Ezurio BL654 Getting Started

Getting Started with the BL654 Dongle
Quick Start Guide
1 Introduction
This guide demonstrates how to install a Laird BL654 USB dongle (part# 451-00003) onto a Windows computer and how to communicate with it.
2 Requirements
The following equipment and utilities are required:
Laird BL654 USB BLE USB adapter, Part # 451-00003
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FTDI USB-to-Serial drivers for the BL654 USB dongle (found at http://www.ftdichip.com/FTDrivers.htm)
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UwTerminalX, provided by Laird at https://github.com/LairdCP/UwTerminalX
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3 Installation
To install the BL654 dongle, follow these steps:
1. Connect the BL654 USB dongle Error! Reference source not found.to a spare USB port on your computer or to a USB hub that can provide
at least 100 milliamps of power.
Note: If there is enough power for the device, a blue light may remain illuminated.
2. Follow the on-screen prompts. Depending on your version of Windows, you may need to install the FTDI drivers.
When complete, the BL654 USB dongle appears in the Windows device manager as a USB serial port (Figure 1). Make a note of the COM port
number to use in step 6.
Figure 1: BL654 USB dongle as shown in Device Manager
3. Extract UwTerminalX to a selected folder and run the program (no installation is required).
4. From the Config tab in the Device drop-down menu, select BL65x to populate the baud, parity, stop bits, data bits, and handshaking
settings (Figure 2).
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