WIDCOMM BT0002M3, User Manual

Page 1: ...Bluetooth USB Dongle User s Guide Version 1 1 ...

Page 2: ...icense agreement or herein no part of the documentation accompanying this software whether provided in printed or electronic form may be reproduced in any form or stored in a database or retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative work such as translation transformation or adaptation without the express prior written consent of WIDCOMM Trademark s and...

Page 3: ...ate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help FCC Caution Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to opera...

Page 4: ...ure the routing software 12 3 2 BLUETOOTH SERIAL PORT 13 3 3 DIAL UP NETWORKING 14 3 4 FAX 14 3 5 FILE TRANSFER 15 3 5 1 Types of File Transfer operations 15 3 6 INFORMATION EXCHANGE 16 3 7 INFORMATION SYNCHRONIZATION 17 4 Local Services 18 4 1 LOCAL SERVICES 18 5 Configuration Panel 19 5 1 ACCESSIBILITY TAB 19 5 1 1 Adding and Deleting Devices 19 5 2 DISCOVERY TAB 20 5 3 GENERAL CONFIGURATION SET...

Page 5: ... 1 INTRODUCTION 28 6 2 AUTHENTICATION 28 6 3 AUTHORIZATION 28 6 4 ENCRYPTION 29 6 5 LEVELS OF SECURITY 29 6 6 LINK KEY 29 6 7 PAIRING DEVICES 30 6 8 PASSKEY 30 6 9 SECURITY REQUEST DIALOG BOX 31 6 10 SECURITY REQUEST DIALOG BOX ADVANCED BUTTON 31 7 Technical Support 32 8 Troubleshooting 33 9 Glossary 35 ...

Page 6: ... requests a connection to another device as part of its normal operation For example the program may request a connection to a remote computer a printer or a modem Becoming a Bluetooth client normally requires an action by the device operator such as an attempt to browse a remote computer print a file or dial out on a modem Every Bluetooth device that provides a service must be prepared to respond...

Page 7: ... servers Bluetooth devices that can act as both server and client can often do both at the same time BTW 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 th...

Page 8: ...Network If the client has permission user name and password for the LAN the wireless connection can be used as if the client were hardwired to the LAN All Bluetooth servers do not necessarily provide all of these services For example network gateways such as those in WIDCOMM s BlueGate series only provide access to the Local Area Network the Network Access service To determine the services provide...

Page 9: ...lular Telephone Desktop Computer Laptop Computer Modem Network Personal Digital Assistant PDA Printer Unknown devices Service icons are gray or yellow in color or gray with yellow accents in their normal state In the connected state the primary color of the icon gray or yellow changes to green See Errata for Windows XP service icons Service Icon Types Service Name Normal Connected Bluetooth Serial...

Page 10: ...es remote devices and services Open and close connections Pair and un pair devices Refresh lists of devices services and folder contents Context sensitive What s This Help in the Bluetooth Configuration Panel A Relative Signal Strength Indicator Properties dialog box has been added for every connection right click the connection and select Status to display the dialog box Enhanced Windows system t...

Page 11: ... tab One of the advantages of Bluetooth is the mobility the wireless connections allow However mobility means that devices may move in or out of connection range during the time between the automatic updates performed by BTW To be certain that the displayed list of devices in the neighborhood is current or if automatic periodic inquiry is not enabled force an update of the device list using the te...

Page 12: ...onnection that allows your computer to perform file system operations on another Bluetooth enabled device browse drag drop open print cut copy paste delete rename etc Information Exchange establishes a Bluetooth wireless connection between two devices so that they can exchange personal information manager data such as business cards calendar items email messages and notes Information Synchronizati...

Page 13: ...tablished displayed in hours minutes and seconds Depending on the service the connection may time out automatically disconnect after a specific period of inactivity Activity the number of bytes sent and received over the connection Signal Strength a variable scale that ranges from Too Weak through Good to Too Strong To change the power transmission level of this computer from the Bluetooth Configu...

Page 14: ...ed device for example multiple Bluetooth Serial Ports then the Select Bluetooth Service dialog box appears Select the specific service to be used and then click the OK button to close the Select Bluetooth Service dialog box If only one service of the type selected in the Select a Service drop down menu above exists on the selected device the next Connection Wizard screen appears 4 If Require secur...

Page 15: ...and then select Connection Wizard from the submenu Exchange Business Cards with another Bluetooth Computer right click the Bluetooth icon select Services and then select Business Card Exchange from the submenu Search for and connect to a specific service right click the Bluetooth icon select Services and then select the desired service from the submenu An additional submenu will appear that contai...

Page 16: ...n WIDCOMM s BlueGate series The Bluetooth server must be specifically configured to provide the Network Access service After a Bluetooth device is configured as a Network Access server it cannot act as a Network Access client without being re configured 3 1 1 Network Access Server side Setup for Windows 2000 From the Windows Control Panel select Network and Dial up Connections Right click the Loca...

Page 17: ...ab 4 Select Specify an IP address 5 Enter an IP Address suggested value 192 168 1 1 and a Subnet Mask suggested value 255 255 255 0 6 Click OK twice to close the dialog boxes 7 Click YES to restart the computer 3 1 2 2 Configure the routing software In the Windows system tray right click the WinRoute icon and select Administration On the Settings tab select 2nd network adapter From the Network ada...

Page 18: ...box that provides communications port information may not appear until after Authentication and Authorization have been accomplished The application on the server must be configured to use the correct communications port To determine the communications port being used by the service On the server in the Folders pane of My Bluetooth Places right click My Device and select Properties from the pop up...

Page 19: ...t appear for subsequent connections to the same phone number You can now open a web browser and connect to the Internet To close a Dial up Networking connection On the client in the Folders pane of My Bluetooth Places select highlight the device that is providing the Dial up Networking service In the right pane of My Bluetooth Places right click Dial up Networking and then select Disconnect Dial u...

Page 20: ... My Bluetooth Places right click a folder item and select an option from the pop up menu A dialog box the title varies depending on the operation being carried out appears and the status line bottom of the dialog box indicates the operational step that is being carried out The types of operations that can be accomplished are Open Files are opened in the application associated with them Folders are...

Page 21: ...ive requests an object from another device Exchange sends a client object and receives a server object The default location of your business card and the location where received items are placed can be configured in the Bluetooth Configuration Panel To send receive or exchange an object on the client in the Folders pane of My Bluetooth Places right click the Inbox icon of the remote device and sel...

Page 22: ...l duplicates may not be exchanged in the synchronization process Only Outlook s default contacts folder is synchronized Items in sub folders are not synchronized Items that are moved from the default folder to a sub folder will appear to have been deleted the next synchronization takes place To use Information Synchronization 1 On the client in the Folders pane of My Bluetooth Places select Entire...

Page 23: ...ooth Configuration Panel Local Services tab double click the service name If a service is not configured to start automatically it can still be started manually right click the service and select Start from the pop up menu To stop a local service right click the service and select Stop from the pop up menu Stopped services are not available for use by clients With Local Device selected the Details...

Page 24: ...All devices to connect all remote devices are permitted to connect to this computer No devices to connect no remote devices are permitted to initiate a connection with this computer However this computer can still initiate connections as a client with remote Bluetooth devices Only paired devices to connect only devices that have been paired with this computer are allowed to connect to it Only devi...

Page 25: ...evice s within a class Discovered devices can be mixed and matched you can discover one or more specific devices classes of devices and types of devices within a class at the same time When BTW is configured to report only specific devices it reports ONLY those devices To report only specific devices From the Bluetooth Configuration Panel on the Discovery tab select Report only selected Bluetooth ...

Page 26: ... only selected Bluetooth devices When all devices are deleted an error message will appear if Report all Bluetooth devices is not selected 5 3 GENERAL CONFIGURATION SETTINGS The settings on the General tab of the Bluetooth Configuration Panel determine device properties and basic system security settings Identity section Computer Name enter a unique name to identify this computer to other Bluetoot...

Page 27: ... device is operating properly or that there is a problem conflict Device Address the Bluetooth Device Address BDA or BD_Addr programmed into this device when it was manufactured HCI Version the version number of the Bluetooth Specification that the Host Controller Interface complies with HCI Revision the revision number of the Bluetooth Specification that the Host Controller Interface complies wit...

Page 28: ...you can set the Country Code North America Europe except France and Japan France and China Maximum Transmission Power High Medium Low Click the Apply button to implement the changes A dialog box appears with notification that the Bluetooth device attached to this computer must be reset before the change s will take effect Click the Yes button to reset the Bluetooth device now all open Bluetooth co...

Page 29: ... and navigate to the directory that will be used as My Shared Directory 5 5 2 Send Business Card My Business Card the path to the directory on this computer that contains your electronic business card Select the Send Business Card on Request option to allow remote devices to obtain your business card Click the Browse button and navigate to the directory that contains your business card 5 5 3 Recei...

Page 30: ...ronization Network Access 5 6 1 Property settings which are common to all of the local services Although each of these settings can be set individually for each service all local services have settings for Authentication Authorization Encryption Startup Service Name Some services have an additional setting that is specific to that service Network Access has an additional setting for the maximum nu...

Page 31: ...n Panel Local Services tab double click the service name Make the changes by selecting or clearing the appropriate boxes and click the OK button The service properties that may be changed are Startup when enabled starts the service when BTW initializes The default setting is enabled If Startup is not enabled the service can still be started manually Authorization when enabled requires confirmation...

Page 32: ...tion To associate a sound with a Bluetooth event 1 From the Bluetooth Configuration Panel Notifications tab 2 In the Notify column of the Events list select the check box associated with the event 3 In the Sound area of the Notifications tab click the Browse button and navigate to the sound file wav to be used for notification To preview the sound file click the play button 4 Click the OK button t...

Page 33: ...evice attempts access a visual and or audio warning notifies the local operator The local operator can open a dialog box that provides The user friendly name of the device attempting access A place for the local operator to enter a Bluetooth passkey The operator of the remote system must enter the identical passkey or access is denied If the notification is ignored access is denied after a preset ...

Page 34: ...ically turned on when Encryption is selected 3 Click the OK button to close the dialog box and apply the change 6 5 LEVELS OF SECURITY Security for local services may be configured on an individual basis The configuration options are Startup Automatic or Manual Authorization Authentication Encryption To access the security settings for a local service in the Bluetooth Configuration Panel from the ...

Page 35: ...nquiry to update the list of devices in the area After the inquiry is complete 3 In the Found Devices pane of the dialog box click the name of the device to be paired 4 Click the Execute Pairing button 5 In the Bluetooth Passkey Request dialog box 6 Enter the Bluetooth passkey 7 Click the OK button The check box on the main screen when selected permits all services to connect without Authorization...

Page 36: ...o access Buttons for responding OK allow the connection Cancel deny the connection Advanced button see below A check box that when enabled grants authorizes the connecting device access to all of the services on this computer click the See Also button below for more information 6 10 SECURITY REQUEST DIALOG BOX ADVANCED BUTTON The check box on the main page of the Bluetooth Authorization and Blueto...

Page 37: ...nical support 1 Go to the WIDCOMM home page on the World Wide Web and click Support 2 On the Support page click the BTW entry that is appropriate for your version of BTW 3 On the Technical Support page under BTW click Enter Password Protected Area 4 Enter your technical support user name and password and click the Submit button 5 Select from the options on the support page If you are filling out a...

Page 38: ...nd select the modem that will be used to dial out Click the OK button Click the OK button to close the Bluetooth Configuration Panel 8 4 HOW DO I DETERMINE THE BLUETOOTH DEVICE ADDRESS BDA OF MY HARDWARE DEVICE In the Bluetooth Configuration Panel on the Hardware tab in the Devices section select the device you want to determine the address of In the Device Properties section of the dialog box the...

Page 39: ...nnection to ensure that the test checks the wireless connection rather than the hardwired connection If the server has access to the Internet open a browser on the client and connect to the World Wide Web You may also Ping the server from the DOS prompt 8 9 WHY DO I GET AN UNKNOWN PORT MESSAGE WHEN I ATTEMPT TO USE A BLUETOOTH SERIAL PORT The Unknown Port error message usually means an attempt was...

Page 40: ...nnection is established LMP Link Manager Protocol used by Bluetooth for internal communications Me Millennium Edition PAD Personal Digital Assistant Page Scan Mode A Bluetooth mode in which a server is actively listening scanning for a client to page it The server then answers the page and attempts to set up a connection with the paging device the client PIM Personal Information Manager an applica...

Page 41: ...roperties dialog box click the Advanced tab 5 In the Internet Connection Sharing section of the dialog box select Allow other network users to connect through this computer s Internet connection and then click OK Windows XP Device Icons Device Type Normal Connected Paired Desktop Laptop Modem Network Access Point Personal Digital Assistant Printer Telephone Unknown Device Windows XP Service Icons ...