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UserInterface/CommPort
PS2Port
AserialportprovidesLightSeasonswithacommunicationpath.Thruit
LightSeasonsisabletointerfacewithaGPSreceiver,Bluetooth,and/or
USB.TheCommPortisthePS2CircularDINconnector.Ithascustompin-
out.ThisisNotaMousePort.IftheGPSispluggedin,removeit
temporarilytofree-upthePS2port.ToinserttheMalePS2connector,
orienttheembossedarrow(s)toTwelveO’clock,orawayfromthecase
mountingflange.ALLEXTERNALCOMMDEVICESDRAWPOWER!
DISCONNECTAFTERUSE
ATerminalEmulator
istheprogramorplatformtotalkwithLightSeasons.Therationaleistoprovideasimpleinterface.The
availabilityofthesoftwareandhardwaretoolsaremainstream.Thus,userfamiliarityislikely.Andthevitalcomponentsare
acquiredeffortlessly.
AndroidCellPhoneandBluetooth.
SoftwareRequirements
:FromtheAndroidMarket,downloadthefree‘app’
BTerm
,bySENA.BTermisaterminal
emulatorforcommunicatingwirelesslyoverBluetooth.You’llfindtheCompleteBTermmanualatthefollowing
website:
www.sena.com/download/manual_bterm/connection.html
HardwareRequirements
:AnAndroidphoneofcourse.AndthepopularFireFly™USB-to-Serialadapter(RN-240M);
madebyRovingNetworks.FireFly’sarepreprogrammed,readytouse,andavailabletopurchasefromourwebsiteat:
http://www.xofw.com/lightseasons.html
GiveLightSeason’sBluetoothcapabilitybyinsertingtheFireFlyintotheDB9F/PS2adapter(that’sprovided),andthen
intoPS2port.(ForFireFly’spurchasedelsewhere,programthemtothePortSettingsseenonthenextpage.)
USE:
Accessyour
PHONE’s
BluetoothManager.TurnBluetoothon,and‘Pair’ittotheFireFly;Typicallythisisdonethru
‘ScanforDevices’.AndthedefaultPassCodeis1234.ItisnormalforthePhonetoindicatethatitis‘Paired”but
notconnected.
StarttheBTermApp.
AccesstheBluetoothManagerinOptions.
Pressthe
connectto
button.Press
Select.
MakesureBondedDeviceScanisactive,thenpress
StartScan
SelecttheFireFly.Pressconnectto
Themainscreenwilldisplaytheelapsingtime.
Pressthe
<enter
keyrapidlytowaketheLightSeasonsfromits
sleep.
TheCommandPrompt
>
willindicatesuccess.
FireFly
(RN-240M)
BTermactiveonaMotorolaDroid2
