Bluetooth PC Card (BL500) 1.0 November 2001 By Paul D. Sinclair.
Contents Brain Boxes Information 1 Guarantee..............................................................................................................................1 Copyright..............................................................................................................................1 BRAIN BOXES Limited......................................................................................................1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ............................................................
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Brain Boxes Information Guarantee. BRAIN BOXES LIMITED guarantee your Card for a full 36 months from purchase, parts and labour, provided it has been used in the specified manner. In the unlikely event of failure return your interface to BRAIN BOXES LIMITED or to your Dealer, with proof of purchase, who will determine whether to repair or replace this product with an equivalent unit. Copyright. COPYRIGHT © 1985-2001 BRAIN BOXES LIMITED. All rights reserved.
Bluetooth Introduction Introduction This guide will give you a short technical introduction to the Bluetooth™ technology. This is intended as a Bluetooth overview and you should refer to your product manuals for specific installation and operation instructions.
International Operation You can use Bluetooth almost anywhere. The radio operates in the 2.45 GHz band, which is licence-free and available to any radio system in the world Easy Connection You can establish a connection between two or more devices almost instantly. The connection will be maintained even if the devices are not within line of sight. Stable Connection Bluetooth provides a very stable connection.
Interoperability Interoperability refers to the ability of two devices to communicate with each other. Now, any Bluetooth device features one or more applications, known as profiles. For one Bluetooth device to be able to communicate with another, the two devices must have at least one shared profile. If, for instance, your Bluetooth device features the profile object exchange, you can exchange business cards with any other Bluetooth device that has the object exchange profile.
Bluetooth in action Unlimited possibilites A technology that, like Bluetooth, eliminates the need for cables offers a great number of potential applications.The possibilities are virtually unlimited. Nevertheless, in some areas it is particularly obvious that Bluetooth is an ideal solution. This section gives you a few examples.
Encryption Security mechanism that prevents eavesdropping and maintains link privacy. Master The device that initiates a connection and, during this connection, controls all traffic in a piconet. Park mode Economical, low-power "sub-mode" of standby. In park mode, a slave does not participate in the piconet but remains synchronized to it. Park mode is used to increase the number of slaves connected to a master. Piconet A wireless network formed by two or more Bluetooth devices.
Setting up Your Card Windows 2000 Installation This section will give you all the information that is needed to install your Brain Boxes Bluetooth PC Card into your computer. Insert the Bluetooth Product CD into your CDROM drive. Insert the Card into a free PC Card Slot Windows 2000 will detect your card and start the Found New Hardware Wizard.
Select “Search for a suitable driver for my device”. Click Next Select CD-ROM drives. Click Next The Wizard has found the required software.
The software is now installed. Click Finish. The Found New Hardware wizard will detect a number of devices on your card and install the drivers for them. A My Bluetooth devices icon will now appear in the My Computer folder on your desktop. Double clicking on this icon will open the My Bluetooth Devices user interface which will enable you to configure your card and establish connections with other bluetooth enabed devices.
Select the Hardware tab Click Hardware Wizard Click Next Bluetooth PC Card Setting up Your Card • 10
Select Uninstall/Unplug a device. Click Next Select “Uninstall a Device”. Click Next Scroll down the list of devices until you reach the “Brain Boxes Bluetooth PCMCIA Device”, select this device.
Select “Yes, I want to uninstall this device”.
Click Finish Click Finish. Both the hardware and software elements of your Brain Boxes have now been successfully uninstalled. If you need to reinstall the software immediately then you will need to reboot your machine.
My Bluetooth Devices Windows 2000 Connecting Devices Click on the Brain Boxes Bluetooth icon in your icon tray or double click on the My Bluetooth devices icon on your desktop.
Right Click a discovered device and click ‘Service Search’ this will attempt to connect to the device chosen. The other device will need to allow the connection. A number of virtual COM Ports will then appear under the device name. Select one of the virtual COM Ports. Right Click on the chosen Virtual COM Port.
A Brain Boxes Bluetooth COM port will be set up. You will then be told that a virtual port has been established and given the COM number assigned. The screen shot above shows how you’re my Bluetooth Devices will look now that you are connected. You will now be able to transfer data using hyperterminal or a similar program.
Devices Tested So Far Device A Device B Printe rs a nd Printer ada pte rs Brainboxes PC card + CD51 HP995C Brainboxes PC card + CD51 MPI Printer adapter (version 020) Brainboxes PC card + CD51 MPI Printer adapter (version 030) Interoperable Yes Te le phone s Brainboxes PC card + CD51 Brainboxes PC card + CD51 Brainboxes BL631 + Extended Systems Digianswer PC card T39 Ericsson Nokia 6210 No Ericsson DBA-10 Yes T39 Ericsson Yes Upon Pairing to the phone a bluescreen occurred on the PC even th
Authentication, 3, 5 Bluetooth Special Interest Group, 2 discovery, 4, 5 Encryption, 3, 6 headset, 5 Installation, 7 Interoperability, 4 Bluetooth PC Card master, 4, 6 Master, 6 Piconet, 4, 6 Slave, 6 slaves, 4 Uninstalling, 9 Windows 2000, 14 My Bluetooth Devices • 18
