7/29/2019 1 Getting Starded

1/5

New Topic.

Getting started with the modules

The above figure shows the 2.4GHz RF modules which you may have received. Note that one of them have their pins bent and theother has its pins straight.You must have received a pair of same modules. Both of these work as transceivers.

To get started with the data communication, you have to first set up the modules. You need to set up the Channel ID, Device ID and theBaud Rate.

To know more about connecting the hardware to your computer, please click here. (internet connection required)

After you have connected the hardware to your computer, you can now start the Robosoft Systems 2.4 GHz RF Module software.Please click here to know the system requirements of the software. When you start the software, you will be see a screen which will look like

this:

From here you can select the port of your computer to which you have connected the RF module. Over here you will find all the portslisted which are available in your computer right now. Among these ports, you will have to correctly select the one to which your hard ware isconnected right now. To know how to find out, to which port you have connected the hardware, please click here.

Page 1 of 5

02/11/2010file://C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~hhC1C8.htm

7/29/2019 1 Getting Starded

2/5

If any part of your screen appears to be blank or you are unable to make our what is written on th screen, you may have tochange the screen resolution and the appearance of Windows. To know how to do this, pleaseclick here.

Robosoft Systems 2.4 GHz RF Module supports COM ports only upto COM16. If your hardware has issued a COM port number morethan COM16, then you need to change it back to a lower value which less than or equal to COM16. To know how to change the COM portnumber, please click here.

Clicking Select will select the COM port which is currently visible on the drop down menu. Clicking Default will select the first optionavailable on the the drop down menu. Clicking Cancel will not select any port. In the future, if you want to do any data transfer whichinvolves the COM port, you will have to select the COM port fi rst.

After you have selected the port, you will see the following screen:

This window helps you to send or receive packets or single bytes. But before you start to send or receive data, you need to configure theRF module first. To do this you can click on the tab Configure Module as shown below:

After you click on this tab, the window that comes up is:

Page 2 of 5

02/11/2010file://C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~hhC1C8.htm

7/29/2019 1 Getting Starded

3/5

From here you will set up the Channel ID, Device ID, and Baud Rate. To do this you will have to select the Channel ID from the firstoption menu to be any value between 0 - 255. The Device ID will also have to selected from the second menu option within 0 - 255. Leavingthe Device ID as either 0 or 255 will set up the RF module in broadcast mode. Please note that the broadcast mode of the RF modulewill be confined within the specific channel that you have selected. After this you will have to select the Baud Rate. The available

options are 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800 and 9600 bps. You will probably like to leave the Baud rate at 9600 bps. To load the values on the RFmodule you will have to click on the Load button. Suppose you have selected the Channel ID as 40, Device ID as 60, and Baud Rate as 9600.If you now click on the Load button, you will be able to see a window like this:

After you have loaded the values, you will probable like to read back the values that you have loaded. For doing this you will have to click

on the Read button. When you click on the Read button, you will see the following window:

You are now done with configuring one module. You will have to repeat the same steps for the other module. To review the steps once

Page 3 of 5

02/11/2010file://C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~hhC1C8.htm

7/29/2019 1 Getting Starded

4/5

again, please click here.

Now that you are done with configuring the modules, you will now connect the modules to two different computers and click on the tab

Run Module as shown:

Clicking on this tab will open up the following window again:

You will have to click on the button Open Port which will now read as Close Port and the colour of the button will turn red. This is as

shown below:

Page 4 of 5

02/11/2010file://C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~hhC1C8.htm

7/29/2019 1 Getting Starded

5/5

Now you can use this form to send/receive packets or bytes.

To know how to send/receive packets, please click here.

To know how to send/reveive bytes, please click here.

Page 5 of 5

02/11/2010fil //C \U \Ad i \A D \L l\T \ hhC1C8 h