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5.5.12 PIM Item Transfer

Overview

The Bluetooth PIM Item Transfer application allows this computer to send and receive
Personal Information Manager items to-and-from a remote Bluetooth device. Item
transfer can be accomplished several ways:

To send, receive or exchange business cards:

1. From Windows Explorer, My Bluetooth Places, right-click the PIM Item Transfer

service on a remote device and select the appropriate option.

or

In the Windows system tray, right-click the Bluetooth icon, select Quick Connect
> Business Card Exchange, select a device from the list, select the appropriate
option from the shortcut menu, and then click OK.

2. From Windows Explorer, My Bluetooth Places, highlight the PIM Item Transfer

service on a remote device, and then, from the Bluetooth menu on the Windows
menu bar, select the appropriate action.

In addition to the business card options listed above, you can also send Notes
(*.vnt), Email (*.vmg) and Calendar (*.vcs) items from this menu.

3. From within a supported Personal Information Manager, select one or more items

and then, from the PIM's File menu, select Send to Bluetooth.

Whether sent items are accepted by the remote device is determined by how the
remote device's PIM Item Transfer service is configured.

Close a PIM Item Transfer Connection

This application closes the open connection automatically when its task is complete.

Configure PIM Item Transfer

The Bluetooth Configuration Panel > Client Applications > PIM Item Transfer > Gen-
eral tab provides options to configure:

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The application name

—to change it, highlight the existing name and en-

ter the new name.

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Enable or disable secure connection. To enable secure connection,
place a checkmark in the box.

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How your business card is handled when it is requested by a remote de-
vice. The Send My Business Card options are:

Choose a business card as needed-each time a remote device requests your busi-
ness card you must select a card from your PIM. If you ignore the request the remote
device will receive a timeout notice.

Always send the same business card-when this option is selected a dialog appears
that allows you to set a default business card, which will be sent automatically when
requests are received.

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Where to store received business cards. The Received Business Cards
options are:

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Microsoft Outlook

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Outlook Express

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Lotus Notes

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