Digianswer A S BTUSB101 Users Manual
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User’s Manual
Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual
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About this manual
This User’s Manual will provide you with the
information needed to make the most of the
Bluetooth Software Suite.
If you need basic information on the Bluetooth
technology, please refer to the Beginner's Guide
accompanying the Bluetooth Software Suite. Both
the Beginner's Guide and this User's Manual are
included on the Bluetooth Software Suite CDROM. Also, when you have installed the Bluetooth
Software Suite, the two documents are available
from the Windows Start menu.
The Bluetooth Software Suite and Microsoft
Windows are highly integrated. However, it is
beyond the scope of this manual to explain the
basics of using Windows. Therefore, if you need
information on that topic, please refer to the
Windows online help.
The information in this document is furnished for
informational use only, is subject to change
without notice, may contain errors or inaccuracies,
and represents no commitment whatsoever.
Rev. TR 1.0 00-09-15
CAUTION
FCC Radio-Frequency Exposure Statement
This equipment generates and radiates radiofrequency energy. In order to comply with FCC
radio-frequency radiation exposure guidelines
for an uncontrolled environment, this equipment
has to be installed and operated while
maintaining a minimum body to antenna
distance of 20 cm.
Users are not permitted to make changes or
modify the system in any way.
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Contents
About this manual 2
CAUTION 2
Getting started 5
Bluetooth Neighborhood 5
Introduction 5
Opening Bluetooth Neighborhood 6
Bluetooth Neighborhood window 7
Profiles and services 8
List view 9
Basic functions 11
Naming your local device 11
Device discovery 12
Service discovery 13
Link establishment 14
Disconnecting 15
Status information 15
View details 16
Device folders 18
Online help 19
Local services 20
Object transfer 20
Making default business card available 20
Business card transfer 24
Sending objects directly from MS Outlook 25
Receiving objects 25
Creating objects in the Object Editor 26
File transfer 28
Audio 30
Bluetooth COM ports 32
General information 32
Bluetooth COM port settings 33
Bluetooth COM port link establishment 36
LAN 36
DUN 37
FAX 38
Network 39
Setting up networks 39
Network link establishment 40
Local device settings 40
Local profile properties 40
General information 40
Enabling/disabling profile 41
Object Push Settings 42
Object Push - Security 43
File Transfer Settings 44
Audio settings 45
Bluetooth Speaker Phone Setup Wizard 46
LAN Access settings 48
Dial-up Networking settings 49
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Bluetooth Neighborhood properties 50
General 50
Settings 51
Device discovery 52
Trust 53
Security 55
Bonding 57
Bluetooth unit settings 59
Enabling/disabling Bluetooth unit 59
Indication of Bluetooth unit state 59
Index 71
Remote device settings 60
Remote device properties 60
General 60
Trust 61
Hardware 63
LED operation 63
PC card technical specifications 63
USB adapter technical specifications 63
Diagnostics 64
Appendices 66
Appendix A: Profiles 66
Appendix B: List view icons 67
Appendix C: Regulatory statements 69
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Getting started
Bluetooth Neighborhood
Introduction
With the Bluetooth™ Software Suite, you can
establish wireless links between your computer
and other Bluetooth enabled devices. Without
using an inch of cable, you can for example:
• Transfer sound, objects and files;
• Access the Internet by means of dial-up
networking;
• Connect to local area networks;
• Send fax messages, using the fax software of
your computer;
• Establish Bluetooth ad hoc networks consisting
of two or more Bluetooth devices;
• Connect to serial devices (legacy applications).
Most operations are carried out from an
application called the Bluetooth Neigborhood.
The basic functions of the Bluetooth
Neighborhood include three steps:
1. Carrying out device discovery, i.e. finding out
which remote Bluetooth devices are available
within your range;
2. Carrying out service discovery, i.e. finding out
which services (applications) a remote device
facilitates;
3. Establishing links to remote devices.
The Bluetooth Neighborhood should be seen as
an equivalent to the Network Neighborhood. The
latter is an ordinary network, the Bluetooth
Neighborhood is a wireless network of the
Bluetooth devices within range.
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Opening Bluetooth Neighborhood
The Bluetooth Neighborhood and Windows
Explorer are highly integrated. Therefore,
Windows Explorer is the natural place to open the
Bluetooth Neighborhood: Open Windows
Explorer, and select the Bluetooth Neighborhood
among the folders in Windows.
Alternatively, you can open the Bluetooth
Neighborhood from the shortcut placed on your
desktop during the installation:
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Bluetooth Neighborhood window
When you open the Bluetooth Neighborhood, the
following window appears*:
The figures 1-7 refer to the following explanations:
*
The first time you open the Bluetooth Neighborhood, you will
not see any remote Bluetooth devices. To discover the remote
devices within range, press F5. For information on the contents
of the list view, see the section “List view”.
Note also that as the setup of the window depends on your
Windows Explorer setup, the components in the above
example may not be exactly the ones shown on your screen.
1: Menu bar: Contains standard Windows pull-
down menus and a Bluetooth menu. We will
deal with the Bluetooth menu in later sections.
Furthermore, from the menu bar, you can
access the Bluetooth Software Suite online
help.
2: Tool bar: Contains standard Windows tools
like Back, Forward, View, etc. In addition, the
bar contains such Bluetooth tools as Device
Discovery and Disconnect.
3: Address bar: Shows which item is currently
selected. Also, from this bar you can browse in
Windows Explorer.
4: View details: Appears when on the View
menu you have selected the item View Details.
You will see various information on the items in
the list view. For more information, see the
section "View details".
5: Local Profiles/Local Services bar: Shows
the local profiles or the local services that your
Bluetooth device supports. For more
information, see the section "Profiles and
services".
6: Status bar: Provides information on the item
currently selected in the Bluetooth
Neighborhood.
7: List view: Shows you the contents of the
folder, remote device, etc. currently selected.
See the section "List view".
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The setup of the Bluetooth Neighborhood window
depends on your Windows Explorer setup. Thus,
the above example does not show all the standard
Windows components that may be added to the
window.
Profiles and services
Interoperability depends on profiles
Any Bluetooth device has at least one profile, i.e.
an application that you can use the 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 Bluetooth enabled computer to
another, both computers must support the profile
OBEX File Transfer.
The Bluetooth Software Suite supports a number
of profiles, called your Local Profiles. You will find
these on the Local Profiles bar.
Services are used for link establishment
While the function of the Local Profiles bar is to
display the profiles your device supports, the
Local Services bar is what you will actually be
using when operating the Bluetooth
Neighborhood. Facilitated by a profile, each of the
services represents a specific operation that your
device can carry out. An example of a service is
audio, i.e. sound transfer, which is facilitated by
the profile Generic Audio. Sound transfer can take
place between your computer and other Bluetooth
devices supporting the Generic Audio profile.
In later sections, we will show you how to make
use of each of the services that your device
features.
For the Local Profiles bar, click Local Profiles.
For the Local Services bar, click Local Services.
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List view
The list view in the main window contains three
elements: My Inbox, My Shared Files, and a list of
discovered remote devices. When an item is
selected in the Bluetooth Neighborhood, for
instance My Inbox or a remote device, the list
view will display the contents of that item. (In this
connection, the contents of a remote device are
the services it supports).
My Inbox:
This is where your device receives objects like
electronic business cards, messages, notes, and
calendar objects. My Inbox is a folder of files like
any other Windows folder, and its contents can be
copied, renamed, dragged and dropped etc. (For
more information, see the section “Receiving
objects”.)
My Shared Files:
In this folder, you can make files available to
remote users. When a remote user has carried
out service discovery on your device, he will be
able to open your folder My Shared Files and the
files you have placed in it. Also, remote users can
place files in your folder My Shared Files and – if
allowed – delete files (see “File Transfer Settings”
for information on the security aspects of receiving
files). Finally, if a remote device sends a file to
For a complete list of the profiles that your
Bluetooth device supports, including which
services each profile facilitates, see “Appendix A:
your device, it is received in My Shared Files. Like
My Inbox, you can manipulate My Shared Files
like any Windows folder. For more information,
see the section “File transfer”.
Profiles”.
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Remote devices or services:
The devices shown in the main window list view
are the remote Bluetooth devices that your device
has discovered during device discovery. The
icons show what kind of device each remote
device is (device class), like the desktop and
laptop computer icons in the following example:
A question mark is used to show that the device
class is unknown:
When service discovery has been carried out on a
remote device, the list view will change to showing
the services facilitated by the remote device in
question. Each service is represented by an icon,
for instance DUN (dial-up networking) and FAX:
Appendix B contains a complete list of the various
remote device and service icons.
Finally, the icons will indicate “linked” and
“bonded” as follows:
Furthermore, it is indicated by the icons whether
or not a device is within range as follows:
Within range
Out of range
Note: The list view does not show your local
device, only remote ones.
Linked
Bonded
Linked and bonded
The list view settings can be changed like other
Windows list view settings; you can for instance
change the size of the icons or have the elements
displayed as a list. For information on settings
specifically relevant in connection with the
Bluetooth Software Suite, see the section “View
details”.
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Basic functions
Naming your local device
Before you start communicating with remote
users, you should select the name that you want
your device to present itself with when discovered
by remote devices. To do so:
1. On the Bluetooth menu, click Bluetooth
Neighborhood Properties:
The following dialog box opens:
2. At the top of the dialog box, click the tab
Settings.
3. In the item Bluetooth Device Name, type the
name you want your device to present itself
with when discovered by devices, for instance
“Adam”:
4. Click OK.
Other Bluetooth devices discovering your device
will now see it as "Adam".
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For information on the item Bluetooth Device
Class in the dialog box shown above, see the
section “Bluetooth Neighborhood properties” –
“Settings”.
Device discovery
Before your local device can get to communicate
with a remote Bluetooth device, it needs to
discover the remote devices that are available
within range. This activity is called device
discovery.
To carry out device discovery: On the Bluetooth
menu, click Device Discovery.
While your device is looking for remote devices,
the following dialog box will show the progress of
the device discovery:
When the device discovery has been carried out,
the list view will show which remote devices within
range are currently available. Also, you can see
the previously discovered devices that are no
longer available (cf. the section "List view"):
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Service 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.
Double-click the remote device in the main
Note: The main window list view does not show
your local device, only the discovered remote
ones.
Alternative ways of carrying out device discovery:
• When the main window list view (with
discovered devices) is displayed, press F5.
This will update the list view.
• On the tool bar, click the tool button Device
Discovery.
window list view, for instance the one named
"Bluetooth Client Device":
When the service discovery has been carried out,
the list view will show the services that the remote
device supports:
In some cases, it may not be possible to carry out
service discovery. There could be a number of
reasons for this: The remote user may have set
up his device to reject link establishment attempts
(cf. “Trust”), the distance between the two devices
may be too far, etc. If service discovery (or any
other activity) is not carried out successfully, a
message box will let you know what went wrong.
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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 the above example, a DUN (dial-up networking)
link is being established by dragging the local
DUN service to the remote DUN service. (The
remote device could be a computer with access to
a modem, which would allow you to access the
Internet.)
Alternatively, if you know in advance that a remote
device supports a particular service, you can skip
service discovery. Just drag the local service to
the remote device:
In this example, a DUN link is being established
by dragging the local DUN service to the remote
device.
For information on how to make use of each of the
local services when a link has been established,
refer to the section about the local service in
question.
If link establishment is not carried out
successfully: The remote user may have set up
his device to reject link establishment attempts (cf.
“Trust”), the distance between the two devices
may be too far, etc. A message box will let you
know what went wrong.
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Disconnecting
To disconnect a link established to a remote
device:
1. Select (click) the remote device or service
that you want your device to disconnect from.
2. On the Bluetooth menu, click the item
Disconnect:
Alternatively, double-click the remote service that
your local device is connected to.
The link will now be disconnected.
Status information
The Bluetooth Neighborhood status bar provides
you with information on the item currently selected
in the Bluetooth Neighborhood, like the name of a
remote device (“Eddie’s Notepad””) or My Inbox.
Also, message boxes keep you informed of the
progress of any activity, and let you know if
anything goes wrong. The following example is a
message box showing that the local device is
being disconnected from a remote one:
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View details
One of the Windows-like features of the Bluetooth
Software Suite is the possibility of changing the
settings of the list view. What is of special interest,
however, is the Details information of the list
view:
1. On the menu bar, click View.
2. Click Details.
Alternatively, on the tool bar, click the View icon
the appropriate number of times until the details
are displayed:
The type of details displayed depends on the
contents of the list view: remote devices, remote
services, or the contents of My Inbox or My
Shared Files.
Details concerning remote devices
In the main window, the list view can display
information on each of the remote devices
discovered:
• Name: The name the remote user has chosen
for his device to present itself with when
discovered by other devices.
• Class: The type of the remote device (device
class), for instance a desktop computer, a
laptop, or a mobile phone.
• Status: Whether the remote device is within
range or not.
• Bonding: Whether or not your local device
and the remote one have bonded. See the
section “Bonding”.
• Role: Shows if the remote device is the
master or a slave in the piconet.
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Details concerning remote services
When you have carried out service discovery on a
remote device, the list view can display the
following information on the services that the
remote device supports:
Details concerning My Inbox and My Shared
Files
If you have opened My Inbox or My Shared Files,
you can get the same information on each of the
received objects or files that you can get in
standard Windows folders:
• Name: The name of the remote service.
• Description: The name of the profile that
supports the remote service. If your device
features the same profile, interoperability
between the two devices is possible.
• Status: Whether or not the remote service is
connected to your device.
• Name: The name given to the object or file
when it was saved.
• Size: The size of the object or folder.
• Type: The type of the object or folder, for
instance “vCard File” like the business card in
the above example.
• Modified: The date when the object or file
was last saved.
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Device folders
What is a device folder?
In the Bluetooth Neighborhood main list view, you
can create device folders: folders containing a
number of remote devices. You can communicate
with a device folder as with any single remote
device. When doing so, you will be
communicating with all the devices in the folder at
the same time. This feature makes it easy to
distribute objects and files to more than one
device at a time, establish multiple audio links to
be used for conferencing, etc.
How to create a device folder:
1. Open the Bluetooth Neighborhood main
window.
2. On the Bluetooth menu, click Create New
Device Folder.
A new folder will appear in the list view:
The default name of the folder is New Folder.
However, you can rename the folder like any
Windows folder by selecting it, clicking F2,
and typing the name you want.
3. Drag the remote devices you want to the
device folder. This is a standard Windows
drag-and-drop operation; to move a number of
remote devices at the same time, hold down
the CTRL key, click each remote device, and
then drag the selected remote devices to the
folder.
In the following example, two remote devices
have been selected and are being dragged to
a device folder named “Conference”.
You can create as many device folders as you
like, and you can include as many devices in each
folder as you like.
Communicating with a device folder is done in
exactly the same way as with a single remote
device. In the following example, a business card
is being dragged to the device folder named
“Conference”:
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Online help
You can open the Bluetooth Software Suite online
help by clicking the menu bar item Help or
pressing the key F1.
Help provides you with links to the online version
of this User’s Manual. The design of the Help
function is similar to the Windows Help:
Each of the remote devices included in the device
folder “Conference” will now receive the business
card.
Each tab helps you locate information in a
different way. To locate topics, use the Contents
tab; to look up keywords, use the Index tab; and
to search for text, use the Search tab.
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Local services
Object transfer
With the Bluetooth Neighborhood, you can
transfer such objects as business cards, e-mail
messages, calendar objects, and notes. If
Microsoft Outlook is installed on your computer,
that is where you create and send objects. If
Microsoft Outlook is not installed on your
computer, you can use the Object Editor included
in the Bluetooth Software Suite.
Making default business card
available
Before your business card can be transferred to a
remote device, it needs to be included as a
service on your Local Services bar. This will allow
remote users to pull your business card, i.e.
transfer it to their devices. Also, you can push the
business card yourself, i.e. transfer it to remote
devices. Finally, pulling and pushing can take
place in one and the same operation: exchanging
business cards. This can be done by both you and
a remote user.
If Microsoft Outlook is installed on your computer,
you can create a business card in Contacts, and
then drag it into the Bluetooth Neighborhood. If
Microsoft Outlook is not installed, you can use the
Object Editor. Both ways of making your default
business card available on the Local Services bar
will be explained in the following.
From Microsoft Outlook
1. Open both the Bluetooth Neighborhood and
Microsoft Outlook.
2. Arrange the Bluetooth Neighborhood and
Microsoft Outlook, Contacts windows so that
both are visible on the screen:
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A new icon on the Local Services bar shows that
your default business card is now available for
transfer to remote devices:
3. Drag the item containing your own contact
information into the Local Services bar:
From the Object Editor
An alternative way of registering your default
business card is by means of the Object Editor.
To open the Object Editor:
1. On the Bluetooth menu, point to Profile
Properties, and click OBEX Object Push.
The OBEX Object Push Properties dialog box
opens:
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3. In the item Default Business Card, click the
button Create New. The Object Editor opens:
2. At the top of the dialog box, click the tab
Object Push Settings.
4. In the Object Editor, type the information you
want to include in your default business card.
You can include information about your name
and one or more e-mail addresses, telephone
numbers, and addresses.
5. To save the business card: On the Object
Editor File menu, click Save.
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