Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Guide Version 1.
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Bluetooth Complact Flash Card Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 2 3 4 INTRODUCTION TO BTW-CE.........................................................................................................1 1.1 BLUETOOTH ICON ...........................................................................................................................1 1.2 APPLY POWER TO THE BLUETOOTH HARDWARE .............................................................................1 1.3 INSTALLATION .....................
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Bluetooth Compact Flash Card 1 Introduction Introduction To BTW-CE BTW-CE is the solution for the seamless integration of Bluetooth technology into devices that use the Pocket PC operating system.
Bluetooth Compact Flash Card Introduction 1.3 INSTALLATION 1.3.1 Integrated (Built-in) Bluetooth Hardware BTW-CE is factory-installed in Flash memory on your device; no installation is required. 1.3.2 External (Add-on) Bluetooth Hardware If a prior version of BTW-CE is installed on the handheld computer it must be uninstalled before proceeding. See Section 1.4 for uninstall instructions. 1.3.2.1 Requirements 1.
Bluetooth Compact Flash Card 1.4 Introduction UNINSTALL A PRIOR VERSION OF BTW-CE 1. Connect the handheld computer, via its cradle and Microsoft ActiveSync, to the desktop computer. 2. On the desktop computer, in the system tray, double-click the ActiveSync icon. 3. From the ActiveSync Tools menu, click Add/Remove Programs… 4. In the list of applications installed on the handheld computer, clear (un-check) WIDCOMM BTWCE. Verify that WIDCOMM BTWCE is still highlighted (see Figure 1). 5.
BTW-CE User’s Guide 2 Control Panel Bluetooth Control Panel: Configuring BTW-CE BTW-CE provides a Control Panel to adjust Bluetooth settings. To access the Control Panel, in the lower-right corner of the Today screen, tap the Bluetooth icon . BTW-CE can have multiple saved configurations. Individual configuration sets are saved in profiles, which can be quickly loaded to meet the appropriate situation. See Section 2.1.1 for more information about profiles. The Control Panel has seven tabs.
BTW-CE User’s Guide Control Panel Figure 3: Configuration overview Bluetooth Control Panel Tap the Bluetooth icon on the Today page (Default tab) Select: Profile Set: Bluetooth ON/OFF Display: Status ON/OFF General Set: Device name Devices with access Discoverability Display: BDA Profile page Profile functions: New Rename Delete Accessibility Enable: This Service Authorization Authentication Encryption My shared folder Set: File Transfer Enable: This Service Authorization Authentication Encryption Set
BTW-CE User’s Guide 2.1 Control Panel GENERAL TAB There are two options on this screen: • Current Profile: to change the active profile, tap the down-arrow in the “Current profile:” field and select the new profile from the drop-down list. The current profile will be saved, and the settings from the selected profile will be loaded. To add, delete, or rename a profile, tap (see Section 2.1.1).
BTW-CE User’s Guide Control Panel Figure 5: Control Panel, General tab, external hardware 7
BTW-CE User’s Guide 2.1.1 Control Panel Profiles Profiles are accessed and managed from the Control Panel, General Tab. They allow: • Different users to quickly re-configure a Pocket PC to their personal preferences. For example, if Joe and Mary both use the same Pocket PC, but each uses it for a different purpose, selecting a pre-configured profile will alter the settings to those of the appropriate user. • A single user to quickly re-configure a Pocket PC for a different environment.
BTW-CE User’s Guide Control Panel 2.1.1.3 Save Configuration Settings In A Profile When you make changes to the Pocket PC’s configuration, those changes are automatically saved when you select a different profile, turn Bluetooth off, or shut down the Pocket PC. To save a specific configuration: 1. Select (or create and then select, see Section 2.1.1.1) the desired profile (for example “Travel”) from the Current Profile field on the General Tab. 2.
BTW-CE User’s Guide 2.2 Control Panel ACCESSIBILITY TAB Figure 6: Control Panel, Accessibility tab All information on this tab is saved with the active profile, including the device name. The options on the Accessibility tab are: • Device Identification: Name—the name of this device, as displayed to remote devices when the associated profile is active. To change the device name associated with this profile, highlight the name and enter the new name.
BTW-CE User’s Guide 2.3 Control Panel BTW-CE SERVICE TABS The functions that a Pocket PC can provide to other devices are called “Services.” The services that this Pocket PC is capable of providing are: • File Transfer—file-related operations such as get a file/use a file/delete a file, etc. • Information Exchange—Send the default business card (Pocket Outlook contact) on request. • Serial Port—Bluetooth serial port operations.
BTW-CE User’s Guide 2.3.1 Control Panel Common Options All of the services have some common settings. Even though the options are the same, in each case they are specific to the service being configured on the individual tabs. The common options are listed under the About this service heading on each individual service tab. They are: • Enable service: check this option to have the service start when BTW-CE initializes.
BTW-CE User’s Guide 2.3.2 Control Panel File Transfer Tab Figure 8: Control Panel, File Transfer tab The options on this tab only affect incoming File Transfer connections. All of the Common Options (see Section 2.3.1) are available. There is one additional configurable item: “My shared folder,” which allows you to specify the default File Transfer directory, the highest level directory on this Pocket PC that remote devices have access to.
BTW-CE User’s Guide 2.3.3 Control Panel Information Exchange Tab Figure 9: Control Panel, Information Exchange tab The Common Options (see Section 2.3.1) on this tab only affect incoming Information Exchange connections. There is one additional configurable item: “My business card (vCard)”. The “My business card” information comes from a selected record in the Contacts list of Pocket Outlook. Information from the selected record is sent to remote devices on request.
BTW-CE User’s Guide 2.3.4 Control Panel Serial Port Tab Figure 10: Control Panel, Serial Port tab The options on this tab only affect incoming Serial Port connections. All of the Common Options (see Section 2.3.1) are available. There are two additional, non-configurable items: • Inbound COM Port: the local communications port that is used for inbound serial connections. • Outbound COM Port: the local communications port that is used for outbound serial connections.
BTW-CE User’s Guide 2.3.5 Control Panel Dial-up Networking Tab Figure 11: Control Panel, Dial-up Networking tab The options on this tab only affect incoming Dial-up Networking connections. All of the Common Options (see Section 2.3.1) are available. There are three additional items: • COM Port: select the communications port to be used. • Baud rate: tap the down-arrow and select a baud rate from the drop-down list. The options range from 1,200 to 115,200 baud, in nine steps.
BTW-CE User’s Guide 2.4 Control Panel ABOUT TAB This tab provides: • Release Version information • Copyright notice • Website address • Technical support email contact address • An Advanced Button, which displays a screen that contains version information about the individual software modules that make up BTW-CE. There are no configurable options on this tab.
BTW-CE User’s Guide 3 Bluetooth Manager Bluetooth Manager: Using BTW-CE To access the Bluetooth Manager: From the Today screen, tap > Programs > Bluetooth Manager.
BTW-CE User’s Guide Bluetooth Manager Figure 13: Bluetooth Manager Menu/Toolbar 19
BTW-CE User’s Guide 3.1 Bluetooth Manager TABS The two tabs at the bottom of the Bluetooth Manager screen are: • My shortcuts • Active Connections. 3.1.1 My Shortcuts Tab The default tab on the Bluetooth Manager is My Shortcuts. This screen displays the shortcuts that have been created for connections to other devices. The shortcut icons provide visual feedback about the status of the connection they are linked to (see Figure 14).
BTW-CE User’s Guide Bluetooth Manager 3.1.1.1 Connection Open—Context Sensitive Menu Options From the My Shortcuts screen, tap-and-hold a connection shortcut that is associated with an OPEN connection to access the context sensitive menu.
BTW-CE User’s Guide Bluetooth Manager 3.1.1.3 Connection Inactive—Context Sensitive Menu Options From the My Shortcuts screen, tap-and-hold a connection shortcut that is associated with an INACTIVE connection to access the context sensitive menu. The menu options are: • Connect—select this option to establish a connection (double-tap default). • Rename—select this option to rename the shortcut. This option is often used to rename shortcuts that were created in a group (see Section 3.2.1.
BTW-CE User’s Guide Bluetooth Manager 3.1.1.4 Connection Properties Screen This screen displays: The connection’s name Connection Properties—non-configurable information about the remote device, including: The remote device name The remote device Bluetooth Device Address (BDA) The name of the service on the remote device that this shortcut accesses. Security—enable/disable Authentication and Encryption. Profiles—a list of the available profiles on this device.
BTW-CE User’s Guide 3.1.2 Bluetooth Manager Active Connections Tab This tab displays the currently active Outgoing and Incoming Connections on the Pocket PC. To the right of each active connection icon is a signal strength indicator (Figure 17). Tap-and-hold a connection to access a context sensitive menu. The menu options are: • Disconnect—close this connection • Status—display the connection Status screen (Section 3.1.1.2 and Figure 15).
BTW-CE User’s Guide 3.2 Bluetooth Manager MENUS There are three menus on the bottom of the Bluetooth Manager. They are: • New • Security • View. 3.2.1 New The New menu has two options. They are: • Connection shortcut… • Temporary connection…. When either of these options is selected the Bluetooth Connection Wizard walks you through the process of creating the shortcut or temporary connection.
BTW-CE User’s Guide Bluetooth Manager 3.2.1.1 Connection shortcut… The “Connection shortcut…” menu option creates a shortcut to one or more services on a remote device, but does not establish a connection. A shortcut to each selected service appears on the My Shortcuts tab of the Bluetooth Manager. To use the connection, double-tap the shortcut, or tap-and-hold and select Connect from the popup menu. To create a new shortcut: 1.
BTW-CE User’s Guide Bluetooth Manager Figure 19: Connection Wizard, specific service chosen, last screen 27
BTW-CE User’s Guide Bluetooth Manager 3.2.1.2 Temporary connection… A temporary connection may be useful in some situations, for example when accessing a public printer while traveling. Temporary Connection, in this context, means that a permanent shortcut is not placed on the My Shortcuts screen. The connection is, however, associated with the QuickConnect icon on the My Shortcuts screen. The QuickConnect icon will always establish a connection to the most recently used temporary connection.
BTW-CE User’s Guide 3.2.2 Bluetooth Manager Security The Security menu has two options. They are: • Trusted devices • Permissions. 3.2.2.1 Trusted devices Trusted Devices are those devices that have been “paired” with this Pocket PC. When two devices have been paired they share, and exchange prior to each connection, an internally-generated security key. This security key, called a Link Key, is based on a unique Bluetooth Device Address, a random number, and a user-defined password.
BTW-CE User’s Guide Bluetooth Manager 3.2.2.2 Permissions To understand Permissions you must understand Authorization. Authorization is, in essence, a way of saying Yes or No; “May I use this service?” “Yes (or No)” is the answer. When Authorization is enabled for a service (see Section 2.3.1) and a remote device attempts to access that service, the Authorization Requested screen appears (Figure 20); you must tap the Accept or the Deny button to proceed.
BTW-CE User’s Guide Bluetooth Manager 3.2.3 View The View menu has two options. They are: • Icons—select this option to view the on-screen shortcuts as large icons • List—select this option to view the on-screen shortcut in list format. 3.3 ICONS There are two icon shortcuts on the bottom the Bluetooth Manager screen. They are: • • New connection shortcut Business Card Exchange 3.3.1 New Connection Shortcut This icon is a shortcut to the New > Connection shortcut… menu item. See Section 3.2.1.
BTW-CE User’s Guide 4 Using Remote Services Using Remote Device Services This section provides overview instructions for using services provided by other devices. 4.1 SERIAL PORT The use of a Bluetooth wireless serial port connection is identical to the use of a physical cable serial port connection between two devices. As with a physical connection, the application that will use the connection must be configured to use the correct serial port.
BTW-CE User’s Guide Using Remote Services To use Dial-up Networking: 1. Create a shortcut to the device that will provide telephone access (see Section 3.2.1.1). 2. From the Bluetooth Manager, My Shortcuts tab, tap-and-hold the Dial-up Networking connection shortcut, and then select Connect from the pop-up menu. 3. On the first Bluetooth: New Dial-up Connection screen (Figure 22, left), doubletap New Connection… 4.
BTW-CE User’s Guide 4.3 Using Remote Services BLUETOOTH FILE EXPLORER Bluetooth File Explorer appears automatically when a File Transfer connection is established. It allows you to: • Navigate the directory structure of the remote device • View files and folders on the remote device • Create new folders on the remote device • Send files to, and Get files from the remote device • Delete files on the remote device.
BTW-CE User’s Guide Using Remote Services Figure 23: Bluetooth File Explorer overview (composite screenshot) 35
BTW-CE User’s Guide Using Remote Services 4.3.1 Change the Remote Device Folder To move down in the directory structure of the remote device, tap the new folder in the main portion of the Bluetooth File Explorer window. To move up in the directory structure of the remote device, tap the down-arrow to the right of the currently selected folder and select the new folder from the drop-down list. 4.3.
BTW-CE User’s Guide 4.3.3 Using Remote Services Tools Menu 4.3.3.1 Set Local Folder The local folder, i.e. the folder on the Pocket PC where incoming files are placed, can be configured on an individual basis for each connection shortcut. To configure the local folder: 1. From the Tools menu, tap Set Local Folder 2. Use the drop-down menu at the top of the screen to navigate to the desired folder 3. Tap OK to return to the Bluetooth File Explorer main screen.
