UwTerminalX: First steps
This provides a quick brief quick start guide of how to start working with UwTerminalX and a Laird Bluetooth module, it assumes you have already downloaded UwTerminalX to your computer (and optionally TermNotify).
Run the TermNotify executable and plug your Laird module in, once the drivers have been installed a popup will appear like so:
Click the popup to launch UwTerminalX with the serial port configured to use the device that was plugged in and continue on to part B below.
If not using TermNotify, then plug the Laird module in and wait for the drivers to install. Once the drivers have installed, open device management (click the start menu, right click 'computer' and click 'manage', when the window opens, click 'Device Manager' on the left tree view). Expand the 'Ports (COM & LPT)' list, and an entry with 'USB Serial Port COMx' should be visible, note down the number of the COM port and close the window.
Open a new instance of UwTerminalX, click 'Accept' and select the COM port from the dropdown that matches the port found from device manager.
Use the device dropbox to select the type of the device that has been connected, this will configure the flow control, baud rate and other configuration parameters, then click 'Open' to establish communication with the device. If this is successful, the tab will change to the terminal tab, otherwise an error will be displayed.
From the terminal tab, commands can be typed in the text box and sent to the module (this also shows data received from the device), right clicking on the terminal area will display the functionality that UwTerminalX supports. Downloading and running an application on a module is as easy as right clicking and selecting 'XCompile + Load + Run', selecting the smartBASIC source code file and clicking 'OK'.
For additional help, please see the help file included with UwTerminalX, available under the 'about' tab.