Chapter 1

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Introduction

 

The BT-410U/420U is designed to connect USB port of a desktop or laptop PC, and allows the computer to build a short-range wireless connection to other Bluetooth devices like cellular phones, PDAs, and computers. Since the transmission medium of BT-410U/420U is air, PLANET also enhances both connection protection and data security mechanism to the product which helps people share and access trigger information. Compliant with Bluetooth specification Version 2.0 + EDR, BT-410U/420U can provide transfer rate up to 3Mbps, which is higher than Bluetooth v1.2 device.

The BT-410U/420U provides services of virtual serial port, dial-up networking, fax, file transfer, information exchange, information synchronization, and network access. With powerful bundled software, it’s not difficult to implement configuration and management even there are so many functions. Most popular operating system support, including Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP and Server 2003, makes the application of BT-410U/420U more flexible.

Link your notebook with your handheld, mobile phone, printer, audio gateway and other Bluetooth devices within your personal area network (PAN) via a secure short- range wireless radio link. Get rid of all those hassle cables and automatically share documents, browse the Internet and synchronize calendars, address books and more.

1.1 Features

¾Compatible with Bluetooth Core Specification Version 2.0 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)

¾Bluetooth Manager Utility eases the difficulties of configuration and management

¾Date rate up to 3Mbps

¾Lower power consumption through reduced duty cycle

¾Simplification of multi-link scenarios due to more available bandwidth

¾Backwards compatible to Bluetooth V1.1/V1.2 specifications

¾Further improved BER (Bit Error Rate) performance

¾Connection protection and data security enhanced mechanism

¾Up to 8 devices Point-to-MultiPoint topology expands your PAN coverage

¾Various services provided: Virtual Serial Port, Dial-up Networking, Fax, File Trans- fer, Information Exchange, Information Synchronization, and Network Access

¾Multilingual support in Bluetooth utility

¾Most popular OS support: Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP and Server 2003

¾BT-410U has suppor Bluetooth Class 1, it can provide bigger cover area for user to connect their Bluetooth device longer

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