- Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:44 am
#11673
here i write my experiance with witilt ver 2 bluethooth wirless module and its interaction with max\jitter program.
power- the manual says 4-6volt. i used 2 3v batt, i got the red light but the bluetooth couldnt find the device. i would be happy to hear from anybody on batteries that work. and can be bought locally.(update: now it works)
i am using a 5vol 800mA wall wart taken from an old iomega zip drive i had. it works.
make sure you connect using a passkey, the passkey is default. for connection i use a cheap BT usb connector from MSI, and xp bluetooth network connection app.
hyprterminal connects just fine using the raw mode.
i had another program i wanted to work with (eyesweb.org) but has a strange habit of only working with serail devices between the range of 1-9, as my com was 10 i was out.
luckely u can change the assigned com port of the bluetooth serial in [control panel>hardware>device manager>ports>standard serial over bluetooth link (com10)> port settings>advanced>com port number] check box.
some of the lower com number are marked as "in use" but after clicking away the worning it works. my bt com is now com 5...
i connected to max\jitter using the serial object. it did not recognize the assigned port (com10) but after looking at the names he gave the port he did recognize (a=com1...d=com4) i changed the serial name to j (=com10) and got it talking.
i am still stuck here as i am getting ascii codes and need to find a clean fast way to turn it into chareters, and then write a parser that can chop the input
"x=555
y=677
z=566"
into integars.
more usefull posts:
http://www.sparkfun.com/cgi-bin/phpbb/v ... php?t=1644
and this one has some more info on hooking up the witilt to anything other then hyperterminal
http://www.sparkfun.com/cgi-bin/phpbb/v ... php?t=2024
passkey is "default" btw
power- the manual says 4-6volt. i used 2 3v batt, i got the red light but the bluetooth couldnt find the device. i would be happy to hear from anybody on batteries that work. and can be bought locally.(update: now it works)
i am using a 5vol 800mA wall wart taken from an old iomega zip drive i had. it works.
make sure you connect using a passkey, the passkey is default. for connection i use a cheap BT usb connector from MSI, and xp bluetooth network connection app.
hyprterminal connects just fine using the raw mode.
i had another program i wanted to work with (eyesweb.org) but has a strange habit of only working with serail devices between the range of 1-9, as my com was 10 i was out.
luckely u can change the assigned com port of the bluetooth serial in [control panel>hardware>device manager>ports>standard serial over bluetooth link (com10)> port settings>advanced>com port number] check box.
some of the lower com number are marked as "in use" but after clicking away the worning it works. my bt com is now com 5...
i connected to max\jitter using the serial object. it did not recognize the assigned port (com10) but after looking at the names he gave the port he did recognize (a=com1...d=com4) i changed the serial name to j (=com10) and got it talking.
i am still stuck here as i am getting ascii codes and need to find a clean fast way to turn it into chareters, and then write a parser that can chop the input
"x=555
y=677
z=566"
into integars.
more usefull posts:
http://www.sparkfun.com/cgi-bin/phpbb/v ... php?t=1644
and this one has some more info on hooking up the witilt to anything other then hyperterminal
http://www.sparkfun.com/cgi-bin/phpbb/v ... php?t=2024
passkey is "default" btw