Chapter 5 configure bluetooth, 1 access the bluetooth configuration panel, 2 bluetooth services versus bluetooth applications – Planet Technology BT-200U User Manual

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Broadband Router User Guide

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Chapter 5

Configure Bluetooth

5.1 ACCESS THE BLUETOOTH CONFIGURATION PANEL

The Bluetooth Configuration Panel provides access to settings for Bluetooth services,
client applications, hardware, security, discovery, accessibility, default paths, event
notification and other Bluetooth related items.

To Open the Bluetooth Configuration Panel

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From the Windows Control Panel, select Bluetooth Configuration

or

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In the Windows System Tray, right-click the Bluetooth icon, and select Ad-
vanced Configuration
from the shortcut menu.

5.2 BLUETOOTH SERVICES VERSUS BLUETOOTH
APPLICATIONS

Bluetooth Services are services that this computer provides to remote Bluetooth
devices.

The Bluetooth services on this computer are referred to collectively in the Bluetooth
configuration panel as

“Local Services.”

Bluetooth Applications are software applications on this computer that allow this
computer to use the Bluetooth services that are provided by remote devices. The
Bluetooth applications on this computer are referred to collectively in the Bluetooth
configuration panel as

“Client Applications.”

Bluetooth Services and Bluetooth Applications usually have coinciding names; e.g.,
there is a File Transfer service and a File Transfer client application.

How this computer provides a service to remote devices is configured on the Local
Services tab of the Bluetooth configuration panel.

How this computer uses a service that is provided by a remote device is configured on
the Client Applications tab of the Bluetooth configuration panel.

5.3 BLUETOOTH EXCHANGE FOLDER

This is the highest-level directory on this computer to which a remote Bluetooth device
has access.

Devices that have been granted access to this computer

’s Bluetooth Exchange Folder

also have access to all sub-folders contained within that folder and all files in those
subfolders.

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NOTE:

The Bluetooth Exchange Folder is shared by the PIM Item Transfer
and the File Transfer services and can be configured from the
Properties page of either of those services. When the Bluetooth
Exchange Folder is re-configured for either of these services, the

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