CONNECTING TO YOUR PC

CONNECTING TO YOUR PC

 OVERVIEW OF BLUETOOTH VIRTUAL COM PORTS OVERVIEW OF BLUETOOTH VIRTUAL COM PORTS

Some programs can connect only though a serial (COM) port. This can be true even if the device itself is Bluetooth-enabled. To make it possible for such programs to use a Bluetooth connection, you must set up a virtual COM port. Once created, this virtual port can be used like any other COM port. You can use a virtual COM port for programs that, for example, connect to a GPS receiver, or to connect to a Bluetooth- enabled printer.

Here are some examples of how to use incoming and outgoing virtual COM ports.

 OUTGOING COM PORT OUTGOING COM PORT

You have a program on your device that cannot use Bluetooth directly but can print to a serial (COM) port. You can create a Bluetooth partnership with a Bluetooth-enabled printer, and then set up an outgoing COM port (for example, COM 1). The program can then send print data to COM 1, which reaches the Bluetooth-enabled printer.

 INCOMING COM PORT INCOMING COM PORT

 

You have a Bluetooth-enabled GPS receiver, and your device has a

 

GPS tracking program that expects to receive GPS data over a serial

 

(COM) port. You can create a Bluetooth partnership with the Bluetooth-

 

enabled GPS receiver, and then set up an incoming COM port (for

 

example, COM 2). The GPS program can then send data to COM 2,

 

which reaches the GPS receiver.

 

Even if both your device and another Bluetooth-enabled device contain

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programs that need to use serial ports to communicate, you can set

up the appropriate virtual incoming and outgoing COM ports on each

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device so that the programs can to use a Bluetooth connection to

communicate.

 

 

See also

 

Create a Bluetooth partnership

 

Set up an incoming Bluetooth COM port

 

Set up an outgoing Bluetooth COM port

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