Juniper Systems Socket Bluetooth Card User Manual
ULTRA-RUGGED
FIELD PC
Using the Socket Communications®
Bluetooth® Cards and Drivers
with the Field PC
An addendum to the user’s guide that came with your Socket Communications kit
In this document
This addendum is designed to be a supplement
to the user’s guide that came with your
Bluetooth card. (To view the user’s guide online, visit Socket Communication’s website at
www.socketcom.com.) Refer to this addendum
to learn how to—
• Install the Bluetooth drivers that came with
your card
• Install the latest Field PC operating system
• Use GPS Manager to connect with a GPS
receiver that uses Bluetooth technology
This document also provides a few tips for
using a Bluetooth CF or SD card with the Field
PC. Learn—
• How deactivating Bluetooth before you
suspend (turn off) the Field PC helps prevent
error messages
• Why you should wait a few seconds after
resuming (turning on) the Field PC before
using Bluetooth
• How to connect two Bluetooth COM devices
to the Field PC
Install qualified Bluetooth
drivers
We recommend installing drivers from Socket
Communications to make your Socket
Bluetooth CF or SD card most functional. To
load the Socket Communications drivers, do
one of the following:
• If the system requirements on the
installation CD that came with your kit state
support for Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 5.0
(CD revision K or later), install the drivers on
the CD.
• If the system requirements on the CD do
not state support for Windows Mobile 5.0,
download the latest drivers from the Socket
Communications website at
http://www.socketcom.com.
Install the latest Field PC
operating system
We recommend using the latest Field PC operating system (1.03 or higher) with the
Socket Communications CF or SD card for
Bluetooth technology. If the Field PC does not
have the latest operating system, download it
from http://ultraruggedfieldpc.com.
1
Use GPS Manager with
2
Bluetooth GPS Receivers
If you are connecting to a GPS receiver that
uses Bluetooth technology with NMEA protocol,
we recommend using the GPS Manager
utility in Windows Mobile 5.0 to manage
your Bluetooth connection. GPS Manager
automatically ends the GPS connection when
the Field PC is suspended (turned off) and
re-establishes the GPS connection when the
device is resumed (turned on).
Note: GPS Manager only works with GPS
receivers outputting NMEA protocol GPS data.
Other GPS protocols, such as TSIP and SiRF,
must be managed by specific GPS applications.
Before you can use the GPS manager, you need
to discover your device and figure out COM port
assignments, as outlined below. These steps are
also outlined in Socket Communications’ user’s
guide.
Part 1: Discover your device
3. Tap on the Device Discovery icon (the
eyeballs), as shown in the image below. Or
tap on the Tools menu, and then Device
Discovery.
4. Make sure the Bluetooth devices are still
on, and then complete each step of the
Bluetooth Device Discovery Wizard, shown in
the image below.
1. Make sure the Bluetooth device is turned on.
2. On the Today Screen on the Field PC, tap
on the Bluetooth logo icon > Advanced
Features > Bluetooth Devices, as shown
below.
Part 2: View COM port assignments
1. On the Today screen of the Field PC, tap
on the Bluetooth logo icon > Advanced
Features > My Bluetooth Device, as shown in
the next image.
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