LaserAce® Pocket Series
Issue 1.0
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12.3
Running the ‘Bluetooth®’ Software for the First Time
Double click the
My Bluetooth® Places
icon on your computer desktop. This will guide you through selecting
services for Bluetooth®. In the case where you only intend using the Bluetooth® to communicate with MDL’s
laser products you should deselect all items except the Serial Port service. The software will then install the
services you have selected.
Once installed you may be asked for another profile. Click
Skip
then
Finish
or close the program.
Double click on the
My Bluetooth® Places
icon again and right click on ‘my device’, select ‘properties’
Bluetooth® configuration should be shown. Click
Client Applications
tab. This shows a list of services provided
by the ‘Bluetooth®’ adapter and particular shows the port to which Bluetooth® serial port communications have
been mapped. Take a note of this, it maybe COMM 3 or COMM 5 depending on your system and how it is
configured. When a new connection is established you will be prompted to enter a pass key, enter code ‘1, 2, 3,
4’.
12.4
Configuring HyperTerminal to use ‘Bluetooth®’ Communications
Items 1 to 8 below should only need to be done once and thereafter a short cut icon can be created to make
easier access to Hyperterminal and the Bluetooth® communications to the laser.
1.
Select the Hyper Terminal application by clicking the
All Programs
item in Windows START menu,
selecting
Accessories
and then
Communications
.
2. Select
the
HyperTerminal
application.
3.
HyperTerminal will start and display a ‘New Connection’ window.
4.
Type in a name for the connection. ie ‘Bluetooth®’.
5.
A ‘Connect To’ window will appear. Click the arrow next to the item ‘Connect Using’ and select the
COMM port shown in the ‘Bluetooth®’ configuration detailed above.
6.
A window showing connection details will be displayed. These do not matter to ‘Bluetooth®’, just click
OK
.
7.
The Hyper Terminal window should clear awaiting communications. On this occasion click the File
item on the menu bar and select save. This saves the connection you may have named ‘Bluetooth®’.
8.
Close Hyper Terminal.
9.
Ensure the laser is switched on.
10.
Repeat step 1 but this time an item showing Hyper Terminal with a sub menu will be shown. Go into
this sub-menu and an item with the name given in 4 above should be present. You can either use this
method to quickly select Hyper Terminal with the ‘Bluetooth®’ settings detailed above or by placing the
mouse pointer on the name and holding the left button and dragging it onto your desktop you can
create a short cut.
11.
A ‘Connected’ message should appear at the bottom left of the Hyperterminal window and the
Bluetooth® icon in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen should change to green, showing a
connection is active.
