User's Manual

Find a Service
The process of determining the services that a device provides is called Service
Discovery.
▲ To initiate a Service Discovery, in My Bluetooth Places, select View devices in
range then right-click a device name and select Discover Available Services.
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; for example, this computer cannot provide the
fax service unless it has a physical fax modem.
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 set up 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 Imaging: Allows a remote device to send and receive images (BMP, GIF,
PNG, & JPG) to this computer. Images are stored in the Bluetooth exchange folder.
• Bluetooth Serial Port: Allows a wireless connection between two devices. This
connection can be used by applications as though a physical serial cable connected
the devices.
• Dial-up Networking: Allows a device to use a modem that is physically attached to
another Bluetooth device.
• Fax: Allows a device to send a fax using a remote Bluetooth cell phone, modem, or
computer.
• File Transfer: Allows a device to perform file system operations on another Bluetooth
device such as, browse, open, copy, etc.
• Headset: Allows a Bluetooth headset to be used as the audio input/output mechanism
for another Bluetooth device, such as a computer or cell phone.
• PIM Item Transfer: Allows two Bluetooth devices to exchange Personal Information
Manager data such as business cards, calendar items, e-mail messages, and notes.
• PIM Synchronization: Allows two Bluetooth devices to synchronize their Personal
Information Manager data.
• Network Access: Allows a device to access a Local Area Network via a second
Bluetooth device that is physically connected to the network or allows a remote device
to become part of an ad hoc network provided by the Bluetooth server.
• Audio Gateway: Allows the microphone/speakers on a Bluetooth device (typically a
computer) to be used as the audio input/output mechanism for a remote Bluetooth
device, such as a cell phone.
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