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All Bluetooth servers do not necessarily provide all of these services. For example,
network gateways may provide only the Network Access service.
FIND A SERVICE
The process of determining the services that a device provides is called Service
Discovery.
You can follow the wizard's on-screen instructions to find a service to use or click
"Skip" button to skip this step.
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.
To check if you Bluetooth device is up and working properly