Installation and Uninstallation
Application Examples:
The directory 'doc' Install contains installation and operating instructions (these are directly accessible from the Setup program) as well as the release notes for the current software version.
After successful installation the Bluetooth Monitor is automatically started and displayed as a blue antenna symbol in the Task bar. Double-clicking on this antenna symbol opens the Bluetooth Monitor window.
The installation instructions in the "Installation using the System Soft Card Wizard" section could serve as an example.
After the installation has finished you have to restart your computer.
If the PICO Card is still in your computer, please call up the PCMCIA Manager first, select the PICO Card entry there, and press the STOP button. Wait for a message confirming that the device has been removed and unplug the PICO Card from the computer.
Please note: in most cases the PICO Card can also simply be removed from the computer without previously registering this in the PCMCIA Manager. This can, however, lead to instability of the system under certain circumstances.
Start the uninstallation:
Start -> Programs -> PICO Card -> PICO Card Uninstall
Confirm the subsequent query.
The PICO Card Software is uninstalled. In the process, all the virtual
interfaces that you set up for the PICO Card are also uninstalled.
Then call up Windows NT Software Installation/De-installation under
Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Software.
Select the listed entry for PICO Card and press "Add/Remove".
First you have to deinstall the PICO Card hardware and afterwards you should deinstall the remaining Bluetooth software.
For deinstalling the PICO Card hardware double click on the PCMCIA icon in the system tray.
Select the "PICO Card" in the "Unplug or Eject Hardware" Window.
Press the "Properties" button.
Select the "Driver" tab in the "PICO Card Properties" Window.
Press the "Uninstall" button in this tab. Confirm the warning dialog
with "OK".
Windows will now uninstall your PICO Card Hardware from the system.
Close the "Unplug or Eject Hardware" window.
For uninstalling the remaining Bluetooth software select
Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs
In the "Add/Remove Programs" window select the "PICO Card" entry.
Press "Change/Remove". Windows will now uninstall the Bluetooth software.
CAUTION: If you want to reinstall the Bluetooth software immediately
after deinstallation, you have to restart Windows before installing the
software again.
On installation, an entry is inserted in the Start menu to allow a manual
restart of the Bluetooth Monitor:
Start -> Programs -> PICO Card -> Bluetooth Monitor
There are various register cards in the Bluetooth Monitor for different tasks. These are described in more detail below.
The Bluetooth address (if desired), device class and, if available, the name of the device are shown for each device found.
In order to call up the available Services for a remote device either
select the device and click on Search Services or simply double-click on
the device. If a Service is already installed on your computer, the corresponding
port
(COMxx or LPTxx) will be shown behind the name of the Service.
In order to install a Service, select the appropriate Service and click
"Install". In the dialogue box that then appears you will be asked on which
port the Service should be installed, and whether encoded transfer and
authentication
should be used for the connection. A test connection can be set up
after selection of the options.
Please note: If the "Authentication" and/or "Encryption" options have been selected for a Service, the PIN code for this Service must be known before the first connection is made. This must be entered when the first connection is made.
In order to uninstall a Service select the appropriate Service. If the Service is already installed, the function of the "Install" button becomes "Uninstall". Remote Services can also be uninstalled under the "Remote Services" register card. All installed Services are shown there, regardless of whether the Service is within radio range or not.
Bluetooth devices within range are searched for with the "Search now" button. Otherwise, the Bluetooth Monitor always automatically searches for devices within range at defined intervals (see the "Settings" register card).
See also "Direct Cable Connection between 2 computers with PICO Cards" for more detail on the procedure.
If authorization is used, each time a different device tries to access your own Service a query window appears to ask whether you want to accept this connection.
One's own PIN must be entered if authorization and/or Encryption is used. In order to be able to establish a connection the remote side must enter this PIN the first time it connects to one of your own services.
Epson printers often do not use standard Windows printer spoolers. The Epson spooler installed instead does not operate correctly with virtual interfaces, such as those installed for the PICO Card.
For this reason, after installation of the Epson driver, it is necessary
to ensure that it uses the standard Windows printer spooler. In order to
achieve this proceed as follows:
a) Start the Epson printer spooler configuration program.
Normally via Start -> Programs -> Epson printer ->Spool
Manager 4.
b) Double-click on the printer to be used for printing via the PICO
Card.
c) In the dialogue box that now appears check the "Print Manager"
control
box for this port. Close the dialogue box with OK.
Close the Epson Spool Manager.
If an HP printer is installed on a virtual LPT via the HP Setup Program, then the HP Printer Monitor shall not be installed (be careful, this is the default setting !!!!). Otherwise there is a conflict between the printer monitor drivers from HP and the PICO Card drivers.
If such an HP monitor has already been installed on the system it shall be uninstalled. Unfortunately, the provided uninstall porgram does not completely remove the HP Print monitor. Some entries must be deleted from the Registry manually. This can be carried out with the program "Regedit.exe".
The keys to delete are
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\HP*
If the radio connection breaks down while printing then the printer spooler of Windows 95/98/ME sometimes crashes. The virtual LPT interface is then only contacted again after a reboot. This is caused by a bug of the Windows printer spooler. In order to avoid this problem, the data format for the printer should be changed to "RAW" under "Properties" "Details" "Spool settings" (EMF is the standard setting). This problem has not been observed with the "RAW" setting.
If a printer is installed on a virtual LPT port, and the PICO Card is
not installed when the system is started, then the connected printer is
deactivated by the system. Currently, the only way to reactivate it is
to reboot the system with the PICO Card inserted.
There are two operating modes for the Direct Cable Connection: guest computer and host computer. A differently configured vCOM is required for each of these modes.
A) Configuration as host computer
This allows other systems to access your computer.
1. First install a vCOM in the Bluetooth Monitor under the "Own Services" register card.
2. Start the Direct Cable Connection
Select the following settings (click the "Change" button
after start):
a) Host computer
b) Select the "Serial Cable on COM X" as the communication Port, whereby
X is
the number of the vCOM that you installed in step 1. If
the Port does not
appear in the selection box click the "Install new Ports"
button first.
c) Finish the configuration.
After completing installation a window appears with the
message
"Status: Waiting to connect via Serial cable on COMx".
Your computer can now be accessed from another computer
via Bluetooth.
You only have to carry out this configuration once. Afterwards, you can start the Direct Cable Connection directly in the configuration as host computer.
Please note:
There must be shared drives or directories on your computer. A guest
computer can only access these. The file and printer sharing must be actived.
This can be done under
"Control Panel -> Network -> Configuration".
When sharing is activated you can provide access to individual directories
or drives in Windows Explorer. In order to do this, call up the context
menu with a "right mouse-click" on the directory to be shared and select
"Properties".
Your computer must have a computer name that must be entered into the guest computer when then connection is set up. The computer name can be viewed and changed under "Control Panel -> Network -> Identification".
For a remote Bluetooth device the Services that you now export are only
visible when the Direct Cable Connection is started. After ending the Direct
Cable Connection the Service becomes invisible again. It is, therefore,
necessary
that the Direct Cable Connection is active for setting up the guest
computer!
B) Configuration as a guest computer
This allows you to access another computer. This description assumes
that there is a host computer within range and that it has been configured
as described under A and is waiting for a connection.
1. Install the computer that you want to access in the Bluetooth Monitor
as a
"Remote Service" (in Environment).
2. Start the Direct Cable Connection.
Select the following settings (click the "Change" button after start):
a) Guest computer
b) Select the "Serial Cable on COM X" as the Port to use, whereby X
is the number
of the vCOM that you installed in step 1.
If the Port does not appear in the selection box click
on
"Install new Ports" first.
c) Carry out the other configuration steps.
After completion of the installation, the Direct Cable Connection starts and provides you with access to the host computer.
Note 1:
You only need to carry out this configuration once for each PICO Card
used in the host computer. Please note that with the configuration of the
vCOM you have created a connection for a particular PICO Card and not for
a particular computer. This means, on the one hand, that when you use the
same PICO Card in a different computer that has been configured as a host,
you can retain the configuration you have carried out. On the other hand,
you must carry out another configuration if a different PICO Card is used
in the host computer.
Note 2:
In principle, the settings explained here apply to all Bluetooth devices
that support the particular Lan profile. You can thus use another Bluetooth
device as both host computer or guest computer. Bluetooth devices such
as LAN
access points can also be used as the host computer. You can then also
access a local network and the Internet with such devices, if these options
have been authorised by your network administrator. An example of how such
a configuration can be constructed by means of a PICO Plug and a Windows
NT computer configured as an access point is described below.
First you must install and configure the "Remote Access Service" (RAS) on the Windows NT computer. You set this up for the Serial Port at which the PICO Plug is installed. In order to achieve an acceptable transfer rate you should configure the Port for a transfer rate of 115 kBit/second. After starting the RAS Service this configuration basically behaves like a host computer with a Direct Cable Connection.
The steps on the guest computer for setting up the Direct Cable Connection
are the same as for a Direct Cable Connection with 2 PC Cards. However,
Windows installs the Direct Cable Connection with a rate of 19200 bits/second
as standard. In order to be able to create a connection you must change
this before you try to connect
for the first time.
This can be done in the device manager in the modem branch. Select the
modem entry "Serial Cable on COM X", whereby X corresponds to the configured
vCom number. Then click on "Properties" and select the "Modem" register
card in the dialogue box. Change the "Maximum Speed" setting to 115200.
When other PCMCIA Cards are used, and with frequent removal and re-insertion of these Cards, the Windows PCMCIA Manager can occasionally have problems correctly configuring the currently available hardware. Under certain circumstances this can lead to incorrect accessing of the PICO Card. If, for example, you want to use the Bluetooth Monitor and this does not start giving you an Error Message that it is unaible to connect to the PICO Card, it is probably because of this problem.
In such a case remove the PICO Card from the system (even if the PCMCIA Manager announces that the device cannot be removed) and start your computer again without the PICO Card. Insert the PICO Card again after a successful restart. In most cases this will fix the problem.
Effect: a Direct Cable Connection cannot be built up.
First make sure, by using the Bluetooth Monitor, that the device you
are trying to communicate with is actually within range and that you have
selected the right vCOM for the Direct Cable Connection. If this is the
case you should restart your computer, as the Direct Cable Connection often
no longer tries to establish a connection again after an unsuccessful attempt.
Instead, it immediately gives you an error message.