Bluetooth™ Toshiba Pocket PC Bluetooth™ User's Manual FIRST PAGE, BOOK BLOCK User's Manual 1
Bluetooth™ Table of Contents Table of Contents.....................................................................................2 Getting Started .........................................................................................3 Notes .........................................................................................................3 Safety Precautions...................................................................................3 Limitation of liability ...............................
Bluetooth™ Getting Started Thank you very much for your purchase of this Bluetooth™ enabled PocketPC. Please be sure to read this User’s Guide before using the Bluetooth™ enabled PocketPC to ensure its proper handling. ■ Please be sure to read “Safety Precautions” in this document since these describe important safety issues. ■ After reading this document, keep it in a convenient place for future reference.
Usage conditions Bluetooth™ was not developed or produced for systems including equipment directly concerning human life1 or for systems including equipment that gets involved in safety and has a serious impact on the maintenance of public service2. Do not use Bluetooth™ for these purposes. 1. These include life-support systems, surgical equipment, and other medical devices. 2.
Bluetooth™ Chapter 1 Specifications By enabling the Bluetooth™ device on your Toshiba Pocket PC, you will be able to wirelessly communicate with Bluetooth-enabled PCs, modems and other peripherals, and chat with other Toshiba Pocket PCs. The Toshiba Pocket PC supports following Bluetooth services: ■ COM (Serial Port Service) This service allows you to use a serial port to connect to a PC in order to send and receive data. COM service is also used when connecting to a PC with ActiveSync.
Bluetooth™ Chapter 2 Setup Setting Up Your Toshiba Pocket PC 1 2 3 4 This procedure for setting up is not required usually. This procedure describes for your software upgrade. You need to get the newest software, before performing this operation. Disable the Bluetooth™ device in your Toshiba Pocket PC and stop all Bluetooth™ use application, before installing Bluetooth™ software. Connect your Toshiba Pocket PC to your computer with ActiveSync, using the cradle or connection cable.
Bluetooth™ Chapter 3 Bluetooth™ Connection Once Bluetooth™ is connected, your Toshiba Pocket PC is called as “local device” while another device is called as “remote device”. To establish Bluetooth™ connection Follow the procedure below to establish Bluetooth™ connection. After starting the Bluetooth Settings program, a Bluetooth icon will appear on the command bar at the bottom of Today screen. Tap this icon to launch Bluetooth Settings screen.
2 3 Tap Remote Device Search on the Tools menu. The Remote Device Search screen will appear. It may take several minutes to complete the remote device search. Once the search is completed, the remote device list will be updated with the latest remote device information. Tap and hold to display the properties of the remote devices in a pull-down menu. Tapping on the property name of a remote device categorizes device information by the name.
Connected icon Unconnected icon “Ghost” icon You can reduce the time to search for remote devices by disabling the device name search function. Tap Search Options on the Tools menu, and select Disable Device Name Search. Device addresses will only be displayed on the remote device list. Device Address This is the hexadecimal number for example, listed on Bluetooth™ as BDA:XX…X. You can delete all of the “ghost” devices from the remote device list by tapping Delete Ghost Device on the Tools menu.
Once you have used this program to connect to a remote device, the service information for the previously connected device will be displayed in the service list. Connected icon Serial Port icon Dial-up Networking icon When a remote device has initiated the connection to the local device, the remote device status will appear as Connected on the remote device list but Not Connected in the service information.
10 Tap Connect on the pop-up menu. A connecting message will appear. Once connection will be established, the service icon will change to a connected icon. Tap OK to return to the Remote Device List screen. If security is enabled only on remote device, the Authentication screen will appear on the remote device first and then on the local device after the Bluetooth™ Passkey is entered.
Bluetooth™ Chapter 4 Bluetooth™ Settings Changing the User Mode Check the local device setting and make any necessary changes. Tap Start, Programs, and then Bluetooth Setup to display the Bluetooth Settings screen. 1 2 Tap θ and select the desired User Mode. There are 2 states, “Waiting to connect” and “Connected” for the connection status. Tap Settings button. The Settings menu allows you to make advanced settings for the User Mode and display the local device information.
User Mode security settings The User Modes have been programmed with the following Security Modes. 4 5 User Mode Security Mode Office On Mobile On Home Off Other On Because Bluetooth is a wireless network, and unknown devices can connect to the local device,you can restrict remote access to your device. ■ To change the Security Mode setting, refer to step 5 of “Changing the User Mode.
Bluetooth™ Chapter 5 Disconnecting/Exiting Bluetooth™ Connection If you turn off the power of your Toshiba Pocket PC without first disconnecting the Bluetooth™ connection, the following error message may appear the next time you turn on the power of the Toshiba Pocket PC: “An error has occurred with Bluetooth, either because the power has been turned off or because the device has been disabled. Confirm that the card is working properly.
4 Tap Disconnect on the pop-up menu. 5 Once the service is disconnected, the Connected icon will change to a Serial Port or Dial-up Network icon. Tap OK to return to the Remote Device List screen. Exiting the Bluetooth Settings 6 7 8 9 10 Please follow these steps to exit from the Bluetooth Settings, turn off the Toshiba Pocket PC, and disable the Bluetooth™ device. Tap Tools to display the Tools menu. Tap Return to Top of Page to display the Bluetooth Settings screen. Tap Exit.
Bluetooth™ Chapter 6 Bluetooth Chat To chat with another Toshiba Pocket PC using this program, both devices must perform the following steps. Connect using Bluetooth™. ■ ■ ■ Tap Start, Programs, and then Toshiba Bluetooth Chat. Tap Begin Bluetooth Chat from the Tools menu. Enter your message and then tap Send. Do not tap the message display screen. If you do it, the next message will be displayed at the location you tapped Exiting Bluetooth Chat ■ Tap End Bluetooth Chat from the Tools menu.
Bluetooth™ Chapter 7 Error Messages Follow the suggested solutions below when these error messages are displayed. An error occurred with the Bluetooth SD Card. Confirm that the card is working properly. There was an error when loading the driver. Try reinserting the SD card. Cause Solution The power is turned off or there is an error with the Bluetooth SD Card. Confirm that the card is working properly. The power of the Toshiba Pocket PC is off.
Unable to retrieve some information. Display the device list again or update the device information with the remote device search. Solution Unable to delete remote device due to insufficient memory. Check the amount of available memory. There is insufficient memory to delete the device. Increase the amount of available memory and then try to delete the device again. Cause Solution Service list search failed due to insufficient memory. Check the amount of available memory.
Solution Restart Bluetooth Settings or reset the Toshiba Pocket PC. Unable to retrieve service information. Display the service list again. Solution SD Bluetooth abnormal end An error occurred while trying to write on the card. Reset the Toshiba Pocket PC. Cause Solution Cannot connect because SDBTPIN.EXE could not be found. The software required to connect could not be found. Reinstall the software. Cause Solution Enter a PIN of 16 alphanumeric characters.
Bluetooth™ Chapter 8 Additional Information Trademarks ■ ■ Toshiba uses the trademark of Bluetooth based upon a license agreement. Microsoft, ActiveSync, Outlook, Pocket Outlook, Windows, Windows NT, and the Windows logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. CompactFlash is a registered trademark of Scandisk Corporation.
Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
