Abocom UBT1K User Manual Download Page 1

Doc. No. 070102-02 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bluetooth

TM

 USB Adapter 

 

User’s Guide 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for UBT1K

Page 1: ...Doc No 070102 02 BluetoothTM USB Adapter User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...nce with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the foll...

Page 3: ...Licensed Software Bluetooth for Windows BTW is the licensed software owned by WIDCOMM Inc WIDCOMM ...

Page 4: ...demarks of Microsoft Corporation Other brand and product names are trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective holders Technical Support AboCom Systems Inc 300 1F No 21 R D Rd II SBIP Hsin Chu Taiwan R O C Head office Tel 886 3 5789090 Fax 886 3 5789520 Technical Support Tel 0800 079 123 E Mail support abocom com tw Website www abocom com tw ...

Page 5: ...gy 3 Antenna 3 RF Topology 3 LED indicator 3 Transmitter Power 3 Power Requirement 3 Physical Specification 3 Supported operating systems 3 Certification 3 Software Installation 4 Start Here 4 For Windows 98 SE ME 2000 XP 4 Software Un installation 8 Hardware installation 9 Precaution 9 Getting Hooked Up 9 Setup Diagnostics 12 Part II 13 About Bluetooh 14 ...

Page 6: ... to use the service of File Transfer 20 Configuration 22 General 22 Identity 22 Security 22 Accessibility 23 Discovery 25 Perform a periodic Search for Devices 25 Determine which devices will be reported 25 Information Exchange 26 Local Services 28 Client Application 29 Network Access 29 Hardware 30 Version Info 32 Notifications 33 To associate a sound with a Bluetooth event 33 Troubleshooting 35 ...

Page 7: ... 1 Part I Installation Guide ...

Page 8: ...oublesome cables and automatically share documents browse the Internet and synchronize calendars address books and more Features Complies with Bluetooth 1 1 specification Uses 2 4 GHz ISM frequency band High speed Wireless Transmissions up to 723 Kbps Data Throughput Enable wireless connectivity between a notebook computer and other bluetooth devices Connections within ranges up to 32 feet 10 mete...

Page 9: ...rum LED indicator Power Orange Transmitter Power Output power meets Class 2 Requirement Power Requirement 5V DC 86mA max Physical Specification Dimension 69 53 L x 26 68 W x 9 19 H mm Supported operating systems Windows 98 ME 2000 XP Certification FCC Part 15 in US EN300328 and EN300826 EN301489 17 in European ...

Page 10: ...double click the setup icon to continue Note Before you install an upgraded version of the software be sure to uninstall any previous version which already exits in your computer For details of un installation procedures refer to the later section titled Software Un installation For Windows 98 SE ME 2000 XP 1 On the Welcome screen click the Next button 2 When the License Agreement screen is displa...

Page 11: ...ist The device type can be changed after the installation process through the BTW Configuration Panel Click the Next button 4 On the Destination Folder screen click the Change button to browse to a new destination folder for the BTW software Otherwise click the Next button to accept the default folder 5 The InstallShield Wizard is ready to install the BTW software If you need to review or change a...

Page 12: ...talling Bluetooth Software screen displays the installation progress If prompted to insert the Windows CD do so and follow the on screen instructions 8 When finished click Finish to end the Installation Wizard 9 Remember to restart your computer to have the new configuration take effect ...

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Page 14: ... 8 SOFTWARE UN INSTALLATION 1 In Windows go to Start Settings Control Panel Add or Remove Programs 2 Select Windcomm Bluetooth Software and click the Remove button ...

Page 15: ...abled If not either no USB port is installed or the USB bios is not properly enabled In this case consult your computer dealer for USB support Getting Hooked Up 1 If the device is connected to the USB port on a desktop computer use the included USB adapter cable to connect your BluetoothTM USB Adapter with your computer 2 Firstly you have to locate the USB host port of your system Align the USB co...

Page 16: ...r Windows will automatically detect the device and prompt the following message Select Install the software automatically Recommended And press Next to continue 5 Select Continue Anyway with the following message 6 Press Finish to complete the hardware installation ...

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Page 18: ... your computer should prompt a Bluetooth icon on the bottom right corner You may right click to set up the configuration Select Hardware Check if USB Bluetooth device is on the devices list as below If yes it means your Bluetooth USB Adapter is well installed ...

Page 19: ... 13 Part II Configuration Basic Operation Guide ...

Page 20: ... that provides a service must be prepared to respond to a connection request Bluetooth software is always running in the background on the server ready to respond to connection requests About BTW BTW is the solution for the seamless integration of Bluetooth technology into personal computers Most Bluetooth enabled devices have the capability to act as A Bluetooth server these devices provide one o...

Page 21: ...al Information Manager data between the two devices Network Access establishes a Bluetooth wireless connection between the client and a server that is physically connected to the Local Area Network If the client has permission user name and password for the LAN the wireless connection can be used as if the client were hardwired to the LAN All Bluetooth servers do not necessarily provide all of the...

Page 22: ...vice icons are gray or yellow in color or gray with yellow accents in their normal state In the connected state the primary color of the icon gray or yellow changes to green Errata for Windows XP device icons ...

Page 23: ... services that are not available have a red X in their lower right corner Services may be unavailable because they are in use or because the necessary hardware such as a modem for Dial up Networking is not installed ...

Page 24: ...e device to a list of paired devices in your PC Search for Bluetooth Devices In Windows 2000 1 In the Folders pane of My Bluetooth Places Double click Bluetooth Search for devices 2 Select Entire Bluetooth Neighborhood in the right pane The device name s will show up if this computer has used the Bluetooth service In Windows XP 1 In the Folders pane of My Bluetooth Places Double click Bluetooth Se...

Page 25: ... can initiate the pairing between two Bluetooth devices from your own PC or you can accept a request for pairing from the other device To initiate pairing with a device 1 Right click the device that you just found Select Pair Device 2 The Bluetooth Passkey Request screen will be present Enter the Passkey to authenticate device identity and encrypt data ...

Page 26: ...Port Dial Up Networking Fax File Transfer Information Exchange Information Synchronization and Network Access How to use the service of File Transfer The File Transfer service allows one Bluetooth device to perform file operations on the specified or default File Transfer directory and the folders and files it contains of another Bluetooth device On the Server PC 1 From the Bluetooth Configuration...

Page 27: ...p menu 3 In the Folders pane of My Bluetooth Places right click the device you already set to transfer files with and select Discover Available Services from the pop up menu 4 Double click Public Folder to expand that folder If there are additional folders inside the expanded folder then those additional folders may have to be expanded ...

Page 28: ... the vicinity Security1 High requires Bluetooth devices to authenticate enter a Personal Identification Number PIN before allowing a connection to be established Your computer and the connected Bluetooth device will exchange data using encrypted links Medium the default setting security is configured at the service level Service level security means that each individual service must have its secur...

Page 29: ...er this computer select Let other Bluetooth devices discover this computer to permit remote Bluetooth devices to find and report this computer If Allow No devices to connect below is selected this option is not available From the Allow drop down menu you may select to control the types of devices that are allowed to connect to this computer No devices to connect no remote devices are permitted to ...

Page 30: ...omputer Only paired devices to connect only devices that have been paired with this computer are allowed to connect to it Only devices listed below to connect only the listed devices are allowed to connect to this computer see next section for details of adding and deleting devices ...

Page 31: ...s for devices every X minutes X is an integer from 1 to 60 To change the time between auto inquiries highlight the existing time and enter the new time Note When My Bluetooth Places is first opened it performs an initial automatic search for devices even if Look for other Bluetooth devices is not enabled Determine which devices will be reported BTW can screen out devices that you do not need to ac...

Page 32: ...directories are displayed in the remote device s My Bluetooth Places Click the Browse button and navigate to the directory that will be used as My Shared Directory Send Business Card My Business Card the path to the directory on this computer that contains your electronic business card Select the Send Business Card on Request option to allow remote devices to obtain your business card Click the Br...

Page 33: ...ate boxes and then click the Browse button to navigate to the directory where they should be saved Select the Save Objects in Personal Information Manager option to save incoming objects directly in the PIM When this option is selected the path specified in My Inbox Directory is not used ...

Page 34: ...our computer to remote devices Each service can be configured individually for security name and other settings The Local Services tab also includes options to add and delete user defined serial services BTW Local Service names are Bluetooth Serial Port Dial Up Networking Fax File Transfer Information Exchange Information Synchronization Network Access ...

Page 35: ... server Possible Network Access servers include 1 Bluetooth enabled computers that have a hardwired Ethernet connection 2 Stand alone Bluetooth Network Access Points The Bluetooth server must be specifically configured to provide the Network Access service After a Bluetooth device is configured as a Network Access server it cannot act as a Network Access client without being re configured ...

Page 36: ...es Manufacturer the name of the company that manufactured the device selected in the Devices section of this dialog box Firmware Revision the manufacturer s firmware version number Device Status indicates that the device is operating properly or that there is a problem conflict Device Address the Bluetooth Device Address BDA or BD_Addr programmed into this device when it was manufactured HCI Versi...

Page 37: ...og box is reached from the Hardware tab of the Bluetooth Configuration Panel Depending on the country in which the hardware is sold and or in which it will be used the Advanced button may not be present From this dialog box you can set the Country Code North America Europe except France and Japan France and China Maximum Transmission Power High Medium Low Click the Apply button to implement the ch...

Page 38: ... 32 Version Info The Version Info tab of the Bluetooth Configuration Panel displays the name and version number of the software components of BTW There are no options to configure on this tab ...

Page 39: ... port The Dial up network service The LAN Access service The Fax service 3 When a remote device attempts to send Synchronization information Information items To associate a sound with a Bluetooth event 1 From the Bluetooth Configuration Panel select Notifications tab 2 In the Notify column of the Events list select the check box associated with the event 3 In the Sound area of the Notifications t...

Page 40: ... 34 4 Click the OK button to close the Bluetooth Configuration Panel Note The sound will not play even though it has been assigned unless the Notify check box is selected ...

Page 41: ...tworking service will not start unless a properly configured modem is attached to the server Verify that the modem is usable as a local device from the server In the Bluetooth Configuration Panel Local Services tab double click the Dialup Networking service Click the down arrow in the Modem field and select the modem that will be used to dial out Click the OK button Click the OK button to close th...

Page 42: ...tocol sub version number information if appropriate HOW dO I FIND INFORMATION ABOUT THE BLUETOOTH HARDWARE ATTACHED TO MY COMPUTER In the Bluetooth Configuration Panel select the Hardware tab HOW DO I TEST A NETWORK ACCESS CONNECTION If the client is hardwired to the LAN unplug the hardwired connection to ensure that the test checks the wireless connection rather than the hardwired connection If t...

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