Usconverters UCBT232B Use and care manual

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How to setup a serial Bluetooth adapter
Master Guide
Our serial Bluetooth adapters part UCBT232B and UCBT232EXA can be setup and
paired using a Bluetooth management software called BlueSoleil (for Windows XP) or by
using Windows Vista/7’s built-in Bluetooth management software.
Pairing with built-in Bluetooth or external USB Bluetooth dongle using Windows default
Bluetooth management software (for Windows Vista, 7, 8) ……….…………….......…2
Pairing with built-in Bluetooth or external USB Bluetooth dongle using BlueSoleil
(for Windows XP or older) ........................................................................................... 15
Pairing with another Serial Bluetooth Adapter ……………………………..……..23
Enabling the DIP switches …………………………………………...……….27
Changing the COM port number ……………………………..……………….….…28
Making a loop-back test ……………………………...…………………… 31
Configuring the parameters ……………………………………………...…… 34
Configuring the parameters through the serial interface .………………………….. 34
Configuring the parameters over Bluetooth ………………………………………….. 38
Resetting the serial Bluetooth adapter …………………………………………..….…..43
Questions and Answers ………………………..……………………….…44
Known Issues ………………………………………………………………… 47

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Pairing with built-in Bluetooth or external USB Bluetooth
dongle using Windows default Bluetooth management
software (for Windows Vista, 7, 8)
This user guide is based on Windows 7 and the UCBT232B/EXA Serial Bluetooth adapter.
First we identify the products:
Serial Bluetooth adapter USB Bluetooth adapter USB Bluetooth dongle
(UCBT232B/EXA) type 1 type 2
The setup looks like this:

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Getting Started
If your computer does not already have built-in Bluetooth, you can instead use a USB
Bluetooth dongle.
Plug-in the dongle to your computer’s USB port. Windows should now search for the
drivers for the USB Bluetooth dongle, (you may need to be connected to the internet).
Windows automatically installing the drivers.
After the installation has finished successfully (there might be some failed control items
as shown in the image above, you do not need to worry about this) you will be able to see
two COM ports in Windows Device Manager. One is an outgoing port and the other is an
incoming port. Both are virtual COM ports created by the Bluetooth drivers and the
dongle.

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Now enter the word “Bluetooth” in the start menu and click the Bluetooth link that shows
up. This will start Windows default Bluetooth management software (if this has
successfully been installed on your computer).
A Bluetooth icon should now appear in the task bar:

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Click the Bluetooth icon and click “Open Settings” in the menu:

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The Bluetooth settings window will open. Use the settings as shown below:

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Under the COM ports tab you will see the USB Bluetooth dongle’s virtual COM port, in
this case COM16 port has been assigned by the system (as you also could see in Device
Manager). Only one of the virtual COM ports is shown.

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Click the Bluetooth icon in the task bar on Windows desktop and chose “Add a Device”
from the menu. Windows should now search for the serial Bluetooth adapter and be able
to find it:

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After windows have found the adapter, click “Enter the device pairing code”:

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The pairing code is “1234”:
Click Next

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The serial Bluetooth adapter is now successfully installed and paired:

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If Windows do NOT find the serial Bluetooth adapter it might be because it has already
been found earlier, and already exists in the system. In that case you may need to first
remove the serial Bluetooth adapter from the system. Click the Bluetooth icon in
Windows task bar and chose “Show Bluetooth devices” from the menu:
In the above picture the right icon called (Serial Adaptor) is the serial Bluetooth adapter,
the left-side icon is the serial Bluetooth dongle. Remove only the serial Bluetooth adapter
(the right-side icon).
Right-click the icon and chose “Remove Device” to remove it. Now you can again try to
add the serial Bluetooth adapter by clicking the Bluetooth icon in the task bar and chose
“Add Device” from the menu.

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Assuming that the serial Bluetooth adapter has been successfully installed, click the
Bluetooth icon in the Windows task bar and chose “Open Settings”. In the Bluetooth
settings window you can now see the COM ports for the serial Bluetooth adapter. I this
case COM port number 8 and 17 have been assigned by Windows. Windows assigns an
ingoing and an outgoing port. To simplify things; COM8 is the main port which we will
use for our communication. You do not need to worry about incoming or outgoing ports
as long as you identify which port is the main port. The main port in this case for the
UCBT232B/EXA is usually indicated as “Serial Adaptor ‘Dev B’” as shown below:
COM16 shown above is the USB Bluetooth dongle.
If you wish to change the COM port number from COM 8 to for example COM2 then
you can do so in Device Manager. Right-click the COM port listed under Ports (COM &
LTP) in Device Manager and chose “Properties”. Under the “Port Settings” tab click the
“Advanced” button, you can here change several settings including the COM port
number.

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Pairing with built-in Bluetooth or external USB Bluetooth
dongle using BlueSoleil (ONLY for Windows XP or older
)
1. Download Bluesoleil from www.usconverters.com
2. Install Bluesoleil
3. Start Bluesoleil
4. Insert a USB Bluetooth dongle into your computer’s USB port.
If you computer has built-in Bluetooth skip this step.
5. Connect the UCBT232B/EXA to the power supply, either by a USB
power cable or a 110/5V power adapter, and turn it ON. The red LED
light on the UCBT232B/EXA should be steady ‘ON’ and the blue light
should be flashing.
The setup should look similar to this

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6. To search for devices click on the orange circle in Bluesoleil and the
UCBT232B/EXA will be discovered. The lower status line must say “Searching
for devices…” when a device search is in progress.
If BlueSoleil cannot find or detect the Serial Adapter when you click the orange search
button a simple solution can be to use a different USB port for the external USB
Bluetooth dongle if you are using this. If this does not help try resetting the
UCBT232B/EXA (hold down the reset button for 10 sec with a paper clip while you
apply power).

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If you are getting a “USB Device Not Recognized” error from Windows when you turn
on the UCBT232B/EXA you can simply just ignore this error. The adapter only gets its
power from the USB port, no data is transmitted.
7. Right-click on the Serial Adapter icon in Bluesoleil and click ‘Pair Device’

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8. Enter the default Pin code which is ‘1234’
9. Right-click on the Serial Adapter icon and click “Refresh”

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10. Right-click again on the Serial Adapter icon and this time point the cursor on
“Connect” and click “Bluetooth Serial Port Service” to connect the
UCBT232B/EXA with your computer.
11. If you want Windows to automatically connect to the UCBT232B/EXA click Yes
otherwise click No.

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12. The UCBT232B/EXA is now paired and connected to your computer. When its
successfully connected the blue LED light on the UCBT232B/EXA should be
steady blue; and in BlueSoleil a green dotted line with a red arrow going from the
serial adapter icon towards the orange circle should be visible.