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The Connect Button
The Connect Button wakes up a Pad that is in Sleep Mode and
attempts to connect, or reconnect, the powered-on, discovered Pad.
How it Works in Windows
The Pad is
discovered
when the signal sent from the Bluetooth
device installed on the computer is answered by the Pad. An
exchange of device addresses takes place. Device Manager displays
the Pad’s address in the Pad’s
Properties
profile. The Pad stores the
computer’s Bluetooth address. The computer – or more accurately,
the Bluetooth device on the computer – and the Pad are now
linked
. If the Pad becomes disconnected, or is powered off, pressing
the
Connect
button on the Pad will turn it on and reconnect it to the
computer with the Bluetooth device that discovered it.
If you were to take the Pad to another location, say another
classroom, where a different computer and Bluetooth device are set
up, your Pad would not be able to communicate with the second
computer until the second computer
discovered
the Pad. The
AutoConnect
setting for your Pad determines whether your Pad
stays linked to the first computer, or whether it becomes linked to
the second computer. A link between the Bluetooth devices on
computer and Pad occurs only when the AutoConnect option for
the Pad is checked. That’s when the computer’s Bluetooth device
address is stored as the
Host Address
on the Pad and the link is
created.
If you wanted to establish a new link between your Pad and the
second computer, check the AutoConnect setting. The second
computer’s Bluetooth device address will overwrite the value
currently stored in the Host Address field on the Pad. However, if
you want to retain the link between your Pad and the first computer,
keep the AutoConnect setting unchecked. In this way, the connec-
tion to the second computer is a temporary one, for this session
only. If the Pad becomes disconnected, it must be connected by
clicking on the
Connect
button to be able to continue to communi-
cate in the current session.
How it Works on the Mac
The Pad is
discovered
when the signal sent from the Bluetooth
device installed on the Mac is answered by the Pad’s Bluetooth
device. An exchange of device addresses takes place. Device
Manager displays the Pad’s address in the Pad’s
Properties
profile.
The Pad’s Bluetooth device stores the Mac’s Bluetooth address. The
Mac – or more correctly, the Bluetooth device on the Mac – and the
Pad are now
linked
. If the Pad becomes disconnected, is powered
off, or is asleep (in Sleep Mode), pressing the
Connect
button on the
Pad will turn it on and reconnect it to the Mac that discovered it.
If you were to take your Pad to another location with a different
computer and Bluetooth device, it would not be able to link to this
new computer. It has to be discovered by the new computer. Be
aware, though, that when your Pad is discovered by the second
computer, it will lose its link to the first computer.
The Disconnect Button
The Disconnect Button breaks the connection between the Pad and
the computer. It does not put the Pad into Sleep Mode, nor does it
power-off the Pad.
