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V. MCB3100 WiRobot Serial Bluetooth Wireless Module
V.1 Introduction
The MCB3100 Serial Bluetooth Wireless Module is a class II Bluetooth module with on-board
communication stack. This device can be plugged into any UART or RS232 compatible serial port
(requires MCR3210P RS232 Interface Module for signal change) on almost any devices without
needing to install drivers. It can be considered as a “wireless cable” to replacement for any RS232
serial cable and can be used in applications for wireless audio, still image, sensing and control data
communications.
V.1.1 Features
. Class 2 Bluetooth operation
. On-board communication stack
. Effective range: 15 meters indoor, 45 meters outdoor
. Support UART data rate: 921.6/460.8/115.2 kbps
. Plug-and-play in the WiRobot system
V.1.2 Applications
. Robotic systems: both run-time and development-stage communication
. General-purpose wireless data communication
V.2 Operations
V.2.1 Theory of Operation
The MCB3100 Serial Bluetooth Wireless Module is designed to run as part of the WiRobot system. It
can be directly plugged on to the PMB5010 Robot Multimedia Controller board or the PMS5005
Robot Sensing and Motion Controller board. When connected to the MCR3210P RS232 Interface
board through a cable, it can also serve as wireless links for any systems that have a standard RS232
interface (PC for example). By default, the UART data rate is pre-programmed to 115.2kbps with
hardware flow control and can be adjusted according to the customer’s preferred setting at the time of
purchase. All wireless firmware has been embedded into the module and user simply needs to issue a
“CONNECT” command to the MCB3100 in order to establish a connection with another MCB3100
wireless module.
V.2.2 Configuration (PC-PC for Sample)
1. Connect MCB3100 Bluetooth modules and MCR3210P RS232 interface modules with
8pin flat cable (provided by Dr Robot), red line should be first Pin.
2. Use null-modem RS232 cable connect MCR3210P RS232 interface module to PC serial
port (such as Com1), and use one USB cable to connect MCR3210P RS232 interface module
to one USB port. It just provides power to RS232 module.
3. Same connection to another PC.
4. Launch Hyper Terminal program, choose a port (just connected on step2), and set port
settings as:
Bits per second: 115200,
Data bits: 8,
Parity: none,