User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction 1
- Basic Operations
- Client Applications
- Local Services
- Configuration Panel
- Security
- Technical Support
- Troubleshooting
- Cannot connect to a paired device:
- Cannot discover services on an un-paired remote device:
- Dial-up Networking service does not start:
- How do I determine the Bluetooth Device Address (BDA) of my hardware device?
- How do I determine the version number of the Bluetooth Specification that the Host Controller Interface (HCI) complies with?
- How do I determine the version number of the Link Manager Protocol (LMP)?
- How do I find information about the Bluetooth hardware attached to my computer?
- How do I test a Network Access connection?
- Why do I get an Unknown Port message when I attempt to use a Bluetooth Serial Port?
- Glossary
BTW Configuration & User’s Guide Basic Operations
April 5, 2002 WIDCOMM
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2.3 DETERMINE A CONNECTION’S STATUS
The Bluetooth Connection Status dialog box displays information about the state of a
connection and provides a means to disconnect an active connection.
To display the Connection Status dialog box
• In My Bluetooth Places, from the Folders pane, select (highlight) a device.
• In the right pane of My Bluetooth Places, right-click a service name and select
Status from the pop-up menu.
The information provided is
• Status: Connected or Disconnected
• Device Name: the name of the device to which this computer is connected.
• Duration: the length of time this connection has been established, displayed in
hours, minutes and seconds. Depending on the service, the connection may time
out (automatically disconnect) after a specific period of inactivity.
• Activity: the number of bytes sent and received over the connection
• Signal Strength: a variable scale that ranges from Too Weak through Good to
Too Strong.
To change the power transmission level of this computer: from the Bluetooth
Configuration Panel, Hardware tab, click the Advanced button, and then change the
setting in the Maximum Power Transmission drop-down list.
The controls in the Bluetooth Connection Status dialog box are
• Properties button: displays the Bluetooth Properties dialog box for this
connection
• Disconnect button: closes this connection wherever applicable.
• Stop button: disables this service wherever applicable.
• Close button: closes the Bluetooth Connection Status dialog box.