Connecting Mac to Bluetooth

Hexy Questions, Problems and Suggestions
#1

I thought I’d try connecting my Bluetooth module today while waiting for some corrected parts to finish my Hexy assembly. I updated my Servotor to 2.0 and then plugged in the Bluetooth module. The red light started flashing as expected.

I am running Mountain Lion on a MacBook Air. I opened the Bluetooth control panel and the Arcbotics device showed up. I clicked into it - it showed the 0000 pin for a moment and then disappeared showing the list of devices. The Arcbotics module shows there but shows as not connected and the light on the module continues to flash red.

What I can’t figure out is how to actually Connect the module. I’m trying to connect using the Arduino software but have had no luck.

Any pointers?

#2

The Bluetooth adaptor will continuously flash red unless it’s actively being used, for example if you have PoMoCo running or if you are uploading a project from the Arduino IDE. When it’s being actively used, only then does it stay solid red.

If you run the following from a terminal, do you see a device called something like tty.Arcbotics.DevB?

ls /dev/tty.*

If so, the bluetooth adapter is definitely available to the OS.

I haven’t tried the 2.0 Servotor firmware, but with the 1.7 version, I had to make some changes to servotorComm.py to allow connection at 112,500 baud before I could get Bluetooth working