#HOW TO TURN ON CAMBRIDGE RADIO BLUETOOTH WINDOWS#

Enter the 6 digits which the micro:bit displayed into your Windows smartphone in the pop-up box provided and then select “done”.

You may find it easier to write them down than to remember them.

Press button A on the micro:bit and watch carefully as the micro:bit displays a sequence of 6 random numbers.

The micro:bit will display a left pointing arrow and the Windows smartphone will pop up a box into which you will be invited to enter a “pin” (Personal Identity Number).

On the Windows smartphone, tap the micro:bit named in the device list.

Note that the 5 characters in brackets at the end will vary.

You should see your micro:bit listed on your Windows smartphone with a name something like ‘micro:bit ’.

Wait until ‘PAIRING MODE!’ has finished scrolling across the micro:bit display.

Switch your micro:bit into ‘pairing mode’ using the steps above.

How do you pair your micro:bit with a Windows smartphone or tablet? Read the section below which relates to your ‘other’ device and watch the video too. Your micro:bit is now ready to be paired with the other device. Other people’s micro:bits will probably display a different pattern.

Eventually you’ll see a strange pattern on your micro:bit display.

When you see this message start to appear you can release buttons A and B.

You should see “PAIRING MODE!” start to scroll across the micro:bit display.

While still holding down buttons A and B, press and then release the reset button on the back of the micro:bit.

The front is the side with two buttons and the LED display.

Hold down buttons A and B on the front of your micro:bit together.

To get your micro:bit ready for pairing do the following: We’ll look at how it’s done with common smartphones and tablets here too.

What you do with the device you’re pairing it to will vary slightly depending on what that device is. Making your micro:bit pair requires you to follow some simple steps which will be described shortly. How do you pair your micro:bit with another device? This is accomplished by data being encrypted and pairing makes it possible for devices who trust each other to encrypt and decrypt data from each other. Once you’ve paired your micro:bit with another device it also means that they are able to exchange information privately, without someone else being able to “see” the data they’re exchanging over the air using Bluetooth. You wouldn’t usually want just anyone’s smartphone connecting to your micro:bit and making it do things so by pairing your smartphone with your micro:bit you ensure that only your devices can talk to each other. Why ‘trust’? Well, pairing is all about security. ‘Pairing’ is what you have to do to have your micro:bit trust another device like a smartphone and similarly, have your smartphone trust your micro:bit. Once paired, the other device may connect to the micro:bit and exchange data relating to many of the micro:bit’s features.

#HOW TO TURN ON CAMBRIDGE RADIO BLUETOOTH BLUETOOTH#

For another device like a smartphone to use any of the Bluetooth “services” which the micro:bit has, it must first be paired with the micro:bit.

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