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IVT BlueSoleil™ User Manual
Bluetooth Service Browse A remote Bluetooth device can provide one or more
Bluetooth services. To use the services that the remote device provides, the user
has to first find the services. This is called service browse.
Bluetooth Serial Port This is the implementation of the Bluetooth Serial Port
profile (SPP). SPP emulates a serial port over Bluetooth, for the Bluetooth device.
Bonding Bonding is the creation of a relationship between two devices, which
are known to each other prior to the bonding procedure. A user initiates the
bonding procedure and enters a passkey to create a bond between two devices.
This differs from the authentication procedure where the user is requested to enter
a passkey during the establishment of the link.
Connectable Bluetooth devices can be connectable or non-connectable. When
the device is connectable, other devices can connect to it.
DHCP The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an Internet protocol
for automating the configuration of computers that use TCP/IP.
Bluetooth Dongle A Bluetooth device which can be added onto a computer or
notebook to make it Bluetooth enabled, A Bluetooth dongle is typically a USB
device.
General Discoverable Bluetooth devices have three modes: General
discoverable, Limited discoverable and Non-discoverable mode. A Bluetooth device
will respond to a General Inquiry if it is in general discoverable or limited
discoverable mode.
HID A Human Interface device such as a keyboard or mouse.
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) For more detailed information about ICS,
please refer to the Microsoft Windows help topic: Internet Connection Sharing.
Limited Discoverable Bluetooth devices have three modes: General
discoverable, Limited discoverable and Non-discoverable mode. In Limited
discoverable mode, a Bluetooth device will only respond to a Limited Inquiry.
LAN A LAN is a Local Area Network.
LAN Access Point One of entities defined in the LA profiles, the LAN Access
Point acts like a router between a Bluetooth piconet and an external network.
NAT Network Address Translation (NAT) is used to re-map IP numbers from one
range to another range of network addresses.
Non-Connectable A Bluetooth devices can be connectable or non-connectable.
When it is non-connectable, other devices cannot connect to it. This is used in
BlueSoleil™ only when the user does not want another device to connect to their
computer.
Non-discoverable Bluetooth devices have three modes: General discoverable,
Limited discoverable and Non-discoverable mode. In Non-discoverable mode, a
Bluetooth device will not respond to any inquiry, so another Bluetooth device will
not be able to find it.
Non-pairable A Bluetooth device can be pairable or non-pairable. When it is
non-pairable, it will not accept a bonding request from other devices.
Pairable A Bluetooth device can be pairable or non-pairable. When it is pairable,
it will accept a bonding request from other devices. After the bonding process is
finished successfully, two devices are paired. They now form a trusted relationship.
There is no need to exchange Bluetooth Passkeys the next time they connect.
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