BTW Configuration & User’s Guide
Client Applications
April 5, 2002
WIDCOMM
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3.7 I
NFORMATION
S
YNCHRONIZATION
The Information Synchronization service is used to synchronize information (e.g., a
Personal Information Manager database) between a Bluetooth client and a Bluetooth
server.
BTW supports synchronization with devices that support IrMC v1.1 and exchange the
v2.1 vCard format.
The first time Information Synchronization is used with a new application it may take a
few minutes to synchronize the database; the data from both devices must be merged,
duplicate entries deleted, and then the updated database copied back to both devices.
Subsequent uses of Information Synchronization, for the same application, are much
faster—only the changes that have been made since the databases were last synchronized
must be exchanged.
Microsoft Outlook is the only Personal Information Manager supported in this release of
BTW. Outlook permits duplicate entries, so all duplicates may not be exchanged in the
synchronization process.
Only Outlook’s default contacts folder is synchronized. Items in sub-folders are not
synchronized. Items that are moved from the default folder to a sub-folder will appear to
have been deleted the next synchronization takes place.
To use Information Synchronization
1. On the client, in the Folders pane of My Bluetooth Places, select Entire Bluetooth
Neighborhood.
2. In the right pane of Entire Bluetooth Neighborhood, right-click anywhere
except
on a device name
and select Refresh from the pop-up menu.
3. In the Folders pane of My Bluetooth Places, right-click the server you want to
synchronize with and select Discover Available Services from the pop-up menu
to update the available services list. The available services will be displayed in
the right pane of My Bluetooth Places.
4. In the right pane of My Bluetooth Places, double-click Information
Synchronization.
A dialog box displays synchronization progress and, when the process is complete,
indicates that synchronization has successfully completed.
The connection closes automatically when synchronization is complete.
