BAFO BF-8000 - Manual (Page 34)

Discovery.
To initiate a Service Discovery, in the Folders pane of My Bluetooth Places, right-click a
device name and select Discover Available Services from the shortcut menu.
Bluetooth services are those things that this computer can do for remote Bluetooth
devices. For example, if this computer allows a remote Bluetooth device to send a fax using a
fax modem that is physically attached to this computer, then this computer is providing the
Bluetooth fax service.
Some services are hardware dependant; this computer cannot provide the fax service unless it
has a physical fax modem, for example. Some Bluetooth services use virtual “hardware.” The
Bluetooth Serial Port service, for example, does not use a physical port on this computer.
Instead, it creates virtual serial ports that Windows applications can see and use as if they
were actual physical ports. Each Bluetooth service that this computer is capable of providing
can be started automatically when Bluetooth starts. Each service can be setup to require
security measures before allowing a remote Bluetooth device to connect. Bluetooth services
require a Bluetooth application on the remote device; services and applications usually have
coinciding names; i.e., there is a Bluetooth Fax Service and a Bluetooth Fax Application.
The services supported by Bluetooth are:
Bluetooth Serial Port—a wireless connection between two devices. This
connection can be used by applications as though a physical serial cable
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