BTW Configuration & User’s Guide
November 27, 2001
WIDCOMM Inc. Confidential and Proprietary
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The services supported by BTW are:
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Bluetooth Serial Port
—establishes a Bluetooth wireless connection between
two devices. The connection may be used by applications as though a physical
serial cable connected the devices.
•
Dial-up Networking
—allows a Bluetooth client to use a modem that is
physically attached to the Bluetooth server.
•
Fax
—allows a Bluetooth client to wirelessly send a fax using a device that is
physically attached to the Bluetooth server.
•
File Transfer
—establishes a Bluetooth wireless connection that allows your
computer to perform file system operations on another Bluetooth-enabled
device—browse, drag/drop, open, print, cut/copy, paste, delete, rename, etc.
•
Information Exchang
e—establishes a Bluetooth wireless connection between
two devices so that they can exchange personal information manager data such as
business cards, calendar items, email messages, and notes.
•
Information Synchronization
—establishes a Bluetooth wireless connection
between two devices and uses the connection to synchronize Personal
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 these services. For example,
network gateways such as those in WIDCOMM’s BlueGate series only provide access to
the Local Area Network (the Network Access service).
To determine the services provided by a Bluetooth device:
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.
In the Folders pane of My Bluetooth Places, right-click a device 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.
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Every Bluetooth device has a unique 48-bit binary Bluetooth Device Address (BDA)
burned into its Read-Only Memory (ROM). This address cannot be changed by the end-
user.
A device’s BDA is usually displayed in hexadecimal format; 00:D0:B7:03:2E:9F is a
valid BDA.
Each Bluetooth device also has an operator-configurable, user-friendly name to help
distinguish it from other Bluetooth devices. The user-friendly name may be up to 99
alphanumeric characters in length and may contain spaces.
My Personal Computer
is a
valid user-friendly name.
