Hello, reader.
I have an Arduino Pro Mini connected to a FTDI SmartBasic connected to a Bluetooth Mate Silver. I accidentally broke the Bluetooth module today trying to factory reset it, so will have to order a new one, thus stalling the project for up to 50% of the remaining time until the due date. Do not worry for me in this respect; I shall sacrifice sleep if I must to finish on time.
During this stalling period, I would like to find out why the CoolTerm serial port terminal for Windows will not recognize the unique identifier of the MindWave Mobile EEG headset, which is certainly and exactly "9c:b7:0d:90:ec:c5" on my computer. Supposedly, I am to type into CoolTerm "SR,9cb70d90ecc5", and this should cause the terminal to respond with "AOK". Since "AOK" was not seen after I typed this command but was seen for previous commands, I conclude that the command has some error.
This source (Hackers in Residence - Hacking MindWave Mobile - SparkFun Learn) says to retype the command if it fails. Honestly, I perhaps did not do so, so now I expect everyone here to tell me to try that even when there could be another issue. (Thus, it does me a disfavor to admit that I probably did not try this. I could have tried it, though, but I have forgotten since I typed in so many commands that it is difficult to remember.)
Another source says to type the first four digits, then a comma, then two more digits, then a comma, then the rest of the unique identifier. I tried this. It did not work (i.e. "AOK" was not displayed.) I tried this with capital letters. It also did not work.
I also tried adding in the colons. It did not work. I then capitalized while the colons were present. It did not work. I tried replacing the colons with commas. It did not work. I tried replacing the colons with commas while capitalizing. It also did not work.
Every single format I tried has failed, yet I know certainly that I copied the unique identifier of the MindWave Mobile 100% correctly. I have yet to see any source on the Internet explain clearly what CoolTerm expects from this command in particular.
This forum has had a question about connecting MindWave Mobile to Bluetooth, yet every participant of that thread seems to have gotten past this point of the Bluetooth connection process.
Does anyone know what I am doing wrong other than perhaps not retyping the command immediately after it fails the first time? This issue is extremely puzzling, as I know for sure I copied the unique identifier correctly, so there should be no issue. Has it anything to do with ASCII and hexadecimal? The first source says to type in ASCII, yet I believe CoolTerm reads in ASCII by default. (I don't know where to find this setting, though.)
Your help would be much appreciated! 