How can I veryfy that I'm connected to Arduino BT?

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I have an Arduino BT and I am trying to upload the LED blink sketch. I have tried for nearly two days now without any luck. Can anywone please try to help me! I am working on a Windows Vista laptop.

First of all: How can I veryfy that the data is actually coming through to the Arduino BT? I have read at http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/ArduinoBT that "First, pair the Arduino BT with your computer and create a virtual serial port for it. I have done this with the program BlueSoleil. Right now I'm not sure where my problem is.

I can also read at http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/ArduinoBT that I should add the line Serial.begin(115200) in my setup() function. I have done this.

I compile the Blink sketch and I want to upload it to my Arduino BT. I have tried this in several ways. Here are some examples:

  1. Just press the button "Upload to I/O board" in Arduino - 0013 Alpha program.

  2. Same as 1 but pressing the reset button before "Upload to I/O board". Every time I press the Reset button I drop the virtual serial port I have created with BlueSoleil. (Is this correct? Should I use BlueSoleil? Should I press the Reset button before I program the I/O board? I read somewhere that all programs that automatically scan the COM-ports should be turned of. Is BlueSoleil such a program?)

  3. I also pressed the button "Upload to I/O board" without BlueSoleil running. Arduino - 0013 Alpha is running slower when BlueSoleil is running, espesially the Tools menu.

  4. I have also tried to upload my sketch with the "Serial Monitor" by entering the text "C:\Program Files\Arduino\hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude" -C"C:\Program Files\Arduino\hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf" -v -v -v -v -pm168 -cstk500v1 -P\.\COM5 -b19200 -D -Uflash:w:"C:\Users\ei0haan\Documents\Arduino\Blink\applet\Blink.hex:i" (I received this from the output window when upload.verbose=true in preferences.txt)

When I press the reset button the LED first blinks three times and it takes about two seconds. After that the LED is black for about 10 seconds. After that it starts to blink again, in a pattern that is three or four blinks an then a paus. The pattern takes about a second to finish.

I'm using COM5. I got this port number from BlueSoleil.

Have someone experienced the same problem as I have? Right now I don't know where my problem is? (In the Bluetooth communication? Is it BlueSoleil?) Can anyone guide me in th right direction.

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The reason to number 4 is that I read somewhere that when you press the button "Upload to I/O board" the sketch i compiled first an it is hard to get the timeing correct with the reset button.

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I also have two on-board LEDs: 3V3 and BATT-LOW. Both are active with a yellow light. I have powered my Arduino BT with 5 volt from a Loboratory power supply.

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Can anyone help me here please?! Just answer one or a few of my questions....

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GAAAAAAARRRRRHHHHHHHH! Why am I not surprised. I tried to program my Arduino BT with a Mac and my first attempt is a success. What is wrong with Windows? I only borrowd the Mac, it has to work on a Windows computer as well.

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Did you ever figure this out. I just got mine working with Windows.

Charlie O.