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[[HomePage]] : [[HowTo]] : [[UsingBluetoothIndex]] : [[BluetoothCards]]%%% [[HomePage]] : [[HardWare]] : [[BluetoothCards]]%%%

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a medium to short distance (1m up to 100m) wireless standard. It can be used for serial connections, as a cable replacement. It also allows Object Exchange (OBEX) like [[IrDA]] and web-sharing (TCP via BT).

Blunt is a Bluetooth-driver for the Newton.

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Blunt-supported Bluetooth Hardware

The [[NewtonMessagePad]] can make use of Bluetooth with a driver from [Eckhart Köppen](http://www.40hz.org/]. There are some cards, both PCMCIA and [[CompactFlash]), which are supported:

  • Sphinx PICO Bluetooth PCMCIA card (available here: <http://[[NewtonSales]].com]) and on [Adriano's website>(http://notwen.com/bluetooth)
  • Taiyo Yuden internal UART modules
  • [[AmbiCom]] Air2Net BT2000CF and BT2000E
  • Conceptronic CBT100C with [[UpdatedFirmware]] (ask [[DanielPadilla]])

Not working is the following hardware:

  • Belkin Bluetooth PC Card (a [[CardBus]] card)
  • 3com Wireless PC Card (incompatible serial chip)
  • IBM Bluetooth PC Card (incompatible serial chip)

See also:

*The Blunt webpage for more details and the Blunt driver packages%%% *[[BluntSetup]] for "The Complete Moron's Manual(TM) to Blunt Setup"%%% *[[PowerConsumption]]%%%

[[HomePage]] : [[HowTo]] : [[UsingBluetoothIndex]] : [[BluetoothCards]]%%% [[HomePage]] : [[HardWare]] : [[BluetoothCards]]%%%