User Manual

BL620-US
USB BLE Dongle – Single Mode
Central Mode BLE Module Featuring
smart BASIC
GETTING STARTED
Quick Start Guide v1.0
INTRODUCTION
The goal of this document is to explain how to install the BL620-US dongle for use on your PC/Mac.
REQUIREMENTS
The following equipment and utilities are required:
 BL620-US Dongle
 Windows PC/Mac
 UwTerminal (Windows)
The BL620-US dongle has a Segger J-Link chip on board so when you connect the dongle to your computer it
will search for the relevant driver which can be obtained from http://www.segger.com/jlink-software.html
.
INSTALLATION (WINDOWS)
1. Connect the dongle to your PC
2. With the J-Link driver installed, wait until Windows finishes installing device driver software.
3. Check that the device is listed in the Device Manager. See Figure 1
.
4. Open UwTerminal and type “at” and return to check you can communicate with the dongle.
Note: When using the BL620-US dongle, in UwTerminal the CTS pin will always be deasserted
INSTALLATION (MAC)
1. Connect the dongle to your Mac
2. Open Terminal and type “ls /dev/cu.*” to get a list of the serial devices connected. Your dongle will be something similar to
cu.usbmodem####.
3. Type “screen /dev/cu.usbmodem####” replacing “####” with what was returned by the previous command. You can now
communicate with the dongle using AT commands. See Figure 2
.
Note: In the screen window, use ctrl + a to see a help screen with a list of available commands. Exit Screen
by pressing ctrl + a, then ctrl + \