User's Manual

BlueTooth Dongle User’s Guide
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Bluetooth for Windows provides
 Clients with the means:
 To locate other Bluetooth devices in the
immediate vicinity (inquiry)
 Discover the services that those devices
offer (discovery)
 Connect to, use, and disconnect from
those services.
 Servers with the means to
include/exclude individual services in
the list of services they provide to clients.
 Extensive security, including:
 Authorization
 Authentication
 Encryption.
Bluetooth for Windows supports
 Windows XP
 Windows 2000
 Windows 98SE (Second Edition)
 Windows Me (Millennium Edition)
Bluetooth for Windows functions the same
way, regardless of the supported version of
Windows on which it is running.
Bluetooth Device
Identity
Every Bluetooth device has a unique 48-bit
binary Bluetooth Device Address (BDA)
burned into its Read-Only Memory (ROM).
This address cannot be changed by the
end-user.
A device BDA is usually displayed in
hexadecimal format; 00:D0:B7:03:2E:9F is a
valid BDA.
Each Bluetooth device also has an
operator-configurable, user-friendly name
to help distinguish it from other Bluetooth
devices. The user-friendly name may be up
to 99 alphanumeric characters in length
and may contain spaces. My Personal
Computer is a valid user-friendly name.
Device Icons for Windows 9x, ME
and 2K
Device Icons for Windows XP