BIXOLON IFA-BT User Manual
BIXOLON IFA-BT User Manual

BIXOLON IFA-BT User Manual

Bluetooth interface

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Bluetooth Interface Table of Contents 1. Manual Information......................3 2. Precautions ........................3 3. Bluetooth Interface for each Printer................3 4. Bluetooth Interface Card ....................4 5. Product Feature ......................4 6. PC to Printer Connection ....................6 7. Install CP210x USB to UART Bridge Controller ............7 8.
  • Page 3: Manual Information

    Separate the printer and Bluetooth-enabled device from such interrupting devices by a distance of at least 5m. 3. Bluetooth Interface for each Printer Interface Printer Adapter Interface Card SRP-270 SRP-280 SRP-350 IFA-BT SRP-370 SRP-372 SRP-350plus IF-BT IFA-BT SRP-275 IFC-BT SRP-500 IF-BT IFC-BT Rev.3.0...
  • Page 4: Bluetooth Interface Card

    Adapter Cable Power Method IFM-BT Not Used IF-BT USB Cable 5. Product Feature (1) Difference between IFA-BT and IFC-BT. The difference is Connector shape. IFA-BT IFC-BT (2) Configuration Tool With using “BlueWin.exe”, configuration can be easy. Rev.3.0 - 4 -...
  • Page 5 Bluetooth Interface (3) Detail Information of Interface. Feature Implementation Bluetooth Core version V2.0 Chipset CSR BC04-ROM Frequency 2.400~2.4835 GHz (79 Channel) Range (Open load) Max 100 m (Class 1) modulation GFSK TX Power 12dBm Network Support Simultaneous printing = N:1 (max = 8) Printer Profile Support SPP (Serial Port Profile) Rx/Tx Buffer...
  • Page 6: Pc To Printer Connection

    Bluetooth Interface 6. PC to Printer Connection (1) Printer(Interface) configuration 1) Connect Bluetooth Adapter to PC. (reference : 7 Page) 2) Configure Bluetooth Adapter using Utility. (reference : 10 Page) - Printer model, Connection mode, Device name, PIN Code. 3) Separate Bluetooth Adapter from PC. 4) Connect Bluetooth Adapter to Printer.
  • Page 7: Install Cp210X Usb To Uart Bridge Controller

    Bluetooth Interface 7. Install CP210x USB to UART Bridge Controller (1) Execute “CP210x_VCP_Win2K_XP_S2K3.exe”. (2) Click “Next”. (3) Choose “I accept the terms of the license agreement” and click “Next”. Rev.3.0 - 7 -...
  • Page 8 Bluetooth Interface (4) Click “Next”. (5) Click “Install”. Rev.3.0 - 8 -...
  • Page 9 Bluetooth Interface (6) Check “Launch the CP210x VCP Driver Installer” and click “Finish”. (7) Click “Install” and restart PC when Install is complete. Rev.3.0 - 9 -...
  • Page 10: Bluetooth Interface Card Configuring

    Bluetooth Interface 8. Bluetooth Interface card Configuring (1) Execute “BlueWin.exe” and click “Set COM Port”. (2) Confirm Virtual Port(COMX) in Device Manager and choose the Port. Ex) In the case, Virtual Port is confirmed as COM3. [Note] Device Manager > Ports(COM / LPT) > Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge(COM3) (3) Click “Device Configuration”.
  • Page 11 Bluetooth Interface (4) Change the configuration and click “OK”. 1) Device Name: Enter the bluetooth device name for searching. 2) PIN Code(Pass Key) : Enter PIN Code to use for connection.(Default : 0000 ) 3) Product Selection : Select Product to use 4) Authentication ENABLE : connection to a device can be done with PIN Code.
  • Page 12: Bluetooth Test

    - InnoTeletek PDA (Device: MC3000, OS: WinCE 4.2) - Bluetooth Dongle (BlueSoleil IVT Stack, Widcomm Stack, Toshiba Stack) After turning on the power of all Bluetooth devices, perform the connection process. - PDA, PC (Bluetooth Dongle), printers (IFA-BT), etc. Rev.3.0 - 12 -...
  • Page 13 Bluetooth Interface (3) Connecting with an Intermec PDA (DEVICE: CN2B, OS: Pocket PC 4.20.0) 1) Click the icon. . 2) Click “Settings. 3) Click “Connections”. 4) Click the “Bluetooth” icon. Rev.3.0 - 13 -...
  • Page 14 Bluetooth Interface 5) Click to check the “On” option. 6) Click the “Wireless Printing” menu bar 7) Click the ”Device Discovery” button. 8) Select Devices of the IFX-BT, and click the “Connect” button. Rev.3.0 - 14 -...
  • Page 15 Bluetooth Interface 9) Select the COM port to be used. 10) Check the “Enable Wireless Printing” and ”Default” checkboxes, and click the “Printer Test Page” button. 11) Click the “OK” button. 12) The PIN Code(Device PIN) window appears (if the security function is enabled) Rev.3.0 - 15 -...
  • Page 16 Bluetooth Interface 13) Input the PIN Code(Device PIN) 14) If after pressing the “Print Test Page” button, and click “Next”. (Default code: 0000) test printing is performed, the connection is complete. Rev.3.0 - 16 -...
  • Page 17 Bluetooth Interface 5) Click ”File”. 6) Click “New Connection”. 7) Click ”Associate Serial Port”. 8) Click the “Next” button. Rev.3.0 - 18 -...
  • Page 18 Bluetooth Interface 9) Click the List window for 2 seconds and 10) Click “Refresh”.. the function folder appears. 11) Bluetooth devices in the proximity are 12) Select the Device Address of the discovered. IFX-BT, and click the “Next” button. Rev.3.0 - 19 -...
  • Page 19 Bluetooth Interface 13) The Serial port is registered as COM9. 14) Click the IFX-BT name for 2 seconds. 15) Click ”Connect”. 16) The PIN Code window appears (if the security function is enabled) Rev.3.0 - 20 -...
  • Page 20 Bluetooth Interface 17) Input the PIN Code and click “OK”. 18) the connection is complete when (Default PIN Code: 0000) the “Connection Successful” message appears. Rev.3.0 - 21 -...
  • Page 21 Bluetooth Interface (5) Connecting with an HP PDA (DEVICE: iPAQ hx2700, OS: Windows Mobile 5.1.1702) 1) To run Bluetooth, first click the 2) Click the Bluetooth logo button icon at the lower right of the screen. to activate the Bluetooth function Not active 3) When activated, the Bluetooth button turns 4) Click ”New Connection“.
  • Page 22 Bluetooth Interface 5) Click ”Explore a Bluetooth device”. 6) Click the IFX-BT icon from the Bluetooth devices displayed in the search results. 7) Select BIXOLON-SPP and click “Next”. 8) Click “Finish”. Rev.3.0 - 23 -...
  • Page 23 Bluetooth Interface 9) The IFX-BT shortcut is produced. 10) Clicking the shortcut for 2 seconds brings up the function folder. Click “Connect”. 11) The Pass Key window appears (if the 12) Input the Pass Key and click “Enter” IFX-BT security function is enabled) (Default Pass Key: 0000) Rev.3.0 - 24 -...
  • Page 24 Bluetooth Interface 13) The connection is complete when the shortcut changes to show a green indicator as shown below. Rev.3.0 - 25 -...
  • Page 25 Bluetooth Interface (6) Connecting with a Mobile Compia PDA (DEVICE: M3, OS: WinCE 5.0) 1) Click the icon. 2) Click ”BT On”. 3) Click the icon. 4) Click ”BT Manager”. Rev.3.0 - 26 -...
  • Page 26 Bluetooth Interface 5) Click ”Find All Devices”. 6) Click the ”Next” button. 7) Click “Refresh”. 8) Click the IFX-BT from the Bluetooth devices in the search list, and click “Next”. Rev.3.0 - 27 -...
  • Page 27 Bluetooth Interface 9) Select BIXOLON-SPP and click “Next”. 10) Check favorite and Click “Connect”. 11) Click ”My favorite device”. 12) Clicking the shortcut for 2 seconds brings up the function folder. Click “Connect”. Rev.3.0 - 28 -...
  • Page 28 Bluetooth Interface 13) Click “Connect”. 14) The Pass Key window appears (if the IFX-BT security function is enabled). 15) Input the Pass Key and click “Enter”.. 16) The “Connection Established” message (Default Pass Key: 0000) appears. Rev.3.0 - 29 -...
  • Page 29 Bluetooth Interface 17) The connection is complete when the shortcut changes to show a green indicator as shown below Rev.3.0 - 30 -...
  • Page 30 Bluetooth Interface (7) Connecting with an InnoTeletek PDA (DEVICE: MC3000, OS: WinCE 4.2) 1) Click the ”sppui” icon. 2) Click the icon. 3) Click the “Inquiry” button. 4) Select IFX-BT and click “OK” button. Rev.3.0 - 31 -...
  • Page 31 Bluetooth Interface 5) The PIN Code window(Select channel) 6) Input the PIN Code and click “Enter”. appears (if the IFX-BT security function (Default: 0000) is enabled). 7) The Serial port is registered as COM7. 8) Click the ”My Computer” icon. Rev.3.0 - 32 -...
  • Page 32 Bluetooth Interface 9) Click “Storage”. 10) Click ”BTPrinter”. 11) Click “InnoPrinter”. 12) The connection is complete when the “Port Opened” Status message appears. Click the “TEXT” button. Rev.3.0 - 33 -...
  • Page 33 Bluetooth Interface 13) Enter text to be printed in the Text window and click the “Print” button. The text is printed by the Printer (IFX-BT). Rev.3.0 - 34 -...
  • Page 34 Bluetooth Interface (8) Connecting with Bluetooth Dongle (BlueSoleil IVT Stack) 1) After purchasing Bluetooth Dongle, insert the CD in the PC and install Bluesoleil. 2) Connect Bluetooth Dongle to the USB port of the PC. 3) Click the Bluesoleil icon on the PC screen top. 4) Click the red sphere at the center of the Bluesoleil main screen.
  • Page 35 Bluetooth Interface 6) Click right button of the mouse above the "IFA-BT Icon" and select the “Pair Device”. 7) Enter the PIN Code in the Bluetooth Passkey window. Click “OK”. (Default Passkey: 0000) Rev.3.0 - 36 -...
  • Page 36 Bluetooth Interface 8) If the Passkey(PIN Code) is correct and pairing is completed, a red check symbol appears next to the “IFX-BT icon”. 9) Click right button of the mouse above the "IFX-BT Icon" and select the "Connect > Bluetooth Serial Port Service. Rev.3.0 - 37 -...
  • Page 37 Bluetooth Interface 10) When the connection is established, the icon turns green, and a green dotted line appears as shown in the image below. 11) When the connection is complete, the message pictured below appears at the bottom right of the PC screen.
  • Page 38 Bluetooth Interface (9) Connecting with Bluetooth Dongle (Widcomm Stack) 1) After purchasing Bluetooth Dongle, insert the CD in the PC and install. 2) Connect Bluetooth Dongle to the USB port of the PC. 3) Click the My Bluetooth Places icon on the PC screen top. 4) Click “Bluetooth Tasks >...
  • Page 39 Bluetooth Interface 6) Select “Show all devices” and Click “Next”. 7) The program initiates a search for Bluetooth devices in the proximity. Click “Next”. Rev.3.0 - 40 -...
  • Page 40 Bluetooth Interface 8) Enter the PIN Code in the Bluetooth Passkey window, then click “Pair Now”. (Default Passkey: 0000) 9) If the Passkey(PIN Code) is correct and pairing is completed, a green check symbol appears next to the BIXOLON_SPP icon. Click “Configure”. Rev.3.0 - 41 -...
  • Page 41 Bluetooth Interface 10) Check COM Port and click “OK”. 11) Click “Next”. Rev.3.0 - 42 -...
  • Page 42 Bluetooth Interface 12) Click “Finish”. 13) The connection is complete when the shortcut changes to show a green indicator as shown below. Rev.3.0 - 43 -...
  • Page 43 Bluetooth Interface (10) Connecting with Bluetooth Dongle (Toshiba Stack) 1) After purchasing Bluetooth Dongle, insert the CD in the PC and install. 2) Connect Bluetooth Dongle to the USB port of the PC. 3) Execute Bluetooth. 4) Click “New Connection”. 5) Choose Express Mode[Recommended] and click “Next”.
  • Page 44 Bluetooth Interface 6) Select device and click “Next”. If the device not appeared, click “Refresh” 7) The device is appeared. Rev.3.0 - 45 -...
  • Page 45 Bluetooth Interface 8) Click right button of the mouse above the "IFA-BT Icon" and select the "“Connect”. 9) Enter the PIN Code in the Bluetooth Passkey window. (Default Passkey: 0000) Rev.3.0 - 46 -...
  • Page 46 Bluetooth Interface 10) If the Passkey(PIN Code) is correct and pairing is completed, check COM port and click “Next”. 11) The icon is changed when The connection is complete. Rev.3.0 - 47 -...
  • Page 47 Bluetooth Interface (11) Connecting with Bluetooth Dongle (MS Stack) 1) After purchasing Bluetooth Dongle, insert the CD in the PC and install. 2) Connect Bluetooth Dongle to the USB port of the PC. 3) Open Start > Settings > Control Panel, Then click the “ “...
  • Page 48 Bluetooth Interface 6) Select device and click “Next”. If device is not searched, click “Search Again”. 7) Enter the PIN Code and click “Next”. Rev.3.0 - 49 -...
  • Page 49 Bluetooth Interface 8) If the Passkey(PIN Code) is correct and pairing is completed, check COM port and click “Finish”. 9) If the connection is complete, the device appeared in the list as shown below. Rev.3.0 - 50 -...

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