Thats good news Jim. 8)
Oh, way cool discovery… We found that the Bluetooth dongle can easily talk to two robots at the same time. We had to use two Sequencer program sessions, and there wasn’t any way to sync them, but it worked! Now I’m seeing if the Sequencer program can be altered to allow parsing the 32 channels to more than one serial port. So the Sequencer program could potentially control say 4 robots with 8 servos each, using 4 separate SSC-32 servo controllers. Hmmm… This has potential for extreme coolness. 8)
And possible extreme synced Robot Dancing 
OMG Jim! 
That would be a VERY cool addition to the sequencer!
What happens when the robot looses sync is that one set of commands is lost. If communication is reestablished, the robot will start processing commands as normal. In essence the robot will skip a series of commands. If the missed commands are critical to balancing, the robot can fall over.
The some cases the robot processes only part of a command string.
In a few cases, the robot processes some garbage.
If the communication is lost, the robot doesn’t fall limp. The SSC-32 will hold the robot in its last commanded position until told to move to a new position.
This only becomes a problem with time critical sequences.
As for the number of BlueSMiRFs that can be controlled, it is my understanding that the dongle can communicate with up to 8 different devices. Thus with one PC, you can control a small hoard of maurading robots.
Very Very cool! 
With 8 dongles you could control 64 robots!
Jims probly getting more range because of the BT adpter he,s using ,if its like mine it suposed to be 100m, i still like the iogear because its so easy to go back to cable but i need a 90 degree DB9 adpter so it wont stick out the side but i,m thinking of jjust using a DB9 cable so i can raise it up away from all the noise from the bot ,
Jim could u put link in here to the IOGEAR sticky mmm and maybe link this 1 over there ,with this and a wiport secure video is just around the corner not to mention true duplex communication
PS great sticky
I see u already have linked it
You must have read my mind 
of course he did
It would have been nice to know the BlueSMiRF I ordered didn’t come with header pins installed but I also should have read the whole listing. It also would have been nice to locate my Bluetooth dongle I KNEW I had before I submitted my Sparkfun order. Well, I finally got all my parts in and was excited to test it since my new laptop did not have a serial port and the only thing I had to control my newly formed Biped Pete was the SSC-32.
Well, excited to get this working after a long day at work, I got started and sort of had it working until I messed with the FIFO settings then couldn’t seem to get it back. Then I lost my outgoing COM port but not the incoming. Then I couldn’t connect at all.
Then…I checked my 9V battery…and it was at 7.55V…grrrrr
Well, now it’s working on Vista. Thanks for the help out here. I haven’t gotten it to do much but wanted to share my story since I haven’t had a chance to do anything on my project in over a month. Please check your batteries!
What needs to be done to run two Blue Smirfs from one dongle?
This sounds interesting!
Alan KM6VV
Is this something new they are doing? I never actually ordered one but I thought they used to come with the pins installed?
The two I ordered had header pins.
Alan KM6VV
When did you order them Alan?
Here are the two orders:
Date Shipped: 2/18/2008
Shipping Method: USPS First Class Mail
Items shipped in this package:
1 x WRL-00145 : 2.4GHz Duck Antenna RP-SMA
1 x WRL-00150 : Bluetooth USB Module
1 x WRL-00158 : Bluetooth Modem - BlueSMiRF RP-SMA
Date Shipped: 5/22/2008
Shipping Method: USPS First Class Mail
Items shipped in this package:
1 x WRL-00158 : Bluetooth Modem - BlueSMiRF RP-SMA
1 x WRL-00150 : Bluetooth USB Module
1 x WRL-00145 : 2.4GHz Duck Antenna RP-SMA
Humm, I take that back. the newest one doesn’t have a header! As I have header stock of various sorts, I’m wondering if I put it on. No matter, it’s a simple task.
Here’s a connector and some jumper wires you can use.
1 ea CST-100 6-position connector receptacle Digi-Key A19494-ND
6 ea Crimp CST-100 pins Digi-Key A19520-ND
1 ea Qty. 10 5" Jumpers and 20 Headers SchmartBoard 920-0006-01
Alan KM6VV
I noticed that the new smirfs in the Lynxmotion tutorial did not need to go into command mode. What if I want to access command mode? In lynxterm, entering “+++” or “$$$” does not initiate the mode. Can someone help?
a question about this,
i have a bb2, atom 28 pro, ssc32 (xan code) ps2 controll
can i send data over bluesmirf to bb2 and this will send directly data to pins on the ssc32?
for exaple camera tracking by roborealm on the head from a bot.
but i want controll the bot normaly with the ps2 controller.
is it possible?
First, Great Tutorial. Had my wireless connection running on the first with “BUILD117” had issues using “BUILD125” System could not find a driver.
I’m using Windows 7 with a TRENDnet TU-S9 USB to Serial Converter and SSC32 V2.
- I can connect using the BlueSoleil software without any issues
- I can open Lynxterm and set up my Serial port without any issues
- I typed “Ver” in the Lynxterm terminal and it returned the correct version (2.04GP)
- When I typed “+++” nothing happened cursor moved to the beginning of the line.
- Also tried “AT” and “ATSW20,472,0,0,1” with the same results
- I typed “#0 P1500” and servo on channel 0 rotated center
- Tried few other channels and positions without any problems
- Also was able to control the servos using the slider
- Tried the Visual Sequencer and it worked like a champ
Should i have any concerns that i wasn’t able to get a response the “+++”, “AT” commands?
Thanks
I don’t think so. If you are able to control the SSC-32 with it without problems, then it is uh… working.
The AT command is there to set the BlueSMiRF’s baud rate to 115.2k to match the SSC-32. The older BlueSMiRF boards were set to 9600 baud by default whereas the newer ones were set to 115.2k. The two boards also have different codes to access the configuration mode. The older ones use +++ while the newer ones use $$$, so you might want to try that if you would like to reconfigure your BlueSMiRF at some point.