Firmtech FB100AS-F, User Manual

Page 1: ...erial Adapter FB100AS F User Guide Version 1 0 FIRMTECH Co Ltd 807 555 Dunchon daero Jungwon gu Seongnam si Gyeonggi do Korea Sangdaewondong Sunil Technopia Tel 82 31 719 4812 Fax 82 31 719 4834 www firmtech co kr ...

Page 2: ...FB100AS F User Guide Version 1 0 Revision History Page 2 30 Revision History Revision Date Change Descriptions Ver 1 0 01 04 2009 Write a draft ...

Page 3: ...otected by copyright law Any part of products and operation description shall not be copied reproduced translated nor transformed into readable form by electronic device or machines without prior consent in writing by FIRMTECH Co Ltd There might be some misprinting or technical faults in the products and operation description which are subject to change without prior notice ...

Page 4: ...ch 2 Baud Rate Switch 13 6 3 Initial Set Value of Dip Switch 13 7 Power Indicator LED Status LED 14 8 Performance of Product 15 9 Current Consumption 16 10 Initial Set Value of Products 17 11 Connecting the wireless section of Bluetooth 18 11 1 Connecting with Connection WIZARD 18 11 2 How to connect with Dip Switch Set up 21 12 How to complete PC Configuration 22 12 1 PC Configuration using BTCon...

Page 5: ...tion A Bluetooth unit shall allow simultaneous connections up to 7 devices in case of ACL Reliability To Guarantee stable wireless communication even under severe noisy environment through adopting the technique of FHSS Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum 1 2 Operation of Bluetooth Feature 1 1 Bluetooth Operation Bluetooth operates based on the connection between Master and Slave Masters are simply ...

Page 6: ...o max 1 7 3 Easy to control communication speed by using DIP Switch 2400 bps 230400bps 4 Support AT Command and capable to control FB100AS F by using AT Command 5 Easy to connect to use with Bluetooth PDA Bluetooth USB Dongle etc 6 Selectable Power Supply between D Sub 9 pin Connector and USB Connector 7 Stable Data Transmission Receipt 8 Simply support the function of Bluetooth Firmware Update We...

Page 7: ...S F MODEL PICTURE Q TY EA FB100AS F RS 232 Serial Adapter 1 FCA100UC USB Power Cable 1 FCA004DA 4 dBi Dipole Antenna 1 CD Operation Manual and Test Program 1 Table 3 1 Basic Components of FB100AS F If you find any of above components is defective or not included in the package please contact the seller you purchased ...

Page 8: ...FB100AS F User Guide Version 1 0 4 Product Appearance Page 8 30 4 Product Appearance Figure 4 1 Details and Dimension of FB100AS F ...

Page 9: ...fer Data Data output Output 3 RX Received Data Data Input Input 4 STREAM_CONTROL DSR 1 N Stream Control 1 1 Data Set Ready Input 5 GND Ground 6 STREAM_STATUS DTR 1 N Stream Status 1 1 Data Terminal Ready Output 7 MESSAGE_CONTROL CTS 1 N Message Control 1 1 Clear To Send Input 8 MESSAGE_STATUS RTS 1 N Message Status 1 1 UART Ready To Send Output 9 VCC Power DC 4 12V Input Table 5 1 Features of D SU...

Page 10: ...face Page 10 30 5 2 Pin Connection 5 2 1 Connection Diagram with Flow Control Figure 5 2 FB100AS F Connection Diagram with Flow Control 5 2 2 Connection Diagram without Flow Control Figure 5 3 FB100AS F Connection Diagram without Flow Control ...

Page 11: ... For 1 N communication connection of STREAM CONTROL DSR and STREAM STATUS DTR are necessarily required MESSAGE CONTROL CTS and MESSAGE STATUS RTS is used for the confirmation of the accurate information In 1 N communication if all connection is successful CONNECT CHECK DCD in SLAVE Device is outputted HIGH signal However if one or more of connections is disconnected CONNECT CHECK DCD in SLAVE will...

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Page 13: ... Switch TYPE Function Switch Baud Rate Switch FB100AS F Table 6 2 Initial Set Value of Dip Switch If the initial value is not consistent with Figure 6 3 please contact the seller you purchased the product Note If the CONNECTION MODE of PC Configuration is MODE4 AT command MODE it shall operate based on the Baud rate and at the value of Role established in PC configuration regardless of setting of ...

Page 14: ...cription LED TYPE STATUS DESCRIPTION Power Indicator LED Power LED Power Input The Red Light Turns on Status Indicator LED Status LED Connecting to Bluetooth Green LED is Flickering Connected to Bluetooth Green LED turned on PC Configuration Red LED is Flickering Table 7 1 Operation Check by LED Status Note If you a Reset Switch when a red Status LED flickers in a PC configuration Mode the product...

Page 15: ...ISM Band 4 Sensitivity 83dBm Typical 5 Transmit Power 8dBm Typical 6 Size 66 x 31 mm 7 Support Bluetooth Profile SPP Serial Port Profile 8 Input Power DC 5V 9 Current Consumption 100 mA Max 10 Temperature Operating 20 50 Limit Operating 30 80 11 Communication Speed 2 400bps 230 400bps 12 Antenna 4 966dBi Dipole Antenna 13 Interface 9 pin D SUB Female RS232 14 Flow Control RTS CTS DTR DSR support T...

Page 16: ...2 Connected Slave 39 45 43 Master 27 33 29 Data transmission Slave 51 57 54 Master 48 57 52 Data reception Slave 48 54 50 Master 45 54 49 Data transmission reception Slave 51 57 54 Master 51 60 55 Power save Slave 24 33 25 Master 21 33 27 Table 9 1 Current Consumption of FB100AS F TEST CONDITIONS Baud rate 9600 bps Input Voltage DC 5V The power consumption is subject to change depending on the tra...

Page 17: ...alues Device Name FB100v1 0 Pin Code Pass key BTWIN Uart baud rate data bit parity bit stop bit 9600 8 N 1 ROLE SLAVE Connection Mode MODE3 Operation Mode MODE0 1 1 communication Debug Char 0x02 Table 10 1 Initial Set Values of FB100AS F The Operating Set Values of Products is changeable by using Dip Switch or PC software Window Hyper Terminal or FIRMTECH PC Configuration Program Note Please refer...

Page 18: ...set each role for each device one for a MASTER another for a SLAVE It takes about 1 10 sec that a Master is connected to a Slave How to connect the wireless section of FB100AS F can be performed with 2 significant ways We will use 2 FB100AS F and MS Windows in describing procedures 11 1 Connecting with Connection WIZARD 1 Connect FB100AS F 1 to a Serial port of PC and turn the power on 2 Execute C...

Page 19: ... DEVICE COUNT Select number of devices to be connected Default 1 Figure 11 2 Connection Wizard Step 2 4 Click the Set up Start Button Figure 11 2 Blue borders after setting each values in blanks Figure 11 2 Red borders N 1 Com Port connected to FB100AS F N 2 0x02 N 3 1 1 Procedures procedures of Device Set up 2 SLAVE Device value It shows values if the SLAVE Set up is completed optional Figure 11 ...

Page 20: ...AVE Device Value is filled Figure 11 3 N 2 red borders 6 Remove FB100AS F 1 from the Serial port of PC the power should be turned on 7 Connect FB100AS F 2 to the Serial port and turn the power on Figure 11 4 Connection Wizard Step 4 8 Click the FIRMTECH MASTER Set up Figure 11 4 Blue borders Button 1 COM PORT Select the Serial port of PC connected to a product 2 DEBUG CHAR Default is 0x02 Refer to...

Page 21: ...00AS F 2 and check status LED of FB100AS F 2 is turns ON in 1 10seconds If LED is ON the section of Bluetooth is connected properly and Data Transmission is usable 11 2 How to connect with Dip Switch Set up FB100AS F can perform data communication once you change the Dip Switch Set up The following is the method of setting the Dip Switch 1 Set Baud rate Dip Switch of FB100AS F 1 to the proper spee...

Page 22: ...rst way is to use Configuration tool provided by FIRMTECH Co Ltd Second is to use the serial communication programs such as Hyper Terminal or Mincom provided by OS To set these are shown below 12 1 PC Configuration using BTConfig tool 1 After setting 4th Switch PC Configuration Switch of Function Dip Switch FB100AS F ON and connect the power Check if red LED is flickers on Status LED 2 Execute BTC...

Page 23: ... Default is 0x02 refer to the appendix A about PC Configuration 2 SERIAL PORT COM PORT proper port BAUDRATE 9600 PARITY BIT None STOP BIT 1 Figure 12 2 BTConfig tool Serial connection 1 SERIAL OPENED READ TO SET BTConfig tool and communication status of products Figure 12 3 BTconfig tool connection ...

Page 24: ...after BTConfig tool is connected to products as shown on Figure 12 3 MENU Buttons Figure 12 4 red borders N 1 are activated 1 BLUETOOTH PARAMETERS Set up Group Button 2 Set up window change Set up Groups and values 1 READ button read set values During first initialization value should be READ after BTConfig tools are connected to products 2 WRITE button Save set values Serial port is automatically...

Page 25: ...her descriptions 12 2 PC Configuration using Serial Communication Hyper Terminal Program 12 2 1 To Execute Hyper Terminal To set up PC Configuration using Hyper Terminal following procedures shall be performed prior to the power is being supplied after the FB100AS F is connected to the PC To set up PC Configuration the Serial Communication Program is required We will use Hyper Terminal in describi...

Page 26: ...t up Window 1 2 Execute in the order of start All Programs Accessories Communications Hyper Terminal then connection window will appear Enter appropriate name and click Figure 12 7 Hyper Terminal Set up Window 2 3 When the Figure 12 7 comes up select the COM port connected to FB100AS F and clicks the OK button ...

Page 27: ...ge 27 30 Figure 12 8 Hyper Terminal Set up Window 3 4 When Registration Information Window comes up as on Figure 12 8 select Bit per second 9600 Data bit 8 Parity none Stop bit 1 Flow control none which will execute Hyper Terminal Figure 12 9 Hyper Terminal Set Up Window 4 ...

Page 28: ... window will appear shown as on Figure 12 9 click the ASCII Setup button Figure 12 10 Hyper Terminal Set Up Window 5 6 As shown on Figure 12 10 Check Echo typed characters locally and come out pressing the acknowledge button Now the Hyper Terminal program setting procedure is completed to use PC Configuration 7 If the Power is approved for FB100AS F the menu such as Figure 12 11 will appear on the...

Page 29: ...d at upper side of the menu 3 To move menu use the number in the end of left side Please be sure to Enter key upon completion of input 4 key is used to delete the entered character currently 5 If the entered character is unreadable or is not supported at the appropriate menu Retry message will be output 6 If the input message is more than 12 characters Overflow buffer message will be output and th...

Page 30: ...FB100AS F User Guide Version 1 0 13 Approval Information Page 30 30 13 Approval Information 13 1 KCC 13 2 FCC compliance Information 13 3 CE 13 4 TELEC 13 5 SIG ...

Page 31: ...levision reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures Reori nt or relocate the receiving antenna Incre se the separation between the equipment and receiver Conn ct the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is con nected Consult the deal r or ...