10. Worked Examples
10.1. Scientific equipment data logging:
In this example we have connected a Tektronix TDS220 Oscilloscope to a BL-521 and plugged in the power adapter included. No additional cables or gender changers were used in this application scenario.
In order to communicate to the oscilloscope/BL-521 we have connected a Brainboxes USB adapter (Order code BL-554) to a laptop with Brainboxes Bluetooth software suite installed. If you are connecting to BL-521 with a different manufacturers Bluetooth product, please refer to the manufacturers instructions for that product. If you are Bluetooth enabling your laptop with another Brainboxes converter you should follow the previous sections instructions.
In this scenario, BL-521 was configured as a Server (default) and it’s baud rate was changed to match that of the oscilloscope (19200 baud). Connection from the USB adapter to the BL-521 was performed exactly as described in the section above.
Setting HyperTerminal to save data to a file called screen.bmp, and activating the hardcopy feature of the oscilloscope, caused all data to be sent from the scope to the file as listed. This file could then be viewed using any picture editing software and displays an exact screen copy of the oscilloscope. Instructions for using HyperTerminal can be found above. Of course it is also possible for you to write (as we did) your own application to read this data from the COM port and display it very easily.
11. Custom Factory Configuration
To help ease larger application rollouts by removing the need for customer re-configuration of each individual unit supplied, all the settings documented in this manual can be pre-configured to your specification at the factory. Please speak to your account manager/distributor for more details about this service.
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