Bluetooth USB Adapter User Guide

NOTE: Not all choices are available for all items. For example, “Note” items can be synchronized only in Microsoft Outlook. Therefore Lotus Notes and Outlook Express are not displayed as options in the “Notes” item shortcut menu. Personal Information Managers that are not installed on this computer are not displayed as options in the shortcut menus.

‧Email attachments. The only option is to include or not to include attachments with email that is sent or received on this computer using this service.

6.5.12PIM Item Transfer

Overview

The Bluetooth PIM Item Transfer application allows this computer to send and receive Personal Information Manager items to and from a remote Bluetooth device.

The supported items are:

‧Business cards (*.vcf or *.vcd)

‧Notes (*.vnt)

‧Email (*.vmg)

‧Calendar (*.vcs)

Item transfer can be accomplished several ways:

‧From Windows Explorer, My Bluetooth Places, highlight the PIM Item Transfer

service on a remote device, and then, from the Bluetooth menu on the Windows menu bar, select the appropriate action.

‧From within a supported Personal Information Manager:

Select one or more items and then, from the PIM's File menu, select Send to Bluetooth.

or

Drag-and-drop a supported item directly from your PIM to the PIM Item Transfer service icon of a remote device.

‧For business cards:

From Windows Explorer, My Bluetooth Places, right-click the PIM Item Transfer service on a remote device and select the appropriate option.

or

In the Windows system tray, right-click the Bluetooth icon, select Quick Connect

>Business Card Exchange, select a device from the list, select the appropriate option from the shortcut menu, and then click OK.

Whether sent items are accepted by the remote device is determined by how the remote device's PIM Item Transfer service is configured.

Close a PIM Item Transfer Connection

This application closes the open connection automatically when its task is complete.

Configure PIM Item Transfer

The Bluetooth Configuration Panel > Client Applications > PIM Item Transfer > General tab provides options to configure:

‧The application name—to change it, highlight the existing name and enter the new name.

‧Enable or disable secure connection. To enable secure connection, place a checkmark in the box.

‧How your business card is handled when it is requested by a remote device. The Send My Business Card options are:

Choose a business card as needed-each time a remote device requests your business card you must select a card from your PIM. If you ignore the request the remote device will receive a timeout notice.

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