePort XP wireless radio set will allow you to remove the straight cable and replace it with a wireless BluePort XP connection The connection looks something like the drawing below Please note that the BluePort XP does NOT use all the sign...

Page 15: ...se a crossover cable and configure both BluePort XP devices as DCE The BluePort XP s DB9 Male Serial Connector usually comes configured as a DTE device according to the factory settings as shown in Table 1 RS232 DB9 Male Pin Descriptions Jumpers are available inside the case to change the pin configuration of the BluePort XP see section Error Reference source not found for more information on how ...

Page 16: ...ot up Remote Configurable 2 times per second Discoverable Idle 1 time per second Connected On Solid The Yellow LED shows the physical state of the TX and RX data pins pulse stretched for improved visibility The Yellow LED blinks when data is transmitted or received on pins 2 and 3 of the serial port The Yellow LED works using a physical hardware connection and does not depend on software from the ...

Page 17: ...hich is used by a remote BluePort XP Master to auto connect IF Switch 3 also ON the device performs a search store and connect to a remote slave which has switch 2 ON 3 AUTO MASTER MODE BluePort XP will act as master and auto connect to a stored remote address You first set the BluePort XP address of the device to connect to using the SR command or have BluePort XP auto discover and connect by set...

Page 18: ...DCE device so the BluePort XP radio attached to it must be a DTE device Use the following drawing as a reference PC DTE Bluetooth DCE Bluetooth DTE Modem DCE Straight Cable Straight Cable The cables used in these examples are straight cables meaning that pin 2 goes straight through to pin 2 on the other end 4 4 1 Configuration Procedures 1 Assign one of the BluePort XP radios as the MASTER and set...

Page 19: ... the units are properly linked 6 Verify data flow by observing the YELLOW LED Flashing indicates data flow both transmit and receive The above configuration is for 115K Baud Both units should flash the Yellow LED as data is sent from one side to the other 4 4 2 Link Test Note You can verify communications by connecting one BluePort XP to your PC and connecting a Loop back adapter to the other Blue...

Page 20: ...es icon select the Connect To tab and click the Configure button below the selected COM port Set to 9600 8 None parity 1 None Flow Control Verify the settings and click OK 4 Select the Settings tab Change the Emulation from Auto detect to VT100 The status line at the bottom of the Hyperterminal window should show VT100 and 9600 8 N 1 5 Click the Call icon to complete the setup 4 5 Making a Connect...

Page 21: ...NULL Modem cable between the BluePort XP and your PC Default baudrate is 115200 switch 4 OFF no parity 8 bits 1 stop Local configuration works at any time the device does NOT have a Bluetooth connection and also works under certain conditions when the device is connected If the device is in configuration mode and a connection occurs the device will exit configuration mode and data will pass back a...

Page 22: ...REMOTE Set the Factory Defaults switch to ON and cycle the power Toggle the Factory Default switch from ON to OFF 2 times The Green LED should be blinking at 2 times per second Make a connection via Bluetooth Type on your screen 3 dollar signs You should see CMD returned to you This will verify that your cable and settings are correct Valid commands will return an AOK Errors in format will return ...

Page 23: ...s the high speed connect mode and cannot be broken by software break characters Low Speed Connect Mode NOTE in Manual and Trigger mode the Blueport is making a LOW speed connection that is data is being processed by the Blueport before being sent over the air Because the Blueport is looking for break or config character s the latency will increase and data rate will be decreased in these modes Thu...

Page 24: ... the same time Answer Bluetooth allows 7 devices at a time in a piconet Widcomm stack allows you to create multiple instances of serial port profile and connect to multiple Blueports at the same time To do this From your PC desktop click My Bluetooth Places goto the Bluetooth Device configuration or Advanced Configuration drop down menu click on the client applications tab Select the Bluetooth ser...

Page 25: ...2 38 4 57 6 115k 230k 460k SX 0 1 dec 0x1F00 Bonding locks to a single remote address S7 0 1 dec 0 Enable 7 Data Bits CMD DESCRIPTION D Basic Settings E Extended Settings G X A single setting matching the commands above GB Bluetooth Address of this device I O Ports shows the value of the switches V Firmware Revision CMD VAL1 VAL2 DESCRIPTION C addr Connect to Remote Address in Master Mode only H H...

Page 26: ...be sent to the local serial port Two status messages are sent when a Bluetooth connection is established the string text CONNECT will be sent Upon a Disconnect the string text DISCONNECT will be sent This parameter is useful for example when connected to a printer The printer can examine an escape sequence and if the text is set to ESC the printer can parse the ESC CONNECT and ESC DISCONNECT messa...

Page 27: ...nds above See below for exceptions Example GS will return 1 or 0 depending on the value of security Example GP will return the pin code GB Returns the Bluetooth Address of the device Example 00A0961D97D6 G Return a hex byte containing the value of the PIO Pins V Return the software release version Ver 2 12 10 04 2004 Roving Networks Action COMMANDS Enter command mode Characters are PASSED until th...

Page 28: ...ud Rate 115200bps Parity None Data bits 8 bits fixed Stop bits 1 fixed Power Mode Auto low power discoverable mode Name of Device local name BluePort XP XXXX last 2 bytes of BT address Service Name SPP Service Class 0000 undefined service type Major Minor Class Of Device COD 0x1F00 unknown device type Authentication Disabled Encryption disabled Discovery Enabled 0x0200 window fixed interval of 0x8...

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