Bluetooth Newbie Getting started?

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Hi

I have just baught a Bluetooth module from SparkFun:
The BlueDongle:
https://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=642 and
The BlueSMiRF
https://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=158

I have connected the BlueDongle to the PC and am using Hyperterminal to communicate with it. Upon sending "AT" to the device it returns OK
So I am assuming that it works fine.

I am interfacing the BlueSMiRF with a PIC (16F873) and am using printf
in PICC to send data to the device (Pin C6 on PIC to Rx on the BlueSMiRF). This is where the trouble starts.
I do not get any transmission (ie I see nothing on the Hyperterminal screen); I dont even know if I am getting anything sent.

Can someone please help me to get started on solving this problem?

Thank you in advance
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[justDIY]

were you able to successfully associate the smirf with your PC? There is some sort of handshaking process you must go through, to add a "new device".

 

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Hi JustDIY

I have not got the BlueDongle to work. In fact when I wrote that
The BlueDongle responds to "AT<cr>"
it was the modem on my laptop.

Now it appears that I cant get the BlueDongle to talk ot Hyperterminal. I cant type anything into the Hyperterminal window!

Can you please suggest something that can get me started?


Thank you
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[justDIY]

following these instructions, how far do you get before things go wrong?

**broken link removed**

maybe your computer doesn't support the bluetooth dongle?