Trying to pair a DF Robot Bluetooth v3 Serial Module

Hi There,

We connected our DF Robot serial bluetooth module to an Arduino Uno as specified in the user guide and ran a serial out loop to feed data to it across the rx and tx ports.
The comms light on the bluetooth is blinking to indicate traffic on the Rx and Tx (I think).
The problem is that we can’t discover the device when scanning from our mobile phones or bluetooth-enabled laptop.
I have surfed the support forums and most of the content assumes that a USB interface would be used to hook the module directly to a PC, so as to speak to it via the AT command set.

I was expecting to hook this unit to an Arduino, pair to it, and then to be able to read serial data from the Arduino on the paired device of my choosing.
I also expect I am missing something obvious here… any help would be appreciated.
The unit I am referring to is this one: _https://www.robotshop.com/en/dfrobot-serial-bluetooth-module.html

Cheers,
Eric.

Hi,

Please take a look at the DFRobot Serial Bluetooth Wiki here.
The Bluetooth Module will need to be configured before pairing it with a Bluetooth device.
To do this, you will need to connect the Bluetooth Module to your computer using a USB to TTL Converter as this one.
Before you start configuring the Bluetooth Module, the switch needs to be on AT Mode.

Cheers,