Ezurio TDKBLUEM User Manual
Bluetooth Enabler for Palm m500 and m505
Contents
Introduction
Box contents ....................................................................................................................... 2
Getting Started
Attaching the blueM ........................................................................................................... 3
Removing the blueM .......................................................................................................... 4
Installing the blueM Software ............................................................................................. 5
Using blueM
Controlling Bluetooth with Preferences ................................................................................. 6
Connecting with other devices ............................................................................................. 7
Network (Internet) settings ................................................................................................ 10
HotSync over Bluetooth (BlueSync™) ............................................................................... 11
Bluetooth Profiles .............................................................................................................12
The blueM button .............................................................................................................. 13
Menu Items ....................................................................................................................... 14
Settings ............................................................................................................................14
Discovering other devices .......................................................................................... 7
Being discovered by other devices ............................................................................. 9
Pairing two Palm/blueM devices .............................................................................. 9
Viewing device properties ......................................................................................... 9
Removing Bluetooth devices from the list ................................................................. 9
The blue indicator ...................................................................................................13
Troubleshooting and Information
Pairing and Guides ...........................................................................................................15
Troubleshooting and Technical Information ........................................................................23
Regulatory Information and Safety Statements.................................................................. 24
Glossary ........................................................................................................................... 25
Warranty ........................................................................................................................... 26
1
Introduction
When you need to share Palm files with another computer, what is required? When
you want to browse the Internet from your Palm using a mobile phone, what do you
do? The answer is usually to connect them together using cables. As more connections become necessary between mobile devices, so too does the number of cables
required to make it all possible.
Bluetooth™ provides a way for devices to communicate without the need for cables
or connectors. Using low power radio waves and a standard vocabulary, any device
with Bluetooth wireless technology is able to make a connection with any other
Bluetooth device to share information and resources.
The TDK blueM is a sleek device that connects to the back of your Palm m125,
m500, m505 or IBM WorkPad c500 series and provides a range of Bluetooth
capabilities. blueM uses small amounts of power from your Palm battery and
adds only 29g to the overall weight. Once the supplied software is loaded into
your Palm, you are ready to connect with an ever-increasing range of smart,
wireless devices.
Box contents
Your blueM package should contain the following items:
• blueM device
• Installation CD-ROM
Next steps
• Attach the blueM
• Install the Software
• Use Palm Preferences
• Connect with other Bluetooth devices
• Make network settings for Internet access
• Reprogram the blueM button
• Instruction Guide
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Getting Started
Attaching the blueM
Note: You must remove any other peripheral devices connected to your Palm
handheld before attaching the blueM.
1 With the Palm switched off, line up the black connector on the blueM with
the socket at the base of your Palm.
2 Slide the blueM onto your Palm until the connector fully mates with the
socket and you feel it clipping into place.
Next steps
• Install the Software
• Use Palm Preferences
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Removing the blueM
1 With the Palm switched off, gently lift the blueM away, roughly half a
centimetre, from the back of the Palm.
2 Slide the blueM towards the base of the Palm until it fully disengages.
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Installing the blueM Software
1 Place the Palm into the HotSync cradle as usual.
2 Insert the installation CD-ROM into the CD drive of your PC. The CD should
automatically start and (if it does not start automatically: click the Windows Start button, click Run then click Browse, locate the CD-ROM drive
and choose the file setup.exe.)
3 Follow the on screen instructions given in order to transfer the required
applications from the CD-ROM, through the PC and onto the Palm.
4 Once the application transfer is complete, you can remove your Palm from
the cradle and (if not already done) attach the blueM device.
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Next steps
• Use Palm Preferences
• Connect with other Bluetooth devices
• Make network settings for Internet access
• Reprogram the blueM button
Using blueM
Once the blueM software is installed on your Palm, you are ready to begin
making connections to other Bluetooth equipped devices.
There are two main stages in getting Bluetooth devices to work together:
• Firstly, one device must discover the other, and
• Secondly, the devices then swap security passkeys in order to become
paired.
Once paired, the two devices can request and supply information or services as
required. For each set of devices, the pairing process need only be carried out once
and from that moment they can call directly to each other as necessary (providing
they are within range, i.e. within ten metres).
The discovery and pairing characteristics of your Palm (and blueM) are controlled
from the standard Palm Preferences application.
The reason for discovery and pairing
From its initial conception, the Bluetooth standard has been designed with security in
mind. Obviously, when your Palm can theoretically be accessed by any other Bluetooth device, you need to be sure that you are in control of how, and by whom it is
being accessed. For this reason, the process of getting most Bluetooth devices to
work together is divided into two distinct stages - Discovery and Pairing.
To understand the process, imagine a group of people in a dark room. Person A
wants to find someone to talk to among all the others. So person A calls out if
anyone is there (discover). Person B does not want to be discovered so they don’t
reply (non-discoverable). However, person C does want to be known (discoverable)
and shouts out their name, possibly along with many others. Person A then chooses
person C from a number of responses and asks them directly for more details.
Person C then asks for a secret password (passkey) before the conversation gets
any deeper. Providing the right number or word is given, they form an instant
trusting relationship (pairing) and from that moment on, whenever they need to
share information, they simply call each other by name.
Controlling Bluetooth with Preferences
On your Palm, the central point for controlling basic Bluetooth operation is within
the Palm Preferences application. During the software installation a new
Bluetooth page was added to Preferences and from this new page, you can:
• Begin a search to discover new devices,
• Set your Palm to be discovered,
• View or delete existing paired devices, and
• Alter various settings.
To display the Bluetooth Preferences page:
1 Tap to locate the icon.
2 Tap the icon.
3 If the Bluetooth Devices screen
is not already showing, tap the
in the top right corner and
select Bluetooth from the drop
down
list
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4 Using this screen you can now
control the basic Bluetooth
capabilities of your Palm and
blueM combination as covered
Next steps
• Connect with other Bluetooth devices
• Make network settings for Internet access
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Connecting with other devices
The first stage of interaction between Bluetooth devices requires one of them to
search for and discover other such devices. It is generally unimportant which device
does the discovering and which is discovered, as once their relationship (pairing)
is confirmed, they can both request or supply resources as necessary. In some
cases, however, devices with limited capability may require special treatment (i.e.
wireless headsets, certain mobile phones, etc.) as they have little or no user
interface. Refer to the user documentation for these devices for further details.
Next steps
• Discovering other devices
• Being discovered by other devices
• Pairing two Palm/blueM devices
• Removing Bluetooth devices from the list
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Discovering other devices
Follow this procedure to make your Palm/blueM perform a search for other
Bluetooth devices in the vicinity:
1 Display the Bluetooth page of Preferences.
2 Tap the Add Device button in the lower right corner. This screen will be
displayed
3 You are offered two options:
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• Require passkey – you
are strongly recommended to keep this
option enabled unless you
are attempting to link with
a device that does not
require or use passkeys.
This will ensure that other
Bluetooth devices that
may be in the vicinity
cannot gain unauthorised
access to your Palm.
• Search for – this option
allows you to narrow
down the choices in
situations where many
different Bluetooth
devices are in the vicinity.
4 Ensure that the other Bluetooth
device(s) is/are in discoverable
continued
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mode (help for specific devices)
and tap the Search button. Your
Palm/blueM will begin searching
and after a short while will either:
present a list of Found devices, or
indicate that No devices could be
found.
Note: Occasionally, rather than
receiving a device name such as
‘MY PHONE’, you may receive a
string of characters, such as
‘0001EC4ADEA8’. This is the
Bluetooth address for the device
and is sometimes sent at this
stage if the other device didn’t
have time to respond with it’s
user-friendly name. You could
either check that this is the
address of the required device,
or tap Cancel and then Add
Device to start the search again.
5 If the Found devices list con-
tains more than one Bluetooth
device, tap the required device
name to select it and tap OK. If
there is only one device listed,
tap OK directly.
7 Your Palm/blueM will now
interrogate the selected device
and display a Device Info
screen
8 If the device offers more than
one service, tap the required
service to select it and then tap
OK. For more information about
services.
9 The two devices are now paired.
The other device will be added
to your Palm’s Bluetooth devices
list with a padlock icon to indicate that it is paired.
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6 You will be requested to enter a
passkey at this point (unless
you deselected the Require
passkey option). Tap the dotted line in the passkey dialog and then enter a
passkey, up to sixteen characters in length, suitable for use with the
selected device and tap the OK button. The other device should respond at
this point and request for an identical passkey to be entered.
Note: If you are connecting with a mobile phone or another such numerically-centered device then the passkey must be numeric. For alphanumeric
devices such as computers, the passkey can be of a mixed nature. The
important point is that it is the same on both devices otherwise the link will
be refused.
Next steps
• Make network settings for Internet access
• HotSync to your PC using Bluetooth
• Reprogram the blueM button
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