T-Mobile MDA III manual Using a Serial Port Connection, To establish a serial connection

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n Exchange business cards:

Locate and connect to a remote Bluetooth device and then send, receive and/or exchange electronic business cards with that device.

n Explore a Bluetooth device:

Locate a remote device, view the services the remote device can provide, and then create a connection shortcut to one or more of those services (hold down the Navigation/Action Button ) to tap and select multiple services.

Using a Serial Port Connection

The use of a Bluetooth wireless serial port connection is identical to the use of a physical cable serial port connection between two devices. As with a physical connection, the application that will use the connection must be configured to use the correct serial port.

To determine the communications port assigned to the Bluetooth serial port:

1.Tap the Bluetooth icon in the lower-right corner of the Today screen > Bluetooth Settings > Services tab.

2.Select Serial Port from the services area, and then tap Advanced.

3.The Outbound COM Port is the lower listing on the screen. You must configure the application that will use the Bluetooth Serial Port to send data to this port.

For more information about configuring your application's Outbound COM port, refer to the application's documentation.

To establish a serial connection:

1.Tap the Bluetooth icon on the lower-right corner of Today screen > Bluetooth Manager.

2.Tap New > select Explore a Bluetooth device > tap Next.

3.Follow the connection wizard instructions.

Setting up a Bluetooth Hands-free/Headset connection

1.From the Today screen > tap Bluetooth icon > Bluetooth Manager.

2.Tap New > Hands-free/Headset setup > Tap Next.

NOTE: Be sure that the Hands-freedevice you are trying to connect to is ready to receive incoming connection requests. Please refer to the device's manual for more information.

3. Follow the connection wizard instructions.