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Bluetooth Pairing for LT-55 XL

    1. Turn on tablet PC
    2. Once finished booting, plug in USB cable and wait until you hear a kerplunk sound indicating it has connected.
    3. Open up BlueSoleil by double clicking on it on the Desktop
    4. Right click on the Bluetooth icon in the Task Bar in the bottom right corner of the screen b y the clock.
      1. If you do not see the Bluetooth icon, click the triangle to the left of the clock to reveal hidden programs running and then right click on it.
    5. Click Display.
    6. Turn on the Laser by pressing the power button.
      1. A green LED will light up on the side indicating it is on.
    7. In The Bluetooth Settings window (IVT Corporation BlueSoleil), click My Bluetooth.
    8. Click Bluetooth Device Discovery.
    9. When a Bluetooth device is found and shows DISTO D8 followed by a bunch of numbers appears, right click on it and select Pair.

    1. When asked for the Pairing Code enter “0000”

    1. A red check mark will indicate it is paired directly above the word “DISTO D8”

    1. Double click on the newly paired device. You will see the third icon from the top left turn yellow and have a box around it; this indicates it is ready to establish a connection to the laser.

    1. Right click on DISTO D8 again and select Connect / Bluetooth Serial Port Service.

    1. The Bluetooth icon for the DISTO D8 will now turn green and you will see a dotted line running from the device to the center of the screen (this orange ball is a representation of the tablet PC).
    2. Right click on the DISTO D8 and select Status.
      1. Take note what COM Port # the tablet PC indicates the laser is connected through. In this example it is COM4.

Find Encoder Comport #

    1. Right clicking on Computer.
    2. Click Properties.
    3. Click Device Manager

  1. Click the arrow before Ports (COM & LPT)
  2. Look for USB Serial Port (COM#)
  3. Take note of what COM Port # the encoder is connected through. In this example it is COM13.

Setting Comports

  1. Open Computer and navigate to C:\Program Files\Laser Products\LT-55XL and open the Settings.txt file.
  2. Scroll down about 2/3rduntil you see:
    1. lt_bluetooth_port=
    2. lt_bluetooth_encoder_port=
    3. In capital letters enter “COM” and then the number from the two previous sections of these instructions so that the result looks like the following.
      1. lt_bluetooth_port=COM4
      2. lt_bluetooth_encoder_port=COM13
        1. i.      This is assuming the laser is connected on COM4 from Section 1 Step 15a and the encoder is connected on COM13 from Section 2 Step 5.
        2. ii.      These numbers will be different on different tablet PC’s.

    4. Save the Settings.txt file and close the program.

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