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Blue Manager 5.2 User’s Guide for PC
Introduction
This chapter provides a user’s overview of the Blue Manager Software. This
software tool allows users to find, link, and communicate with other
Bluetooth Devices.
Blue Manager is a Bluetooth communication application that helps you easily
manage and interact with your wireless personal area network (WPAN) and
remote Bluetooth devices. Among others, these devices include mobile
phones, headsets, pointing devices, modems, and access points. Use Blue
Manager to do the following:
■ Find and connect to remote devices, and see the services they can provide
■ Browse folders and files on remote devices, and exchange files with them
■ Use wireless dial-up networking and serial-based functions
The Blue Manager is used with the Atheros AR3011 Bluetooth USB device.
This device is provided in the form of a HCI USB Adapter that plugs into a PC
USB port.
Blue Manager's main screen provides easy-to-use controls for the application
and its user-friendly graphical user interface allows you work with various
Bluetooth devices such as:
■ Palm-sized PCs/PDAs
Installing the Blue Manager
You either received a password from Atheros to download the Blue Manager
software from the Atheros web site or received the Blue Manager on a CD.
NOTE: If you are installing Blue Manager on a machine that already has an existing
Blue Manager, you need not uninstall it because Blue Manager supports the upgrade
feature. If you need to uninstall Blue Manager, refer to “Uninstalling the Blue
Manager” on page 2-14 on how to uninstall Blue Manager.
Software installation is a three-step process and it is important to perform
these steps before you can use the Blue Manager:
1. Installing the Blue Manager
2. Installing the radio (profile) drivers
3. Updating the drivers
All these steps are explained in the installation process.
Launching the Blue Manager
1. Insert the Blue Manager USB device into one of the USB ports of your
system.
2. Double click on the Launch Blue Manager icon on your desktop or
choose start > All Programs > Blue Manager Suite > Launch Blue
Manager Suite.
If no bluetooth devices are found within range, it is normal for new
installation. Blue Manager screen does not display such devices when
launched for the first time. See Figure 2-8.
Bluetooth Neighborhood Pane
When you launch the Blue Manager, various bluetooth devices in the
Bluetooth neighborhood are listed on the left pane. These typically consist of
audio devices, computers (both laptop and desktop), phones, Access Points
(APs), peripheral devices such as mouse or headset, and imaging devices. If
any of these devices are discovered, they are listed on the right window pane.
Click on the plus (+) sign to expand the list of devices. Click on the minus (-)
sign to shrink the list of devices.
Introduction
This chapter provides a user’s overview of the Blue Manager Software. This
software tool allows users to find, link, and communicate with other
Bluetooth Devices.
Blue Manager is a Bluetooth communication application that helps you easily
manage and interact with your wireless personal area network (WPAN) and
remote Bluetooth devices. Among others, these devices include mobile
phones, headsets, pointing devices, modems, and access points. Use Blue
Manager to do the following:
■ Find and connect to remote devices, and see the services they can provide
■ Browse folders and files on remote devices, and exchange files with them
■ Use wireless dial-up networking and serial-based functions
The Blue Manager is used with the Atheros AR3011 Bluetooth USB device.
This device is provided in the form of a HCI USB Adapter that plugs into a PC
USB port.
Blue Manager's main screen provides easy-to-use controls for the application
and its user-friendly graphical user interface allows you work with various
Bluetooth devices such as:
■ Palm-sized PCs/PDAs
Installing the Blue Manager
You either received a password from Atheros to download the Blue Manager
software from the Atheros web site or received the Blue Manager on a CD.
NOTE: If you are installing Blue Manager on a machine that already has an existing
Blue Manager, you need not uninstall it because Blue Manager supports the upgrade
feature. If you need to uninstall Blue Manager, refer to “Uninstalling the Blue
Manager” on page 2-14 on how to uninstall Blue Manager.
Software installation is a three-step process and it is important to perform
these steps before you can use the Blue Manager:
1. Installing the Blue Manager
2. Installing the radio (profile) drivers
3. Updating the drivers
All these steps are explained in the installation process.
Launching the Blue Manager
1. Insert the Blue Manager USB device into one of the USB ports of your
system.
2. Double click on the Launch Blue Manager icon on your desktop or
choose start > All Programs > Blue Manager Suite > Launch Blue
Manager Suite.
If no bluetooth devices are found within range, it is normal for new
installation. Blue Manager screen does not display such devices when
launched for the first time. See Figure 2-8.
Bluetooth Neighborhood Pane
When you launch the Blue Manager, various bluetooth devices in the
Bluetooth neighborhood are listed on the left pane. These typically consist of
audio devices, computers (both laptop and desktop), phones, Access Points
(APs), peripheral devices such as mouse or headset, and imaging devices. If
any of these devices are discovered, they are listed on the right window pane.
Click on the plus (+) sign to expand the list of devices. Click on the minus (-)
sign to shrink the list of devices.