X-Micro XBT-CF1 User Manual

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  • Page 1 Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual Version 1.1...
  • Page 2 REGULATORY INFORMATION Federal Communications Commission Interference Statement The equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction, may cause harmful interference to radio communication.
  • Page 3 LICENSED SOFTWARE © Copyright 2000 – 2002, WIDCOMM, Inc. (“WIDCOMM”). All rights reserved. WARNING: This software and accompanying documentation are protected by copyright law and international treaties. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this software, or any portion of it, may result in severe civil and criminal penalties, and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual Federal Communications Commission Interference Statement INTRODUCTION TO BTW-CE...1 ... 1 1.1 B LUETOOTH 1.2 A PPLY POWER TO THE LUETOOTH HARDWARE 1.3 I ... 2 NSTALLATION 1.3.1 Requirements ... 2 1.3.2 Installation Process ... 2 1.4 U NINSTALL A PRIOR VERSION OF BLUETOOTH CONTROL PANEL: CONFIGURING BTW-CE...5...
  • Page 5 Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual Figure 1: The Welcome screen shown on the PocketPC following a successful installation 3 Figure 2: ActiveSync's Tools > Add/Remove Programs... dialog box ... 4 Figure 3: Control Panel tabs scroll arrows ... 5 Figure 4: Configuration overview ...
  • Page 6: Introduction To Btw-Ce

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual 1 Introduction To BTW-CE BTW-CE is the solution for the seamless integration of Bluetooth technology into devices that use the Pocket PC operating system. It provides Pocket PCs with the means to: • Locate other Bluetooth devices in the immediate vicinity (inquiry) •...
  • Page 7: Installation

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual NSTALLATION If a prior version of BTW-CE is installed on the handheld computer it must be uninstalled before proceeding. See Section 1.4 for uninstall instructions. 1.3.1 Requirements 1. A desktop computer with: Microsoft Windows 98SE, Me, 2000 or XP operating system CD-ROM drive Microsoft ActiveSync, version 3.0 or greater.
  • Page 8: Figure 1: The Welcome Screen Shown On The Pocketpc Following A Successful Installation

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual c) Perform a “soft” reset of the handheld computer. Refer to your device’s documentation for the exact procedure. A soft reset leaves installed applications and stored data intact. NOTE: A hard reset deletes ALL downloaded applications on the handheld. See the handheld computer’s documentation for additional information.
  • Page 9: Uninstall A Prior Version Of Btw-Ce

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual 1.4 U NINSTALL A PRIOR VERSION OF If you have a version of BTW-CE prior to vesion 1.2.0 , it must be uninstalled before installing version 1.2.0 or later. For versions 1.2.0 and later this step is not necessary. To uninstall BTW-CE: 1.
  • Page 10: Bluetooth Control Panel: Configuring Btw-Ce

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual Bluetooth Control Panel: Configuring BTW-CE BTW-CE provides a Control Panel to adjust Bluetooth settings. To access the Control Panel, in the lower-right corner of the Today screen, tap the Bluetooth icon . BTW-CE can have multiple saved configurations. Individual configuration sets are saved in profiles, which can be quickly loaded to meet the appropriate situation.
  • Page 11: Figure 4: Configuration Overview

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual Figure 4: Configuration overview Bluetooth Control Panel Tap the Bluetooth icon on the Today page (Default tab) Select: Profile Set: Bluetooth ON/OFF Display: Status ON/OFF General Set: Device name Devices with access Discoverability Display: BDA Accessibility Enable: This Service Authorization...
  • Page 12: General Tab

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual ENERAL There are three options on this screen: • Current Profile: to change the active profile, tap the down-arrow in the “Current profile:” field and select the new profile from the drop-down list. The current profile will be saved, and the settings from the selected profile will be loaded.
  • Page 13: Figure 6: Control Panel, General Tab, External Hardware

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual Control Panel Figure 6: Control Panel, General tab, external hardware...
  • Page 14: Profiles

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual 2.1.1 Profiles Profiles are accessed and managed from the Control Panel, General Tab. They allow: • Different users to quickly re-configure a Pocket PC to their personal preferences. For example, if Joe and Mary both use the same Pocket PC, but each uses it for a different purpose, selecting a pre-configured profile will alter the settings to those of the appropriate user.
  • Page 15: Save Configuration Settings In A Profile

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual 2.1.1.3 Save Configuration Settings In A Profile When you make changes to the Pocket PC’s configuration, those changes are automatically saved when you select a different profile, turn Bluetooth off, or shut down the Pocket PC. To save a specific configuration: 1.
  • Page 16: Accessibility Tab

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual CCESSIBILITY Figure 7: Control Panel, Accessibility tab All information on this tab is saved with the active profile, including the device name. The options on the Accessibility tab are: • Device Identification: Name—the name of this device, as displayed to remote devices when the associated profile is active.
  • Page 17: Btw-Ce Service Tabs

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual BTW-CE S ERVICE The functions that a Pocket PC can provide to other devices are called “Services.” The services that this Pocket PC is capable of providing are: • File Transfer—file-related operations such as get a file/use a file/delete a file, etc. •...
  • Page 18: Common Options

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual 2.3.1 Common Options All of the services have some common settings. Even though the options are the same, in each case they are specific to the service being configured on the individual tabs. The common options are listed under the About this service heading on each individual service tab.
  • Page 19: File Transfer Tab

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual 2.3.2 File Transfer Tab Figure 9: Control Panel, File Transfer tab The options on this tab only affect incoming File Transfer connections. All of the Common Options (see Section 2.3.1) are available. There is one additional configurable item: “My shared folder,” which allows you to specify the default File Transfer directory, the highest level directory on this Pocket PC that remote devices have access to.
  • Page 20: Information Exchange Tab

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual 2.3.3 Information Exchange Tab Figure 10: Control Panel, Information Exchange tab The Common Options (see Section 2.3.1) on this tab only affect incoming Information Exchange connections. There is one additional configurable item: “My business card (vCard)”. The “My business card”...
  • Page 21: Serial Port Tab

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual 2.3.4 Serial Port Tab Figure 11: Control Panel, Serial Port tab The options on this tab only affect incoming Serial Port connections. All of the Common Options (see Section 2.3.1) are available. There are two additional, non-configurable items: •...
  • Page 22: Dial-Up Networking Tab

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual 2.3.5 Dial-up Networking Tab Figure 12: Control Panel, Dial-up Networking tab The options on this tab only affect incoming Dial-up Networking connections. All of the Common Options (see Section 2.3.1) are available. There are three additional items: •...
  • Page 23: About Tab

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual BOUT This tab provides: • Release Version information • Copyright notice • Website address • Technical support email contact address • An Advanced Button, which displays a screen that contains version information about the individual software modules that make up BTW-CE. There are no configurable options on this tab.
  • Page 24: Bluetooth Manager: Using Btw-Ce

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual Bluetooth Manager: Using BTW-CE The Bluetooth Manager allows you to setup connections and communicate with remote devices over Bluetooth. The Bluetooth Manager is accessed as follows: 1. From the Today screen, tap - or - 2.
  • Page 25: Figure 14: Bluetooth Manager Menu/Toolbar

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual Bluetooth Manager Figure 14: Bluetooth Manager Menu/Toolbar...
  • Page 26: Tabs

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual The two tabs at the bottom of the Bluetooth Manager screen are: • My Shortcuts • Active Connections 3.1.1 My Shortcuts The default tab on the Bluetooth Manager is My Shortcuts. This screen displays the shortcuts that have been created for connections to other devices.
  • Page 27: Connection Open-Context Sensitive Menu Options

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual 3.1.1.1 Connection Open—Context Sensitive Menu Options From the My Shortcuts screen, tap-and-hold a connection shortcut that is associated with an OPEN connection to access the context sensitive menu. The Menu options are: • Disconnect—close the open connection •...
  • Page 28: Connection Inactive-Context Sensitive Menu Options

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual 3.1.1.3 Connection Inactive—Context Sensitive Menu Options From the My Shortcuts screen, tap-and-hold a connection shortcut that is associated with an INACTIVE connection to access the context sensitive menu. The menu options are: • Connect—select this option to establish a connection (double-tap default). •...
  • Page 29: Connection Properties Screen

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual 3.1.1.4 Connection Properties Screen This screen displays: The connection’s name Connection Properties—non-configurable information about the remote device, including: The remote device name The remote device Bluetooth Device Address (BDA) The name of the service on the remote device that this shortcut accesses. Security—enable/disable Authentication and Encryption.
  • Page 30: Active Connections Tab

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual 3.1.2 Active Connections Tab This tab displays the currently active Outgoing and Incoming Connections on the Pocket PC. To the right of each active connection icon is a signal strength indicator (Figure 18). Tap-and-hold a connection to access a context sensitive menu. The menu options are: •...
  • Page 31: Menus

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual ENUS There are three menus on the bottom of the Bluetooth Manager. They are: • • Tools • View. 3.2.1 The New menu has only one option; Connect! Connect! starts the Bluetooth Connection Wizard, which walks you through the process of creating a connection.
  • Page 32: Paired Devices

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual 3.2.2.1 Paired devices When two devices are paired , they share, and exchange prior to each connection, an internally generated security key. This security key, called a Link Key, is based on a unique Bluetooth Device Address, a random number, and a user-defined password. To pair with another device: 1.
  • Page 33: Business Card Exchange

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual 3.2.2.2 Business Card Exchange Business Card Exchange is accessible from: • An icon on the Bluetooth Manager’s menu bar • From Tools > Business Card Exchange Business Card Exchange allows you to: Send your business card to one or more remote devices. Request a business card from one or more remote devices.
  • Page 34: Bluetooth Browser

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual Bluetooth Browser Various BTW-CE applications require you to select the device you want to connect to. For instance, from the Bluetooth Manager, when creating a connection to explore a Bluetooth device, you must select the device to connect to (See Figure 20). Figure 20: A screen example where you are required to select a device Whenever you are required to select a device, the Bluetooth Browser window automatically shows up and starts searching for other Bluetooth devices (see Figure 21).
  • Page 35: Figure 22: Bottom Of The Select A Device Wizard Screen (Composite Overview)

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual The search automatically terminates after a few seconds. You can interrupt it by tapping the Stop icon at the bottom of the screen. Once stopped, you may restart the search(i.e. refresh the list )by tapping the Refresh icon necessary to refresh the list once or twice to “find”...
  • Page 36: Using Remote Device Services

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual Using Remote Device Services This section provides overview instructions for using services provided by other devices. ERIAL The use of a Bluetooth wireless serial port connection is identical to the use of a physical cable serial port connection between two devices.
  • Page 37: Figure 24: Dial-Up Networking, Overview (Composite Screenshot)

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual To use Dial-up Networking: 1. Create a shortcut to the device that will provide telephone access (see Section 3.2.1). 2. From the Bluetooth Manager, My Connections tab, tap-and-hold the Dial-up Networking connection shortcut, and then select Connect from the pop-up menu.
  • Page 38: Bluetooth File Explorer

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual LUETOOTH XPLORER Bluetooth File Explorer appears automatically when a File Transfer connection is established. It allows you to: • Navigate the directory structure of the remote device • View files and folders on the remote device •...
  • Page 39: Figure 25: Bluetooth File Explorer Overview (Composite Screenshot)

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual Using Remote Services Figure 25: Bluetooth File Explorer overview (composite screenshot)
  • Page 40: Change The Remote Device Folder

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual 5.3.1 Change the Remote Device Folder To move down in the directory structure of the remote device, tap the new folder in the main portion of the Bluetooth File Explorer window. To move up in the directory structure of the remote device, tap the down-arrow to the right of the currently selected folder and select the new folder from the drop-down list.
  • Page 41: Tools Menu

    Bluetooth Compact Flash Card User’s Manual 5.3.3 Tools Menu 5.3.3.1 Set Local Folder The local folder, i.e. the folder on the Pocket PC where incoming files are placed, can be configured on an individual basis for each connection shortcut. To configure the local folder: 1.

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