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- Page 1 3e-250 Bluetooth to -232 Cordless Adaptor User’s Guide 3e Technologies International 700 King Farm Blvd. Rockville, MD 20850 (301) 670-6779 www.3eti.com 29000107.001 013003...
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- Page 3 3e-250 Bluetooth to RS-232 Cordless Adaptor User’s Guide 3e Technologies International 700 King Farm Blvd. Rockville, MD 20850 (301) 670-6779 www.3eti.com...
- Page 4 International. 3e Technologies International reserves the right to revise this documentation and to make changes in content from time to time without obligation on the part of 3e Technologies International to provide notification of such revision or change. 3e Technologies International provides this documentation without warranty, term or condition of any kind, either implied or expressed, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties, terms, or conditions of merchantability, satisfactory quality, and fitness for a particular purpose.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Operation and Maintenance ..................6 Transferring data from PC to PC ................6 Connecting to a Test Instrument................7 Using the LEDs......................7 Maintaining Battery Life...................8 Configuration Commands for the 3e-250 Adapter ..........8 Troubleshooting ......................10 Manufacturer’s Statement ..................10 Advices and Warnings ....................10 REGULATORY COMPLIANCE..................11 FCC Part 15 Declaration of Conformity (DoC)............11... - Page 6 Intentionally left blank...
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Page 7: Introduction
2.4 GHz range using frequency- hopping at 1600 times/sec among the available frequency ranges. The operating range of the 3e-250 is up to 30m or 100 feet. It provides link control functionality and supports operation within a Bluetooth piconet in a slave mode. -
Page 8: Initial Setup
You will usually find this application by following the path, Start àPrograms à Accessories à Communications. With your 3e-250 Adapter on and attached to your COM port, the Hyper Terminal window should prompt you to connect to, for instance, Com 2 (if that is where your device is plugged in) as shown in the follow- ing picture. - Page 9 Click OK to begin the Hyper Terminal session. You will next see a "connect to" screen. Select the COM port to which the 3e-250 is connected and click OK. Set the "connect using" dropdown menu to the COM port you are us- ing on your computer.
- Page 10 Initially, set the properties to 9600 8-N-1 with flow control at Hard- ware. If you will be using the 3e-250 Adapter with test equipment and you know that it requires a different baud rate than 9600, you can change that later, using the Hyper Terminal session.
- Page 11 User's Guide Then click OK and OK to close the Properties menu and return to the main Hyper Terminal screen. In the Hyper Terminal window, you can now type the command help and when you press the Enter key on your computer, you will get a list of the commands available to the 3e- 250 device in the Hyperterminal session.
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Page 12: Operation And Maintenance
Once the other device is installed, let it discover all available devices. (NOTE: If there is more than one Bluetooth device for it to discover, you may want to use your Hyper Terminal session to rename your 3e-250 Adapter, using the devicename command. See the table of commands on page 9 for more information.) -
Page 13: Connecting To A Test Instrument
DB9 connector, use a 9-pin straight cable with a male connector at one end and a female connector at the other. (This is not included in the install kit.) You can now communicate to the 3e-250 from the Bluetooth device on the host PC. Using the LEDs There are three LEDs on the 3e-250. -
Page 14: Maintaining Battery Life
"steal" the power from the parent device in order to "trickle-charge" the 3e-250 battery. However, if you are running the 3e-250 on a host device that can spare power, you can conserve battery power extensively by setting the RS- 232 Trickle-power switch to on. - Page 15 User's Guide Configuration Commands for the 3e-250 Bluetooth RS-232 Adapter Command Description help • lists all the supported commands version • displays the version of the software running on the device config • places the device in configuration mode. In this mode the Bluetooth Radio function is inactive;...
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Page 16: Configuration Commands For The 3E-250 Adapter
There are some configuration commands that can be useful in chang- ing or adapting configuration settings on the 3e-250 Adapter. You can access these commands by plugging the 3e-250 into a laptop and opening a Hyper Terminal window (as described in the Setup section). -
Page 17: Regulatory Compliance
User's Guide REGULATORY COMPLIANCE FCC Part 15 Declaration of Conformity (DoC) This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is sub- ject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harm- ful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. - Page 18 3e-250 Bluetooth to RS-232 Cordless Adapter...