[Coco] Other features of the bluetooth RS-232 Pak

[Roger Taylor]

Here's a little early tutorial for those who might possibly want a 
second bluetooth pak now or later.

Two CoCo's can connect to each other automatically over the air just 
like there's a null-modem cable connected.

It's called EasyConnect.  No surprise, but any 6551-based software or 
operating system is already compatible.  NitrOS-9, OS-9, Disk 
BASIC.  No software drivers are needed.  And best of all, no smoke and mirrors.

To program 2 CoCo's to link with each other automatically now and in 
the future, just do this EASY procedure once:

1) Power up each CoCo while holding down the CoCo Reset button. As 
soon as you see the LED come on (1/2 second), let off the Reset button.
2) On ONE of the CoCo's, tap the Reset button.

Done.  No need to do it again.  The paks will retain their bluetooth 
settings when the power is off.  The two 6551 chips are wirelessly 
connected to each other.

How do you know it worked?  Every 2 seconds, both CoCo's will flash 
their LEDs at the same time.

To remove EasyConnect mode or set the bluetooth module back to a 9600 
bps connection, perform the simple Reset procedure:

Resetting the bluetooth settings to factory defaults:

1) Hold down the CoCo reset button while powering up
2) after about 1.5 seconds the LED will go off
3) release the Reset button.
The pak is reset.
-- 
Roger Taylor

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