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Service Icons
Services are what a Bluetooth device can do for other Bluetooth devices, such as provide access
to a local area network, or the ability to send a fax.
Some devices, such as headsets or network access points, may provide only a single service.
Others, such as desktop and laptop computers, can potentially provide all of the Bluetooth
services.
Single-service devices often use virtually the same icon for the service as that used for the
device. For example, the headset service icon is identical to the headset device icon.
Multiservice devices use a different icon for each service that they provide.
Service icons have three states:
Normal - this type of unadorned icon indicates that a specific service is potentially available
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from the selected device. For example, the icon to the right indicates that the Bluetooth serial
port service may be available.
Connected - this type of icon indicates that this computer is connected to this service. The
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icon has a green tint and/or a small butting arrows box added to it (
icon to the right indicates that this computer is connected to the Bluetooth serial port service
of the remote device.
Not Available - this type icon indicates that the service that it represents is not available.
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Services that are not available are represented by a normal icon with a small X box added to
it (
not currently available.
There are some differences between the service icons used by Windows 9x, ME, and 2000, and
those used by Windows XP. For the service icons used by your system, see Table 4 or Table 5.
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). For example, the icon to the right indicates that the Bluetooth serial port service is
Note: A service may be unavailable because it (or the required hardware) is in use, or
because the required hardware is not installed. Example: if the fax modem is busy, or not
installed, then the fax service will be unavailable, even though Bluetooth supports that
service.
). For example, the
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