SOFTWARE SUITE Preliminary User’s Manual
Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual Contents Introduction Overview Bluetooth Neighborhood Bluetooth Configuration Tool Bluetooth Network Manager Bluetooth Control Center Main window Profiles and services List view Basic functions Device discovery Service discovery Link establishment Disconnecting Status information Device groups Windows Explorer Online Help File transfer Sending files Receiving files Audio links Networking Settings Bluetooth Radio settings Profile properties Local device properties Pr
Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual Introduction With the Bluetooth Software Suite, you can establish wireless links between your computer and other Bluetooth enabled devices. Without using any cables, you can transfer sound, objects and files; connect to serial devices like a mouse, modem, printer etc.; and network. This user’s manual is a comprehensive guide to the Bluetooth™ Software Suite version 1.0.
Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual Overview In this section, we will introduce the four applications making up the Bluetooth Software Suit: The Bluetooth Neighborhood, Configuration Utility, Network Manager, and Control Center. Bluetooth Configuration Tool Bluetooth Neighborhood The Bluetooth Configuration Tool is used for managing virtual communications (COM) ports, e.g. when you want to establish links to serial devices like printers or modems.
Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual Bluetooth Control Center The Bluetooth Control Center is a small tray icon application located in the lower right corner of the screen. The Bluetooth Control Center shows the state of the Bluetooth radio, and allows you to enable/ disable the Bluetooth radio manually. Also, the Bluetooth Control Center is where you open the Bluetooth Network Manager.
Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual Main window When you have installed the Bluetooth Software Suite on your computer, the Bluetooth Neighborhood icon will appear on your desktop. To open the Bluetooth Neighborhood, click the icon: The six elements making up the Bluetooth Neighborhood main window are: You will now see the Bluetooth Neighborhood main window: Some of these elements are standard Windows items.
Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual Profiles and services The local profiles are the applications that you can use your device for. When two devices are to interoperate, i.e. communicate with each other, they must have a shared profile. If, for instance, you want to transfer a file from one computer to another, both computers must support the profile OBEX File Transfer.
Bluetooth Software Suite List view The list view in the main window contains three elements: the Inbox, the Shared Files folder, and a list of the discovered devices: Inbox: User’s Manual Basic functions Device discovery Before your device can communicate with a remote Bluetooth device, it needs to discover the remote devices that are active within range. This operation is called device discovery.
Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual The window now shows an updated list of active remote devices within range. Service discovery Alternatively, you can carry out device discovery from the Bluetooth pull-down menu on the menu bar by selecting the item Device Discovery. Before trying to establish a link to a remote device, it may be useful to know which services the device facilitates. To find out, you can carry out service discovery.
Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual Link establishment When you have carried out service discovery, you can establish a link to the remote device. You can make use of any service that both your device and the remote device support: Drag the local service to the corresponding remote service: In this example, an audio link is being established by dragging the local Audio service to the remote device.
Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual Disconnecting Device groups To interrupt a link established to a remote device: A device group is a folder containing a number of remote devices. You can communicate with the device group as with any single remote device. This feature makes it possible to distribute objects and files to more than one device at a time, establish multiple audio links to be used for conferencing, etc. To create a user group: 1.
Bluetooth Software Suite The default name of the folder is New Group. However, you can rename and edit the folder in all the ways you are used to from Windows. 4. Finally, drag each of the other devices to be included in the group into the folder: User’s Manual Windows Explorer While using the Bluetooth Neighborhood, you may find it convenient to open Windows Explorer. One of the ways of doing that is from the Bluetooth Neighborhood main window: 1. Right-click the Inbox or the Shared Files folder: 2.
Bluetooth Software Suite In this new window, you can operate the Bluetooth Neighborhood as usual; Windows Explorer will stay open until you close the window again. Furthermore, you can access Windows Explorer from the Address bar: User’s Manual Online Help The last of the topics we will deal with in this section of the user’s manual is how to get online help from Bluetooth Neighborhood.
Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual Managing COM ports Virtual communications (COM) ports are used when you need to transfer serial data between your computer and another Bluetooth enabled device like a headset, modem, mouse etc. Or carry out service discovery, then drag the local COM port icon to a remote COM port icon: For serial data, you need no physical port at the back of the computer; however, you do need a virtual one.
Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual Transferring objects With the Bluetooth Neighborhood, you can transfer such objects related to Microsoft Outlook as business cards, e-mails, and notes. 3. Drag the item containing your own contact information into the Local Services bar: In this section, we will first show you how to store your business card in the Bluetooth Neighborhood for easy distribution to others. Also, we will look into a number of different ways to transfer objects.
Bluetooth Software Suite Business cards transfer To send your business card to a remote device, drag the card icon to the remote device: User’s Manual You can now choose: • To transfer your business card (included on the Local Services bar) to the remote device: Click Push business card. • To transfer the remote user’s business card to your device: Click Pull business card. • To exchange business cards with the remote user: Click Exchange business cards.
Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual Sending objects directly from Microsoft Outlook File transfer To send an object directly from Microsoft Outlook, drag the object to the remote device: Sending files There are two ways of transferring a file from one Bluetooth device to another. One is to drag the file from where it is stored to the remote device: In the example above, an e-mail message is being transferred from the Microsoft Outlook inbox to the remote device.
Bluetooth Software Suite Alternatively, first carry out service discovery on the remote device. Then drag the file from where it is stored into the remote service OBEX FILE TRANSFER: User’s Manual Receiving files As already mentioned, when your Bluetooth device receives a file sent from another device, the file is placed in the Shared Files folder: You can open a received file directly from the Shared Files folder, or you can drag the file to wherever you want to store it.
Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual Audio links An audio link makes it possible to transfer sound from one Bluetooth device to another. With this feature, you can e.g. connect your laptop to a Bluetooth enabled modem and make telephone calls, using the built-in microphone and speaker of the laptop for the conversation. Or, with a headset connected to your computer, you can establish an audio link to one or more other computers, and then use the computers as walkie-talkies.
Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual Networking In this section, we will focus on setting up and establishing Bluetooth networks. We will assume that you have some previous experience with ordinary, i.e. wired networks. If that is not the case, please refer to the Microsoft Windows user’s manual and online Help for basic information on the topic. Important information for Windows 95 users If your computer is set up with another Ethernet adapter, e.g.
Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual Setting up networks The Network Manager deals with a problem in the Windows operating system which afflicts users who use their computer in more than one network. Imagine e.g. that you want to use a regular network adapter to connect to a wired local area network (LAN) and your Bluetooth device to connect to other computers in a wireless ad hoc network.
Bluetooth Software Suite Network link establishment Establishing a network link is done in the same way as you establish other Bluetooth links: In the Bluetooth Neighborhood main window, drag the local service Network to the remote device or service: User’s Manual Settings In this part of the User’s Manual, we will focus on the various settings of the Bluetooth Software Suite.
Bluetooth Software Suite The Bluetooth Control Center displays one of three icons to show the state of the Bluetooth radio: • Disabled: User’s Manual Profile properties From the Bluetooth pull-down menu, accessible from the menu bar, you can set the properties of two of the local profiles: OBEX Object Push and OBEX File Transfer. In this state, your Bluetooth device cannot communicate with, and is not discoverable by, other devices.
Bluetooth Software Suite General This dialog box concerns the identity information of your device: The Bluetooth device name, and the Bluetooth device address, device class, and service class (which will all be explained in the following.) Furthermore, the dialog box shows a list of the remote devices that your device is currently connected to, if any.
Bluetooth Software Suite • User’s Manual selected services by a passkey, while other services require no passkey. Connectability refers to whether or not other devices having discovered your device will be allowed to establish a link to it. – • Discoverability refers to whether or not other devices will be allowed to discover your device. • Pairing refers to the creation of a link key – a bond – between two devices.
Bluetooth Software Suite Properties (Bluetooth Neighborhood options) User’s Manual View For a number of options related to the Bluetooth Neighborhood, select the Bluetooth menu item Properties: The dialog box Bluetooth Neighborhood Options will appear. Here you can choose among General, View, Device Discovery, and Link Policy.
Bluetooth Software Suite Device Discovery User’s Manual • Device Discovery Length: Here you can set the number of seconds that you want device discovery to last. • Device Discovery Period: This is where you set the interval between device discoveries when ”Automatic” has been selected above in ”Device Discovery”. This item contains four options related to device discovery: • Device Discovery: Here you can choose for device discovery to take place only when you activate the function manually (e.g.
Bluetooth Software Suite Link Policy User’s Manual Remote device properties To view the properties of a remote device, rightclick the device, and click Properties: The Link Policy settings concern the way your device reacts when another device tries to establish a link to it. Here you can decide whether or not your device should reject link establishment attempts, prompt you before accepting link establishment or accept link establishment automatically.
Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual As appears, the dialog box also shows you when you last saw, i.e. discovered, the remote device; and when your device was last linked to the remote device. Finally, you can set link policy parameters for the remote device, i.e.
Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual Profiles The following table shows a list of the profiles supported by the Bluetooth Software Suite and the service/operation that each profile facilitates: The profile: Supports the following service/operation: Ethernet Bridge Generic Audio Headset OBEX File Transfer OBEX Object Push Serial Port Generic Access Service Discovery Application Dial-up Networking (as data terminal) FAX (as data terminal) Ad-hoc networking Audio Ultimate headset File transfer Object t
Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual Regulatory statements General This product complies with any mandatory product specification in any country where the product is sold. In addition, the product complies with the following. European Union (EU) and EFTA This equipment complies with the R&TTE directive and has been provided with the CE mark accordingly. Note that the radio frequency band used by this equipment has not been harmonized in all of the EU.
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