I have Arduino Uno R3, and I followed this tutorial Bluetooth Mate Tutorial for allowing the bluetooth and the computer to communicate. The code provided in this tutorial works fine for serial communication through the cable which I use is COM port 6. However, when I establish a bluetooth connection with the bluetooth silver mate Using the BlueSMiRF - SparkFun Learn , connected to the arduino, I note the Com port which is 7 in this case. However I try to use a serial monitor like putty or tera term, I fail to connect to this com port 7. Any suggestions would be nice. Thanks, been stuck on this on for a few days now.
The bluetooth module you are using does not seem to be very unusual. The on-board lights should reveal all but you don't say what is happening with them. All the setup should be at the PC end. The device has to be paired and connected. The pairing is done with a windows tray app and this merely makes the module available. The connection is done in the terminal programme.
The stat light is blinking, but whenever I connect the bluetooth dongle to this bt silver mate, it doesn't light Connect led which is green. I also tried connecting this device using my andriod phone with app called bluetooth spp, the pairing fails. I am doing a factory reset and lets hope that works.