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Brainboxes (BL500 Instruction Manual

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Bluetooth PC Card
(BL500)
1.0 November 2001
By Paul D. Sinclair.

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  • Page 1 Bluetooth PC Card (BL500) 1.0 November 2001 By Paul D. Sinclair.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Brain Boxes Information Guarantee..........................1 Copyright..........................1 BRAIN BOXES Limited......................1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS....................1 Bluetooth Introduction Introduction ..........................2 What is Bluetooth? .......................2 Wireless Communications ..................2 History of Bluetooth ....................2 Technical Information ......................2 Small Size ......................2 International Operation ..................3 Easy Connection ....................3 Stable Connection ....................
  • Page 3 My Bluetooth Devices Windows 2000........................14 Bluetooth PC Card Contents • • • • ii...

  • Page 4: Brain Boxes Information

    England. Telephone: 0151-220 2500 Fax: 0151-252 0446 E-mail: help@brainboxes.com /sales@brainboxes.com Web: www.brainboxes.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. BRAIN BOXES is a trademark of BRAIN BOXES LIMITED. IBM, COMPAQ, Hewlett Packard, H.P. and EPSON are trademarks of the relevant companies. OS/2 and Microchannel Architecture are trademarks of IBM.

  • Page 5: Bluetooth Introduction

    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. What is Bluetooth? How does it work? What do all the technical expressions really mean? What is Bluetooth?

  • Page 6: International Operation

    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.

  • Page 7: Interoperability

    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.

  • Page 8: Bluetooth In Action

    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. Three-in-one phone Use the three-in-one phone for different purposes –...

  • Page 9: Encryption

    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.

  • Page 10: Setting Up Your Card

    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.
  • Page 11 Select “Search for a suitable driver for my device”. Click Next Select CD-ROM drives. Click Next The Wizard has found the required software. Click Next Setting up Your Card • • • • 8 Bluetooth PC Card...

  • Page 12: Uninstalling Your Card

    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...
  • Page 13 Select the Hardware tab Click Hardware Wizard Click Next Setting up Your Card • • • • 10 Bluetooth PC Card...
  • Page 14 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. Click Next Setting up Your Card • • • • 11 Bluetooth PC Card...
  • Page 15 Select “Yes, I want to uninstall this device”. Click Next Click Next Click Next Setting up Your Card • • • • 12 Bluetooth PC Card...
  • Page 16 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. Setting up Your Card • • • • 13 Bluetooth PC Card...

  • Page 17: Connecting Devices

    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. Click Discovery This will discover any other bluetooth enabled devices My Bluetooth Devices •...
  • Page 18 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.
  • Page 19 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.
  • Page 20 Devices Tested So Far Device A Device B Interoperable 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)
  • Page 21 Authentication, 3, 5 master, 4, 6 Bluetooth Special Interest Group, 2 Master, 6 discovery, 4, 5 Piconet, 4, 6 Encryption, 3, 6 Slave, 6 headset, 5 slaves, 4 Installation, 7 Uninstalling, 9 Interoperability, 4 Windows 2000, 14 My Bluetooth Devices • • • • 18 Bluetooth PC Card...

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