HP Pavilion zt3017WM Notebook PC - Manual (Page 10)

BTW User’s Guide
2.5 F
IND
B
LUETOOTH
D
EVICES
Search for Devices looks for Bluetooth devices in the vicinity and displays the devices
that it finds in My Bluetooth Places.
To start a search for devices, in the Folders pane of My Bluetooth Places, select Entire
Bluetooth Neighborhood, and then, from the Bluetooth menu, select Search for Devices.
NOTE: The Bluetooth menu is only visible when My Bluetooth Places is active.
2.5.1 Periodic Search for Devices
Bluetooth can be configured to automatically search for devices on a regular basis
(Bluetooth Configuration Panel > Discovery tab).
One of the advantages of Bluetooth is the mobility that the wireless connections allow.
However, mobility means that devices may move in or out of connection range during the
time between the automatic updates performed by Bluetooth. To be certain that the
displayed list of devices in the neighborhood is current, or if automatic periodic inquiry
is not enabled, force an update of the device list using the technique described in Search
for Devices, above.
Some devices within connection range may not show up in the list of devices found
because:
Your device is configured to report only specific types or classes of devices
(Bluetooth Configuration Panel > Discovery tab, on your device). •
• The unlisted device is configured to be non-discoverable (Bluetooth
Configuration Panel > Accessibility tab, on the un-listed device).
2.6 F IND A S ERVICE
The process of determining the services that a device provides is called Service
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 set up to require security
measures before allowing a remote Bluetooth device to connect.
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