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Terminology
Terminology
BlipNode
Group
A BlipNode Group is a logical name for a collection of BlipNodes. The
BlipNodes in a BlipNode Group may have different configurations. A
BlipNode Group name may, for example, be a location (e.g. “Reception”)
or an application name (e.g. “Laptop Detector”). An application
developer can use the BlipNode Group name to retrieve the BlipNodes
assigned to this particular group from an application.
BlipNode
Configuration
A BlipNode Configuration is a set of BlipNodes sharing the same basic
configuration. The BlipNodes do not share the exact same configuration
- e.g. the friendly name and BlipNode Group may be different.
Friendly name
Every Bluetooth device has a “human” readable name, a string that can
be defined as anything, e.g. “Mr. Smith’s Ericsson T68i Phone”.
Inquiry
A Bluetooth device making an inquiry is searching for discoverable
Bluetooth devices within range. When a device is discovered during the
inquiry, an application can use this information to set up a connection to
the discovered devices (by means of the paging procedure).
Master
In a Bluetooth connection between two devices, one device is the master
and the other device is the slave. A Bluetooth device establishing a
connection (paging) to another Bluetooth device is said to be the master
device in a Bluetooth link. The device accepting the paging is said to be
the slave. A device acting as a master is normally able to simultaneously
act as a slave for a short period of time before it requires a master /
slave switch. Normally a master can have up to 7 simultaneous active
connections.
Master / slave
switch
When a Bluetooth device (master) connects to another Bluetooth device
(slave), the slave might wish to change roles if it already acts as a
master for other Bluetooth devices. It is not desirable for a Bluetooth
Access Point to be a slave, for example, because then only one
Bluetooth device can connect to the access point at a time. Therefore an
access point will initially act as a slave, and then as the connection is
established, it will require shifting roles such that the access point
becomes a master.
Page
When a device wants to connect to a specific known device, it will have
to page it to establish a link with it.
Role change
Role change or switching is the same as master/slave switching. See
master/slave switch for a description.
Scan
A device listening for either a paging device or a device making an
inquiry is said to be scanning.
Slave
See description of slave under master. A slave can normally only