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How to configure the BlueSnap RS-232 to Bluetooth adapter

This Product is discontinued. This guide will walk you through the process of configuring your BlueSnap module with a serial communication terminal on Windows. There are many serial communication terminals available, including JavaTerm and YAT. For this tutorial, we will be using Tera Term  on a Windows 10 PC. Tera Term is a free and can be downloaded here. You will need the following for this tutorial: The BlueSnap RS-232 to Bluetooth 2.1 adapter A USB to RS-232 adapter cable If your BlueSnap is male, you will need a Female-to-Female NULL Modem

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Post scale weights on iPad-iPhone Android MacOS Windows

Connect Scales Wirelessly With BlueSnap M6A You use the BlueSnap M6A Wireless dongle/adapter to connect  RS-232 scales  wirelessly enable hundreds of RS-232 scale models. Find on this page, scale models known to work. Also note hundreds of models NOT found on this page also work. Post scale weights on iPad-iPhone, Android, MacOS, Windows wirelessly without programming. Wireless enable your RS232 scale today. How It Works Without Programming Scales you find here have RS-232 serial port support and customers report them working with BlueSnap M6A wireless dongle. Use SerialMagic Keys iOS, Android, MacOS,

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BlueSnap Specifications

Operating Modes Mode Description Command Slave Mode Slave Mode is the default mode of the BlueSnap. While in this mode, other wireless devices can discover and connect to the BlueSnap. SM,0 Master Mode Master Mode enables the ability to make outbound connections via the C command. SM,1 Trigger Mode Trigger Mode configures the BlueSnap to connect to the remote stored address automatically when data is received on the local serial port of the master. SM,2 Auto Master Mode Auto Master Mode configures the BlueSnap to automatically connect to the stored

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How to change the baud rate of the BlueSnap Smart dongle on Windows

The default baud rate for the BlueSnap Smart Dongle is 115200. Some applications may require a different baud rate. This article will walk you through the steps to change the baud rate (to 9600 in this example). You will need a terminal application like TeraTerm, PuTTy, or Serialio’s JavaTerm. We will use PuTTy in this example. You will also need a USB-RS232 cable to connect the BlueSnap Smart Dongle to the PC. Open PuTTy, select the Serial radio button and set your communication options to the correct COM port and

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Set BlueSnap M6A Baudrate Wireless RS232 (DB9) Adapter

You set BlueSnap M6A baudrate on the BlueSnap M6A Wireless RS-232 (DB9) Adapter quickly and easily. Simply launch the yACK FAST app, connect to the M6A then you select the menu option to change baudrate. Then tap the desired baudrate from the list, and the app changes the baudrate and reboots the BlueSnap M6A. Also note, your battery M6A will power off after reset. Following shows the BlueSnap M6A baudrate selection dialog on yACK FASTon iOS running on iPhone 13. When you set BlueSnap M6A baudrate on yACK FAST Android,

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Unix Error Numbers

#define EPERM 1 /* Not super-user */ #define ENOENT 2 /* No such file or directory */ #define ESRCH 3 /* No such process */ #define EINTR 4 /* Interrupted system call */ #define EIO 5 /* I/O error */ #define ENXIO 6 /* No such device or address */ #define E2BIG 7 /* Arg list too long */ #define ENOEXEC 8 /* Exec format error */ #define EBADF 9 /* Bad file number */ #define ECHILD 10 /* No children */ #define EAGAIN 11 /* No more processes */

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SerialPort Install Notes

The Java Tool For Serial PortsVersion 6.1WinXP/2K/NTx86/98/95, OS/2, Mac PPC OS9/OSX,Solaris Sparc/x86, Linux x86/ARM, FreeBSD x86, HP/UX PA-RISC, SGI IRIX MIPS, IBM AIX PPC, SCO UnixWare IA32, Compaq Tru64 Alpha, Novell Netware, WinCE MIPS/SH3/SH4/ARM, EPOC32 ARM, PocketPC 2002 MIPS/SH3/SH4/ARM Java compatability Note This version was compiled with JDK 1.4.0. Due to enhancements in JDK 1.4.0, certain older code may not run as expected when run on older versions of the Java VM (1.1.8 in particular). If you plan to run on JDK 1.1.8 use the Serialio.jar in the ../Core/Jars/JDK118 folder.

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SerialPort Power Management Examples

SerialPort provides power management for PCMCIA and CF cards.* This allows you to maximize battery life by minimizing the power consumption of your application. Using the power management features is very simple. Below, you’ll find a couple of example snippets that demonstrate SerialPort’s power management capabilities. Example 1 — Querying the state of a particular card slot: int slot = choiceSlot.getSelectedIndex();int pMode = SerialPortLocal.getPowerMode(slot); Example 2 — Setting the card state to standby or active: int pMode = 1;if (cbStandby.getState()) pMode = 0;int slot = choiceSlot.getSelectedIndex();SerialPortLocal.setPowerMode(slot, pMode); *Not supported on all platforms

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About Java SerialPort

SerialPort is the world’s first (since 1996), and still foremost Java product for serial ports. SerialPort provides highly flexible control of serial ports from your Java application.SerialPort is a high-performance class that also provides low-level serial port control. If your device plugs into a serial port—on or off the Internet—it is almost certain that you can use SerialPort to communicate with it. Applets To implement applet support, you must create a ‘trusted’ applet. If you’re interested in creating trusted applets, ask about our Termlet Package which has the source code

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SerialPort Version Changelog

Changes for version 9.6-9.7 MacOS M1 Apple Silicon support Windows SerGetPortListReg method gets ports from the registry for devices not showing in the Windows Device Manager. Changes for version 9.5-9.6 Windows Server 2022 Changes for version 9.3-9.5 Support Windows 11 Changes for version 9.2-9.3 Support Windows Server 2019 Changes for version 9.1-9.2 Linux x86 serGetPortList support, aarch64 architecture, ttyUSB  Changes for version 9.0-9.1 Support Windows Server 2016 Changes for version 8.9-9.0 Support Raspberry Pi-3 (LuxArm 32-bit)Support ODROID (in RPi-3 package – LuxArm 64-bit) Changes for version 8.8-8.9 Support Windows 10 Changes

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Our Testimonial

Cloud-In-Hand Mobile Grid on iPad & iPhone is an unmatched data collection solution. Form-A-Feed uses this solution successfully for years. Serialio support has been unmatched by any supplier. The Support Team is super responsive, and the Cloud-In-Hand Mobile Grid solution always works. Mobile Grid is so reliable, when our Microsoft based solution fails, Serialio is… Read more “Unmatched Data Collection Solution – Cloud-In-Hand Mobile Grid”

Martin Tandsater
Form-A-Feed, Inc.

The Toshiba Team spent months searching for the best electronic emergency headcount software for our large facilities. Toshiba needed emergency mustering Roll Call ensuring employees, visitors, and contractors are all safe and accounted for during an Emergency. Serialio was one of many companies we reached out to, and we’re so thankful we did! The Cloud-In-Hand… Read more “Emergency Headcount Software 1-Million-Square-Foot”

Derius Goudeaux - Safety Manager
Toshiba

Our search for mobile order for sales reps and trade shows solution ended when we found Cloud-In-Hand® Mobile Order. Mobile Order is a terrific application replacing our last ordering solution.  We deployed to our outside sales staff and use it for our trade shows on iPads & iPhones.  We were up and running in record… Read more “Mobile Order For Sales Reps and Trade Shows”

Scott Bonora - Director of Operations
Phillips International, Inc.

In 2019, we needed a reliable and cost-effective method of enabling RFID scans on a tablet for a custom RFID time clock application on Windows Surface Pro we developed.  We were fortunate enough to find SerialMagic Professional and the idChamp® RFID Smart Card Badge Reader.  Serialio assisted us with the software and hardware needed to… Read more “Enable RFID Scans On Windows Surface Pro For Time Clock Application”

Russell Hopkinson - Senior Engineer

University of Wyoming Vending Services has used the BlueSnap M6A Dex for vending machine service for vending machine DEX service for over two years. VendSys initially recommended we purchase the BlueSnap DEX Kit and we’re very happy we did. UW Vending has full-time, employees managing students who are route drivers. I can confidently say that… Read more “Vending Machine DEX Service With iPhone-Android-BlueSnap”

Bill McCleary - Manager Vending Services
University of Wyoming

We take orders with iScanBrowser iOS with the PX20 wireless mobile 2D+1D barcode scanner. Our users quickly and reliably make orders are in our showroom with iScanBrowser on iPad Air devices. We like the speed and stability of the PX20 iScanBrowser in building orders fast and accurate. We have worked with Serialio.com for many years… Read more “iScanBrowser iOS Super-Fast & Reliable Order Taking”

David R.
Giftwares Company, Inc.

With the ability to import laser measurements into any iOS app, SerialMagic Keys iOS has increased my workflow speed and accuracy tremendously. Thank you serialio.com for making SerialMagic Keys work with BOSCH Laser Measure on iOS. SerialMagic Keys iOS has powerful features like unit conversions and formatting that posts the readings exactly as we want… Read more “BOSCH Laser Measure on iOS”

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I just wanted to reach out and thank you. From the minute we completed the form for Serialio Software Developer  program (SDP), you and your support team jumped right in. Your engineers were extremely responsive and were able to resolve our technical blocker (that had us stuck for many weeks) very quickly (in two days)… Read more “Software Developer Program (SDP) Got Us Results Quickly”

Ken Martini
Director Seed Engineering

A remote Canadian mining site utilizes stratus-io, a part of the Cloud-In-Hand® Solution Framework, to track who is on-site at their facilities. Deployed in multiple locations, stratus-io is used in conjunction with our idChamp® NF4 Wireless Smart Card reader to read employee badges as they enter the facility. Check-ins are monitored by a guard stationed at… Read more “Cloud-In-Hand® Mobile Attendance For Mining Company”

Sandra Seres
Seres Consulting Ltd.

We used RFID wristbands and Scanfob® brand RFID Readers from Serialio that synced with our membership POS software.  This allowed BearX memberships exclusive perks.  They were able to charge to their membership account which tied to their credit card on file.  We also used Bluetooth custom branded RFID scanners from Serialio that scanned information into… Read more “Serialio Provides RFID Solution for Membership POS at BearX Aquatic Venue”

Zach Reeh
Director of Technology, BearX