The Devices tab lists your phone, PDA, GPS, and any other Bluetoothdevices
you??™ve already paired with your PC. (Use the Hardware tab to list
your PC??™s internal Bluetooth radio.) It won??™t show all the Bluetooth devices
in range, like the ???Connect to a network??? window discussed elsewhere in
this chapter. Rather, click Add and then turn on the My device is set up and
ready to be found option. Make your device ???discoverable,??? and then click
Next here to find it.
Most PC software communicates over Bluetooth airwaves via virtual COM
ports that Windows opens on your PC (just like the ones you plugged your
mouse into in the 1980s, except invisible). Click the COM Ports tab to see
which ports have been claimed by the devices listed in the Devices tab; any
software you use to talk to your Bluetooth device will either autodetect this
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information or ask you to specify the COM port to use. If you don??™t see at
least one COM port associated with your device, return to the Devices tab,
highlight the device in question, click Properties, and choose the Services
tab to see what the device is capable of.
There??™s no Edit or Properties button on the COM ports
page, so you??™ll need to open Device Manager if you want to
change any settings. In Device Manager, expand the Ports
(COM & LPT) category, and then double-click a Standard
Serial over Bluetooth link entry and select the Port Settings
tab to configure it.
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