32feet.NET — User’s Guide. Version 3.0 Beta, September 2010. 32feet.NET — User’s Guide. PROGRAMI ZA PC Dobrodo Motorola and the various carriers have even gone as far as disabling the Bluetooth OBEX file transfer service so you are left with a very crippled Bluetooth. Review: Avantree Bluetooth 4. Micro USB Dongle. Bluetooth is a short- range personal area network technology which is used for transferring files, contact information, connecting hands free sets and stereo headsets to mobile phones, tablets and PCs wirelessly. While generally touted as easy to set up and get working, for a variety of reasons often related to the quality of the software Bluetooth stack provided with many USB Bluetooth devices, users have often found frustration in getting things beyond just basic file transfer working. This can be because of outdated software without profile support for newer devices, or a lack of software altogether, leaving the user to rely on the operating system’s default (and often somewhat limited) Bluetooth stack. Over the years, it has made the evolution through numerous revisions each with new benefits. The initial Bluetooth 1. Bluetooth 2. 0 bought newer modulation modes which allow for higher speed data transfer and practical battery life savings for portable devices. New pairing modes were introduced which simplified and secured pairing. Bluetooth 3. 0 bought the ability to use Bluetooth as a signalling channel to use Wi- Fi as a higher- speed transfer medium (although this functionality is often problematic). Finally, we come to Bluetooth 4. Smart and/or Low Energy) which introduces a new physical layer system altogether which enables super- low- powered devices that run for years off a single battery. Users running on older Bluetooth 1. The dongle is clearly visible from the front and measures about 2. That’s pretty small! It claims to have support for Bluetooth 4. It also supports file transfer, audio and is a Class 1 device with a 5. Typically most Class 1 devices advertise a 1. Class 2 devices with lower output power typically advertise a 1. The rear of the box extols its various features and specifications. It appears to support the majority of the Bluetooth profiles available today, through the use of the CSR Harmony Bluetooth stack. The default Windows Bluetooth stack is not this capable! Included in the package is an 8cm mini- CD with the drivers, the USB dongle itself and a Quick Install Guide. Please heed the instructions in the install guide! Also, you will need to use the CD, so if you don’t have a drive in your laptop, please copy the files off onto a USB flash drive using another computer. You will not derive the full benefit of the dongle simply just by plugging it in (but it will work for basic uses, but please don’t do this – you’ll find out why later). It is supplied with CSR Harmony version 2. The software is for Windows only – users of Linux will have to rely on their OS’s included bluez stack. Unusually, the dongle itself has its flashing LED indicator on the bottom of the device where it’s not in plain view. It’s not particularly bright, and will not distract you too much. The dongle protrudes about 1cm from the body of the USB port, and the antenna (a printed circuit board antenna) is on the extreme end of the dongle. The dongle feels quite solidly built – I didn’t feel confident enough to try taking it apart for fear of damaging it, so there won’t be any photos of the internals unfortunately. The dongle itself has a Vendor ID of 0. A1. 2, Product ID of 0. Firmware Revision of 8. It’s HCI and LMP version is 6. It identifies itself as a CSR8. A1. 0. Installing. Getting this dongle installed is no drama (in most cases) if you follow the instructions carefully. Start by NOT plugging in the dongle into a USB port, however tempting that might be. The first step is to remove all previous Bluetooth stacks and driver software. This is important to prevent the previous stacks from controlling your new Bluetooth device, causing conflicts or limiting its abilities. You can achieve this by removing it via the Add/Remove Programs applet inside the Control Panel. If you have IVT Bluesoleil installed, or Broadcom/Widcomm Bluetooth Software installed, they should be removed along with any other Bluetooth software. Then, you can execute the set- up from the disc which involves following the prompts . Don’t be lazy – do it! Then, you can now plug in the USB dongle, which should be detected and result in the installation of a few devices and the appearance of a new Bluetooth icon in your task tray. It should also, after the installation, pop a balloon that tells you that your Bluetooth Device is Available. If you have Skype installed and running, it will also install a Skype plugin which allows the CSR Bluetooth software to integrate with Skype – just one of the “perks” of a proper Bluetooth stack, as compared to the Windows default stack. You can now explore the settings within the Harmony stack and commence adding devices to your system. The settings within the Harmony stack allude to many more possibilities than offered by the default operating system Bluetooth stack, or indeed, some aftermarket ones as well including support for Bluetooth 4.
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