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ROBOT . HEAD to TOE
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P roduct User's Manual – ​
B lueBee
Cytron Bluetooth Module
BlueBee
User's Manual
V1.0
July 2012
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Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved

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  • Page 1 ROBOT . HEAD to TOE ​ P roduct User’s Manual – ​ B lueBee Cytron Bluetooth Module BlueBee User's Manual V1.0 July 2012 Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 2 6.1 ​ U sing SKXBEE-BOARD 6.2 ​ U sing UC00A/B AT Command Getting Started 8.1 ​ C ommunication between 2 computers 8.2 ​ C ommunication between microcontroller and computer Warranty Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 3: Introduction And Overview

    X BEE which is suitable for all kinds of microcontroller systems that have 3.3V power out. There are 2 modes on BlueBee which are Transparent mode and AT mode. The baudrate of module may be set using AT commands/mode. The ​...

  • Page 4: Packing List

    Please check the parts and components according to the packing lists. If there are any parts missing, please contact us at ​ ales@cytron.com.my​ immediately. 1. 1 x ​ B lueBee​ module Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 5 ROBOT . HEAD to TOE ​ P roduct User’s Manual – ​ B lueBee   3. DIMENSION Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 6: Product Layout

    There are default 2 modes for ​ B lueBee module which are AT mode and Trans mode. User need to select either AT mode or Trans mode using the jumper provided. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 7 LED, Mode indicator, connected to BlueBee status LED Ground port UART clear to send, active low UART requesr to send, active low *Please do not make any connection to those NA pin. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 8: Product Specification And Limitations

      5. PRODUCT SPECIFICATION AND LIMITATIONS Absolute Maximum Rating Symbo Parameter Operating voltage Receiver pin of BlueBee module Transmit pin of BlueBee module Reset Reset pin of BlueBee module Ground Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 9: Hardware Interface

    Computer/laptop will detect COM port for the 1st time using. You may check the COM port at hardware device. For this example, the COM port for BlueBee USB Serial port is COM50. Now you can start communicating with BlueBee module, in AT mode or Trans mode.
  • Page 10 X BEE Breakout board UC00A/B​ . The pins used are VCC, GND, Tx and Rx pin. Tx and Rx pins should be cross connected between them. In other words, Tx pin of BlueBee should be connected to Rx pin of ​ U C00A/B and Rx pin of BlueBee should be connected to Tx pin of ​...
  • Page 11 P roduct User’s Manual – ​ B lueBee ■ Ensure 3.3V is select on ​ U C00B​ *Please ensure to select the correct voltage, else BlueBee will be damaged, same apply if UC00A is used. ■ Connect USB of ​ U C00B into USB port of computer/laptop.
  • Page 12 Command Response Parameter AT+ADDR? +ADDR:<Param> Param: Bluetooth address Bluetooth address will show as this way: NAP:UAP:LAP (Hexadecimal) Example: Module Bluetooth address: 12: 34: 56: ab: cd: ef at+addr?\r\n +ADDR: 1234:56:abcdef Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 13 Set baud rate to be 115200, stop bit to be 2 bits, parity bit to be even parity. AT+UART=15200,1,2\r\n AT+UART? +UART:115200,1,2 5. Set/Inquire Passkey Command Response Parameter AT+PSWD=<Param> Param: Passkey AT+PSWD? +PSWD : <Param> Default: “1234” Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 14 6. Set/Inquire Device’s name Cammand Response Parameter AT+NAME=<Param> AT+NAME? 1.+NAME:<Param> Param: Bluetooth Device name OK ------ Success Default : BLUEBEE 2. FAIL ----- failure Example: AT+NAME=BLUEBEE\r\n ---set the module device name: “BLUEBEE” Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 15 BlueBee in AT mode. Open and set up HyperTerminal. Bare in mind that the baud rate for AT mode is 38400 bps. Figure below is an example to send AT command using HyperTerminal. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 16: Getting Started

    8.1 Communication between 2 computers For this example, 2 computers named computer A and computer B will be used. Computer A as a host to BlueBee and computer B as a host to Bluetooth USB dongle. BlueBee is using or ​...
  • Page 17 ​ U C00A/B​ ■ Open and setup HyperTerminal for Computer A. For this example, the COM Port for BlueBee is COM50 and baud rate is 9600. The COM port may different with other computer/laptop. Setup for computer B: User need Bluetooth USB dongle and BlueSoleil software to allow computer A communicate with computer B via Bluetooth link.
  • Page 18 ● Press “F5” to start searching for Bluetooth device near by. If ​ B lueBee is working properly, it will appear as a Bluetooth node in BlueSoleil window as shown in following figure. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 19 P roduct User’s Manual – ​ B lueBee ● Right click on BlueBee con and click pair device. The software will appear a window to Enter Bluetooth Passkey. Enter the passkey and click OK. The passkey should be “1234″. When the bluetooth serial is paired, status LED blinking is change from fast blinking to slow blinking.
  • Page 20 ● Double click on Bluetooth Serial Port Service. If everything is working perfectly, a window will pop up showing the virtual COM port which is connected to computer B. In this case, a COM49 has been created. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 21 ● BlueSoleil will try to create Bluetooth Wireless link with BlueBee and offer serial port service. ● Status LED on BlueBee will blinking 2 times in 1 second (2Hz) if the Bluetooth Wireless link is successfully created. ● Open and setup HyperTerminal for computer B. For this example port setting for Bluetooth is COM49 and the baudrate is 9600.
  • Page 22 ROBOT . HEAD to TOE ​ P roduct User’s Manual – ​ B lueBee Computer B(COM49) Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 23 Besides communication between 2 computers, ​ B lueBee also may use with microcontroller to communicate with computer. User may refer ​ t utorial link for BlueBee for example communication between microcontroller and computer. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 24: Warranty

    No. 16, Jalan Industri Ringan Permatang Tinggi 2, Kawasan Industri Ringan Permatang Tinggi, 14100 Simpang Ampat, Penang, Malaysia. Tel: +604 - 504 1878 Fax: +604 -504 0138 URL: www.cytron.com.my Email: ​ s upport@cytron.com.my sales@cytron.com.my Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...

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