Re: Q wrt Bluetooth, USB, RS232 and controllers

From: bit eimer (bit_eimer.keinewurst_at_cox.net)
Date: 04/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:46:40 -0700

"US" <me@nospam.com> wrote in message news:40924eaf$1@news.wineasy.se...

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> Yes, I'm in Sweden, so I bought the modules directly from Free2move.
> Last year I bought their serial port dongle from Expansys. Maybe you
> could buy the modules as well from Expansys in the US?

Yes, well kind of. The only Free2move unit they have is the packaged
serial port device (at $142). They don't carry the bare module.

>
> > So, does the code on the PIC deal with the Bluetooth module just as if
it is
> > an RS232 device?
>
> That's right. I connected RXD, TXD directly to the PIC UART, and the
> CTS/RTS signals to some other i/o pins. They recommend that you use hw
> handshaking but I'm not sure you really need it.

According to the Expansys website:

"No external drivers are needed to use the plug. A user-friendly Windows
application is included that can be used to configure the plug to suit your
requirements.
The software you have developed for your serial ports can remain unchanged
when using the paired serial cable plugs. Windows software for configuring
the Serial Port Plug is delivered for free."

So according to this, while you don't need the s/w stack, you may need to do
some setup/configuration (for which they provide the PC-side software). Did
you have to develop some PIC code to do this config? If so, where did you
get the techical info?

Thanks again. 

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