Bluetooth Phone Manager
Configuration of cell phone to be used
Cellular telephony service provider setup
Configuration of connection or connections
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Bluetooth PhoneManager manages Internet connections for your Pocket PC in line with your cell phone and your telephony service provider. The application also simplifies the Bluetooth pairing procedure between your Pocket PC and your cell phone.
Bluetooth PhoneManager supports CDMA, 1xRTT, GSM-Data and GPRS network telephony service providers.
The main interface includes a mini-display that shows current connection status, a "connect disconnect" context button, a button to access setup and a menu that gives access to connection history in particular.
>Configuration of cell phone to be used
If your cell phone is of the Bluetooth type
Setting up a Bluetooth pairing
The first time the application is run or by using the New phone option in the Tools menu, the application sets up (or recreates) a pairing with your Bluetooth phone. The wizard first of all offers to select your cell phone from a list and will then explain how to set it to "detectable" mode.
Enter this setting and then click Next. A list of all Bluetooth peripherals detected will be shown once the detection procedure is complete.
Select your cell phone from this list. If a pairing has already been specified with this modem, the wizard will prompt you to save it or recreate it.
If a pairing is created, the next screen will offer a password which will be used to make the Bluetooth connection secure as well as the method to be adopted to set up this password in the cell phone. You can change the password on offer.
Press Next for the pairing procedure to take place. Once the pairing has been confirmed, the wizard will ask the cell phone for the name of the cellular telephony service provider it is using.
If your cell phone is not of the Bluetooth type
Select Tools>Options>Communications device.
Select the manufacturer and model of your device (modem or telephone)
Select the type of connection being used.
Click the OK icon located in the top right-hand corner of your screen to confirm.
The Detect button offers to search your device automatically and to set up the application.
The Status button returns information on your device.
Cellular telephony service provider setup
The Internet setup is closely dependent on your cellular telephony service provider. On its initial start-up, the application attempts to read the identity of the service provider. You can look up or edit this selection as follows:
Select Tools>Options>Cellular telephony service provider.
Select country and service provider.
The Automatic detection button offers to to search for your cellular telephony service provider automatically.
Configuring a connection or connections
On its initial start-up, Bluetooth PhoneManager automatically sets up the connection in line with your service provider. You can edit the settings generated by the wizard or create other connections as follows:
Select Tools>Options>Internet connection.
Click New or the name of an existing connection in order to access all connection settings.
Click and hold on an entry to make the context menu show up to delete the connection from the system.
Connecting/disconnecting
Once setup has been completed, you just need to click the Connect button to start up an Internet session.
Note:
If you are using a wireless connection, remember to enable this type of call on your cell phone.
Once the Internet connection has been made, the application's mini-display will identify the current session by its name, elapsed time and the quantities of data exchanged since it was opened.
Once you have finished, you can stop the session by clicking the same button. The session information is stored in a connection history.
Session log
To look up your connection history, select Tools>Logs. A dialog box with two tabs shows up:
- The first tab contains cumulative session data and times.
- The second tab shows details session by session with a facility for filtering by a connection name or dates. A text export function is also available to be able to import the log into other software packages.