The Blutronium™ Serial Bluetooth Adapter

The World's most Advanced Easy to use Serial Bluetooth Adapter

If you need to communicate with a serial RS232 device then there is now an easy way of doing this wireless using Bluetooh. While serial over Bluetooth communication is not new, most serial Bluetooth adapters on the market are not very user friendly and some only offers limited features and functions.

The people behind the Blutronium™ Serial Bluetooth Adapter has spent a lot of time, money, sweat and tears in coming up with the best design offering the most functions and features while still being as user friendly as possible. This has not been an easy task but the effort has been worth it! Take a look below and read why the Blutronium™ adapter is the way to go.

 

Baud Rates Settings by DIP Switches


baud rates When using a Serial Bluetooth Adapter the most used settings is usually the COM port's baud rate setting. The reason is because the baud rate of the adapter has to match the baud rate of the serial device to which connect the adapter. For this reason the Blutronium™ Serial Bluetooth Adapter has DIP switches for selecting baud rates from 1200bps to 921,600bps which makes it fast and east to set the desired baud rate. Most other adapters on the market requires the user to connect the adapter to a computer using a serial port and then send commands from the computer to the adapter to change the baud rate. This is not only a tedious way of doing this but also requires an available serial port in the computer.


Multiple Ways of Configuring the Settings


Configuring the settingsThe settings of the Blutronium™ Serial Bluetooth Adapter can be configured in 3 ways:

1. The most used settings can be set by DIP switches on the front of the adapter.

2. All settings can be configured over Bluetooth using the free included configuration software.

3. All settings can be configured through the serial port (RS232) using the free included configuration software.



State of The Art Configuration Software


configuration softwareMost serial Bluetooth adapters on the market have to be configured by using a 3rd party terminal program such as Tera Term or Putty; some has a simple configuration utility if you are lucky. With the Blutronium™ Serial Bluetooth Adapter is included a state of the art free configuration software which can configure all the adapter's settings over Bluetooth or through the serial port. The software is easy to use with a good overview of all the available parameters and has help descriptions built-in for explaining what the different parameters do. The software works with all newer versions of Windows.



Parameter Configuration over Bluetooth


configuration over BluetoothWe are not aware of any other adapter on the market which can be configured over Bluetooth. Configuring the parameters over Bluetooth is a huge advantage to the user since a serial COM port in not required.



Built-in Battery


built-in batteryTo make the Blutronium™ Serial Bluetooth Adapter truly wireless it has a built-in Lithium-Ion battery which will power the adapter for at least 12 hours. The battery can be re-charged by a standard USB port or standard 110VAC/5VDC mini USB power supply.
Alternatively the adapter can be powered by a standard USB port or through the DB9 connector's pin 9.



Status Indication Lights


Status Indication LightsAnother great feature the Blutronium™ Serial Bluetooth Adapter has are the many LED indication lights on the front side of the adapter. The indication lights are:
Power/Batt: indicates when the adapter has power and also the power level of the battery.
Status: indicates when the adapter is linked over Bluetooth.
TX: indicates when the adapter transmits data.
RX: indicates when the adapter receives data.
Charging: indicates when the battery is charging.



With or Without Antenna


With or Without AntennaThe Blutronium™ Serial Bluetooth Adapter is currently available with an internal chip antenna. In the future it will also be available with an external di-pole antenna for making sure the optimal communication range is achieved. The internal chip antenna is convenient if you need to use the adapter in a tight space or if the optimal communication range is not of importance.


Other DIP Switch Settings


DIP switch configurationBesides the baud rate DIP switches the Blutronium™ Serial Bluetooth Adapter also has the following other very useful settings which can be set by switches located on the front or side of the adapter:
Flow control: Enables or disables the RTS/CTS handshake lines.
Slave/Master: Selects if the adapter should work as a Master or a Slave adapter.
Auto/Manual: Selects if the adapter should automatically with a Bluetooth device.
DCE/DTE: This switch selects if the adapter should work as a DCE or a DTE device.
Run/Config: With this switch the user can set the adapter into configuration mode (for programming over Bluetooth) or run mode.
DIP/Software: This switch selects if the DIP switches are enabled or if the software settings should be used.