Introduction Thank you for your purchase of BS-101 as the Bluetooth To Serial Adapter. Featuring Bluetooth wireless technology, it is for replacement of standard RS232 or industrial RS422/485 cable perfectly, with standard RS232 and industrial RS422/485 interfaces, so can be easily adopted for industrial machines with RS232 or RS422/485 interfaces.
Package checklist BS-101 product is shipped with the following items: 1 unit of BS-101 Bluetooth to RS232 / 422 / 485 converter 1 unit of Power Adaptor (9V DC, 200mA) is option User Operation Manual Software CD...
Product Specifications Features: ● Support Bluetooth 2.1 ● Maximum packet size 250 bytes ● Transmission range up to 100 Meters. Built in 15KV ESD protection for signals ● ● RS-422/485 surge protection ● Bluetooth Windows Configuration Utility Not apply to Modbus protocol. ●...
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● Support Bluetooth Radio with Class 1 RF ● Tx Output Power : 13 dBm (max) Rx Sensitivity : -86 dBm (min) ● ● SPP : Support (Serial Port Profile) ● Operating Distance up to 100 Meters Power : 9V DC / 200mA, Consumption 150mA ...
LED Indicators DC-In Power Outlet The BS-101 Bluetooth to RS232 / 422 / 485 is powered by a single 9V DC (Inner positive/outer negative) power supply and 200mA of current. A suitable power supply adapter is part of the package. Connect the power line to the power outlet beside of antenna connector and put the adapter into the socket.
Antenna Connector Antenna The antenna is a standard SMA jack. Simply connect it to a 2.0dBi dipole antenna (Standard Rubber Duck) and it is 50 Ohms impedance and can support 2.4GHz frequency. Serial I/O Port Serial I/O Port RS-485/RS-422 Serial I/O Port Terminal Resistor RS232 Connect the serial data cable between the converter and the serial device.
Terminal Resistor The purpose is for compensating signal attenuation in long distance connection at RS-485/RS-422 I/O. If the switch 1 & 2 are set in “ON” position, the signal compensation will be activated. To disable the function, just to push switch 1 & 2 to opposite position. LED Indicators SYS (Red):...
Hardware Installation 1. Connect BS-101 Bluetooth adapter to COM Port of PC and then to connect DC power adapter and jack into power outlet and DC-in outlet. You will see the red LED is going to be on and the green LCD will be blink.
When setting up BS-101 adapter for the first time, you have to install and run “BT1.exe” as “BT RS232 config tool” first in your computer device. The utility CD is enclosed in the device box. Before you use BS-101 adapter, you have to pair it with another BS-101 device.
BT RS232 Config Tool Parameters Configuration After double click the icon of BT1 as “BT RS232 Config Tool”, the configuration screen will be pop-up as the above picture. A. COM Port Select COM port number, you have to avoid the port conflict with other device in computer and use available port number B.
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“Slave” and the device will be play like a DCE - Data Communication Equipment (such as a Modem) You can setup your BS-101 device as what type of the RS232 device you are going to connect in DTE or DCE mode to work with it.
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Apply “Connect” After finish the parameters configuration, click the icon of “Connect” in BT RS232 Config Tool screen and meanwhile press the Synchronous button immediately on the left side of the device. And then the next screen of parameters configuration is pop-up. The icon of “Connect” is changed to “Disconnect”...
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Apply “Write” To click the item of “Write”, the meaning is to save all parameters after configuring into the “BT RS232 Config Tool”.
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Apply “Read” To click the item of “Read”, the meaning is to load all parameters as last time saving from the “BT RS232 Config Tool”. The local address will be updated the real device address at first time.
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