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Brainboxes BL-500 Software Manual

Bluetooth software suite user interface
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Print Date: 24.07.2002

User Interface

BL-500, BL-565 and BL-554 in Windows 98,
ME, 2000 and XP
Version: 1.2
Brain Boxes Limited, Unit 3C, Wavertree Boulevard South, Wavertree Technolog y Par k, Li verpool, L7 9PF, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 151 220 2500 Fax: +44 (0)151 252 0446 Web: www.brainboxes.com Email: sal es@brai nboxes.c om

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  • Page 1: User Interface

    ME, 2000 and XP Version: 1.2 Brain Boxes Limited, Unit 3C, Wavertree Boulevard South, Wavertree Technolog y Par k, Li verpool, L7 9PF, UK Tel: +44 (0) 151 220 2500 Fax: +44 (0)151 252 0446 Web: www.brainboxes.com Email: sal es@brai nboxes.c om...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    1. Table of Contents 1. Table of Contents...2 2. Introduction...4 3. Opening the Interface ...4 4. Using the Interface ...4 4.1. Menu Bar...4 4.1.1. Device Discovery ...5 4.1.2. My Bluetooth Devices – Local Device Properties...7 4.1.3. My Bluetooth Devices – Options...8 4.2.
  • Page 3 5.5. Icon Tray Menu – Device Properties...35 5.6. Icon Tray Menu – Options...35 5.7. Icon Tray Menu – Exit...35 My Bluetooth Devices .doc © Copyright Brain Boxes Li mited 2002 Page 3 of 36...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    2. Introduction The Brain Boxes Bluetooth software suite is designed to enable easy connection between devices containing Brain Boxes Bluetooth hardware and other Bluetooth enabled devices. This document will give an overview of the use of the ‘My Bluetooth Devices’ Interface. The information contained in this overview will by its nature be generic and does not neccesarily reflect the behaviour when interoperating with your specific device.

  • Page 5: Device Discovery

    4.1.1. Device Discovery Selecting Device Discovery from either the menu or from the explorer toolbar, will perform a search for all Bluetooth enabled devices that are discoverable locally. My Bluetooth Devices .doc © Copyright Brain Boxes Li mited 2002 Page 5 of 36...
  • Page 6 Devices discovered will be listed in the My Bluetooth Dev ices window as shown above. Devices will be first displayed using their Bluetooth address, a s shown above. The default behaviour of the interface is to then automatically determine it’s name which takes further time, shown below. For details of how to alter this behaviour see My Bluetooth Dev ices –...

  • Page 7: My Bluetooth Devices - Local Device Properties

    4.1.2. My Bluetooth Devices – Local De vice Properties Selecting the Local Device Properties item from either the menu or from the explorer toolbar, enables you to change the properties of the Bluetooth Hardware that is installed in your machine. Address: This field simply displays the unique Bluetooth address programmed onto your hardware.

  • Page 8: My Bluetooth Devices - Options

    want to insist that any device connecting to you must do so with a PIN. Select “Low” if you don’t care about anyone just connecting to your services. Discoverable: This enables your card to be discovered by other bluetooth enabled devices. Default is checked to allow other devices to find you.
  • Page 9 My Bluetooth Dev ices – Options – General Inquiry Timeout : Enables you to set a maximum duration for the discovery of remote Bluetooth devices. You can enter a value of between 10 and 120 seconds. Default is 10 seconds Remote Name Timeout: Enables you to set a maximum time for remote name search for each device discovered.
  • Page 10 Object Exchange Mode : This check box is used to control the availability of this service. Default is for the service to be enabled, thus remote devices will be able to send you objects and receive your business card and any files available in your shared directory. Accept Objects of Type : This option allows you to restrict the types of object you will allow remote devices to send.
  • Page 11 – O – O LUETOOTH EVIC ES PTIONS ECURITY OBEX has built in security mechanisms to protect you againsed unathorised access to you your device. However, to avoid too many complexities when setting up your device for the first time, guest access is enabled by default.
  • Page 12 Clicking “Add Account” brings up the following dialogue into which new OBEX account names can be entered. Clicking “OK” returns you to the main OBEX security dialogue from where you can assign privalidges to the new accounts you have set up. In the example shown below, we have enabled the “Bluetooth Manual” account to have Read Only access to our OBEX objects.
  • Page 13 My Bluetooth Dev ices – Options – Device Filter By checking the appropriate boxes you are able to limit your device discovery search to find only the devices that you require. The default setting is to have this device filter unchecked which means ALL devices will be shown.

  • Page 14: My Bluetooth Devices Toolbar

    My Bluetooth Dev ices – Options – Service Filter By checking the appropriate boxes you are able to limit your service search on discovered devices to the services you require 4.2. My Bluetooth Devices Toolbar Discovery : Clicking Discovery will perform a search for all Bluetooth enabled devices that are discoverable and in range.

  • Page 15: Remote Devices

    clicking the Connect icon will create a connection. You may need a pin number depending on the device that you are attempting to connect to. While connected the disconnect icon will becom active and clicking on this will break the connection. My Properties: Clicking this icon will open the Local Device Properties dialog.

  • Page 16: Service Browse

    4.3.2. Service Browse My Bluetooth Devices .doc © Copyright Brain Boxes Li mited 2002 Page 16 of 36...

  • Page 17: Service Search

    4.3.3. Service Search My Bluetooth Devices .doc © Copyright Brain Boxes Li mited 2002 Page 17 of 36...

  • Page 18: Bond

    4.3.4. Bond Some devices need to perform a procedure called Bonding, or Pairing before they will allow the user to connect to their services (some won’t even let you browse their services without bonding!). Of these devices which need to Bond, some require manual bonding (as with the phone example below), whereas others will automatically initiate the bonding process as soon as you try to access them.

  • Page 19: Remote Device Properties

    A Pin Code Request dialogue will appear prompting you to enter a PIN. Some remote devices have pre-configured PIN’s, so to connect to these you will need to enter the PIN into this box exactly as required, then click OK. Other devices (such as the phone in this example) don’t have a pre-configured PIN, but allow the user to specify whatever PIN they want to use for this connection.
  • Page 20 By right-clicking on a remote device a menu appears. Select ‘Properties’ to display the following window: Address: Displays the Unique Bluetooth address of the remote device. Name: Displays the Remote devices name Dev ice Class: Gives broad information regarding the type of device found Service Class: Displays the type of services the remote device claims to support...

  • Page 21: Remote Services

    range, or has been set to an undiscoverable state. Security Mode: This specifies the security level used to connect to the remote device Remember Me: An option to remember the device next time the application is opened. 4.4. Remote Services This section attempts to describe generically, but by example, how to connect to all supported services and the behaviour the user would expect to see when connecting to these services.
  • Page 22 My Bluetooth Devices .doc © Copyright Brain Boxes Li mited 2002 Page 22 of 36...

  • Page 23: Serial Port

    4.4.3. Serial Port After selecting to connect to a serial port service, the Brain Boxes Bluetooth software will install a COM port locally. This port is then identified by a baloon tip on the Windows System tray (except in Windows 98 and ME) And in the column next to the service in the user interface (as below).

  • Page 24: Dial-Up Networking

    4.4.4. Dial-up Networking After selecting to connect to the Dial-up Networking service, the Brain Boxes Bluetooth software will install a COM port locally followed by a DUN Modem. My Bluetooth Devices .doc © Copyright Brain Boxes Li mited 2002 Page 24 of 36...

  • Page 25: Lan Access

    This port is then identified by a baloon tip on the Windows System tray (except in Windows 98 and ME) 4.4.5. Lan Access My Bluetooth Devices .doc © Copyright Brain Boxes Li mited 2002 Page 25 of 36...

  • Page 26: Object Push

    4.4.6. Object Push As identified above, connection to the OBEX services is not carried out with a double click. The Object Push service will usually have a number of separate options. These additional services are displayed under a context menu accessed by right clicking the Object Push service as shown below. Not all devices that support the Object Push service, will support all the options available.
  • Page 27 Get Business Card Assuming the remote device actually has a business card set up, clicking the Get Business Card option will copy the remote devices business card into the OBEX inbox as configured above in My Bluetooth Devices – Options – Obex. Business card s can be viewed by applications such as Microsoft® Outlook™ Send Business Card Assuming you have created your own business card, and you have configured My Bluetooth Devices –...
  • Page 28 Exchange Business Card Selecting this option performs both of the above 2 functions (Get and Send) at the same time. Create and Send Calendar Item Send Calendar Items Calendar items can be created from applications such as Microsoft® Outlook™. They are saved with a “vcs”...
  • Page 29 Click Open to send the object to your chosen device. Some devices then require further operations to accept these objects. Follow instructions on your remote device. My Bluetooth Devices .doc © Copyright Brain Boxes Li mited 2002 Page 29 of 36...
  • Page 30 Send Notes Item When selecting the option to send a notes item a dialogue will appear giving the user a choice of items to send. Click Open to send the object to your chosen device. Some devices then require further operations to accept these objects. Follow instructions on your remote device.
  • Page 31 Send Text Message When selecting the option to send a text message a dialogue will appear giving the user a choice of items to send. Click Open to send the object to your chosen device. Some devices then require further operations to accept these objects. Follow instructions on your remote device.

  • Page 32: File Transfer

    4.4.7. File Transfer Right Clicking a File Transfer service enables the user to choose to “send file”. Selecting this option brings up a dialogue where the user can search their computer or entire network for any files they may wish to send to the selected remote device. Only 1 file at a time can be selected. Clicking “Open”...

  • Page 33: Icon Tray Menu

    5. Icon Tray Menu Right clicking on the Brain Boxes icon in the icon tray will bring up the menu shown below. 5.1. Icon Tray Menu – Open Clicking open will open the My bluetooth devices explorer window. My Bluetooth Devices .doc ©...

  • Page 34: Icon Tray Menu - Start Device

    5.2. Icon Tray Menu – Start Device Clicking Start device will start the device and make it discoverable and connectable. 5.3. Icon Tray Menu – Device Discovery Clicking Discovery will perform a search for all Bluetooth enabled devices that are discoverable. 5.4.

  • Page 35: Icon Tray Menu – Device Properties

    5.5. Icon Tray Menu – Device Properties Clicking Device Properties will will open the Local Device Properties dialog. This is detailed on Page 16. 5.6. Icon Tray Menu – Options Clicking Options will open the Options dialog box. Details of this can be found on pages 17-18. 5.7.

  • Page 36: Version History

    Version Date Author dd/mm/yyyy Gav in 31/05/2002 Gav in 24/07/02 Mike W My Bluetooth Devices .doc Checked By Comments Name Comments relating to changes made in this version Various clarifications, formatiing changes and filling text Added statement about encry ption being needed f or FAX prof ile ©...

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