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  • K Konrad Walsh

    I have given up.. I cant get anywhere with this but I think its cause I bought hc-06.. Are you closer?

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    @Konrad-Walsh For what I know, the HC-06 is automatically configured to take in AT commands, so that shouldn't be a problem, although mine (that I got today) seems to be defective as I send it the AT command, but I'm getting no answer.

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    • hekH hek

      I accidentally feed the first module with reversed polarity. It did not like that very much. :(

      The second module arrived this week, but I haven't hooked it up yet. Planned on using software serial and had a test sketch going something like this:

      /* $Id$
      
      Serial terminal for the HC-05 bluetooth module.
      Sets up BT module and allow user interaction with the device via the Arduino Serial Monitor.
      
      Wiring of BT HC-05 device to the Arduino
      RX -> 11
      TX -> 10
      KEY -> 9
      */
      
      #include <SoftwareSerial.h>
      
      // Bluetooth to Arduino pins.
      #define BTkey 9
      #define BTrxPin 10
      #define BTtxPin 11
      
      enum { SYNC, ASYNC };
      
      SoftwareSerial BTSerial(BTrxPin, BTtxPin);
      
      // Send a command to the bluetooth device.
      // mode ASYNC - don't want for the response
      // mode SYNC - wait for the response
      void sendBluetoothCommand(String cmd, uint8_t mode) {
        Serial.print(mode == SYNC ? "SYNC> " : "ASYNC> ");
        Serial.println(cmd);
      
        BTSerial.println(cmd);
        if (mode == ASYNC) return;
        
        char ch = 0;
        while (ch != '\n') {
          if (BTSerial.available()) {
            ch = BTSerial.read();
             Serial.write(ch);
          }
        }
      }
      
      void setup()
      {
         Serial.begin(57600);
         
        /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // SETUP BLUETOOTH  
        // define pin modes for tx, rx:
        pinMode(BTrxPin, INPUT);
        pinMode(BTtxPin, OUTPUT);
        // Switch module to AT mode
        pinMode(BTkey, OUTPUT);
        digitalWrite(BTkey, HIGH);  
        BTSerial.begin(38400);
        sendBluetoothCommand("AT", SYNC);
        sendBluetoothCommand("AT+NAME=blueNode", SYNC);
        // AT+ROLE=p1
        // p1 - 0 Slave Role, 1 Master Role, 2 Slave-Loop role.
        sendBluetoothCommand("AT+ROLE=1", SYNC);
        // AT+INQM=p1,p2,p3
        // p1 - 0 inquire_mode_standad, 1 inquire_mode_rssi
        // p2 - maximum number of bluetooth devices response
        // p3 - the maximum of limited inquiring time. 1~48 (1.28s ~ 61.44s)
        //      15*1.28 = 19sec 
        sendBluetoothCommand("AT+INQM=0,5,15", SYNC);
      }
      
      void loop()
      {
        // Keep reading from HC-05 and send to Arduino Serial Monitor
        if (BTSerial.available())
          Serial.write(BTSerial.read());
      
        // Keep reading from Arduino Serial Monitor and send to HC-05
        if (Serial.available())
          BTSerial.write(Serial.read());
      }
      

      And.. the first module was of the wrong type (I think). Must support master-mode if I understand it correctly. The second one I bought was this type.

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      @hek When you say you inverted the polarity... are you talking about VCC and GRD? or Rx and TX?

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      • P PedroC88

        @hek When you say you inverted the polarity... are you talking about VCC and GRD? or Rx and TX?

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        hek
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        @PedroC88

        vcc/gnd

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          Konrad Walsh
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          i am "semi" abandoned it.. I couldn't get it work at all...

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            Konrad Walsh
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            i am "semi" abandoned it.. I couldn't get it work at all... but I cant say I fully grasp the syntax yet. Hopefully @HEK gets the notion...

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            • K Konrad Walsh

              i am "semi" abandoned it.. I couldn't get it work at all... but I cant say I fully grasp the syntax yet. Hopefully @HEK gets the notion...

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              @Konrad-Walsh At the end I got the HC06 to work, I'm finally understanding all of this, if you tell me what you're trying to accomplish and the code u have I might be able to help. Also the module you're using.

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                Øyvind A. Espnes
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                I really like this idea, but for it to be effective we need to measure the decibel level of the connection and not just connected/disconnected state. Is this possible?

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                • Ø Øyvind A. Espnes

                  I really like this idea, but for it to be effective we need to measure the decibel level of the connection and not just connected/disconnected state. Is this possible?

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                  @Øyvind-A.-Espnes I haven't tried it, but with the AT+INQM command you can specify wether you want the RSSI of the device when issuing the AT+INQ command. This document can better explain it.

                  After that it should just be a matter of parsing the resulting string and extract the signal strength.

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                    Dean
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                    I was thinking about going this route, but until last weekend I was using Tasker and having it tell Vera that I am here when my phone connects to my Wifi. I bought a new phone and I can't get it to stay connected when it hasn't been used in a while, so I have to rethink...

                    While a Mysensors option could be good, what I am going to do is use my many Android tablets that I have throughout my home and have them always searching my my mobile. With them all throughout my home, I won't have to worry about bluetooth range.

                    Sorry it isn't a Mysensors option, but I thought I would share what I am going to do :-)

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                      Newzwaver
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                      Any luck with BT?

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                        riochicken
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                        @hek

                        Hi,

                        Did you get anywhere with this? I would like to build a bluetooth sensor myself but since this is an old thread, I am not really sure if the market has been modernized a little with bluetooth devices..

                        Thanks!

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                          hek
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                          Sorry, no. Realised modern phones BT goes into sleep mode which means they don't announce themselves for longer periods. Kind of made it meaningless for the application.

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