Serial Port; Setting Up Bluetooth Communications - Intermec IV6 Quick Start Manual

Serial Port

Your IV6 Portable Reader has a serial port used in conjunction
with external DC power. The serial lines are connected through
the circular GPIO/Power/Serial connector. The default data rate
is 115.2k baud, with 8 data bits, no parity bit, 1 stop bit, no
flow control. The maximum distance from the product to a
host, modem, or other physical controller interface is 50 ft (15.2
m) for RS-232.
Bluetooth
The main application for Bluetooth is to support wireless opera-
tion back to the terminal or the host in applications where coax-
ial cables are undesired such as with vehicle mount terminals.
The Bluetooth antenna is integral to the radio module and no
options are provided.
The Bluetooth module features:
S Class I Transmitter (+14 dBm) range 10 meters
S TX power: +17 dBm maximum, +14 dBm typical
S RX sensitivity: -70 dBm to -80 dBm maximum

Setting up Bluetooth Communications

Communications from a PC to the IV6 is done through a
COM port or a virtual COM port. Serial Bluetooth adapters use
COM ports while USB Bluetooth adapters use virtual COM
ports. For virtual COM ports (USB), you only need to ensure
you are setup to talk to the correct COM port (i.e. COM1 or
COM2).
For serial COM ports (RS-232), you need to specify the COM
port number, baud rate, number of data bits, parity, number of
stop bits, and type of flow control. The configuration of the seri-
al COM port on the PC needs to be the same as the configura-
tion for the Bluetooth serial adapter plugged into the serial con-
nector.
There are five configuration settings that can be changed in the
IV6 Reader. The default settings are as follows:
12 IV6 Portable Reader