If I connect this device to a serial port and connect to it via a Windows PC with a bluetooth adapter, will I get a com port on the windows side?
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I believe so, though you may need to ensure that the Bluetooth Serial Port service is active and you may need to explore to discover which comm port it is. We connect these to devices running XP Embedded and software running on those devices think that its connected to / monitoring a serial port even though we are sending data from Smartphones.BTW - We find the range to be about 100 feet so I suspect the other respondent had a bad unit.
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yes, you will get a new com port on the window's side. Use putty or any terminal program to access this com port.
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Yes, but you need special software to do it. Do not buy this the range is awful. I could not get this to connect unless it right next to my computer. Sent it back to amazon
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yes, it require a dongle to conecto to PC, you don't need it if the device have bluetooth
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Would love to have this know the answer to this as well. In the interim, I bought one of those toshiba usb adapters http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&source;=hp&q;=usb+bluetooth+adapter+toshiba&oq;=&gs;_rfai=&um;=1&ie;=UTF-8&cid;=10279719605232388935&ei;=mpCnS4jFEZOgswPCleXZAw&sa;=X&oi;=product_catalog_result&ct;=result&resnum;=3&ved;=0CBoQ8wIwAg#ps-sellers
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I used it with Windows 8.1, but once you have Bluetooth capabilities an your PC or laptop it will work.
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Dear buyer,thank you inquiry this question.The bluetooth adapter don't have specialized driver for windows server 2008 OS, Our CD driver in the package is universal driver which could fit for windows XP and later OS ( include windows server 2008). Windows server 2008 and windows XP ,windows 7 /8 /8.1 have same OS .Please kindly install the CD in the package for the driver
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this is a bluetooth device and thus requires drivers, it will not function before the operating system loads. the included usb adapter requires a usb port or a port on a connected hub. check your operating system for compatible driver availability. short answer is "it depends on your OS."
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It doesn't require any drivers, or at least any that you personally have to install or download. It connects via Bluetooth and you just need to have Windows search for Bluetooth devices. It was a piece of cake.
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You don't need to use Linksys drivers. It just uses the generic Windows stack and works fine, at least for what I use it for. Just plug it in and Windows will automatically load the generic drivers. It's the same for most bluetooth adapters these days. I have 3, none have their own specific drivers.
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You can use this device with serial port on your laptop. In this configuration, you would either connect to another identical unit connected to another serial port, or to any other laptop or computer with Bluetooth capability.Think of it as a Bluetooth wireless serial bridge. You either remote connect to a serial device or you use two of them to create a wireless serial bridge.
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No, it connects to whatever Bluetooth unit you connect it to. For example, I use it on a Thinkpad and I just enabled Bluetooth in Windows 8 and then paired the keyboard to the device. It has a little 1 foot USB-A to Micro USB port so you can plug it into something to charge it.The device works pretty good, though it is small. I think the biggest thing when people get it is that they will think to themselves, "wow that is small" but that's what it is designed for and it is nice to have a touch pad there to help move the mouse pointer around. It is the size of my hand, exactly. No, it connects to whatever Bluetooth unit you connect it to. For example, I use it on a Thinkpad and I just enabled Bluetooth in Windows 8 and then paired the keyboard to the device. It has a little 1 foot USB-A to Micro USB port so you can plug it into something to charge it.The device works pretty good, though it is small. I think the biggest thing when people get it is that they will think to themselves, "wow that is small" but that's what it is designed for and it is nice to have a touch pad there to help move the mouse pointer around. It is the size of my hand,... » Read More No, it connects to whatever Bluetooth unit you connect it to. For example, I use it on a Thinkpad and I just enabled Bluetooth in Windows 8 and then paired the keyboard to the device. It has a little 1 foot USB-A to Micro USB port so you can plug it into something to charge it.The device works pretty good, though it is small. I think the biggest thing when people get it is that they will think to themselves, "wow that is small" but that's what it is designed for and it is nice to have a touch pad there to help move the mouse pointer around. It is the size of my hand, exactly. « Show Less
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Assuming you are connecting the scanner's dock to the PC with USB, it should pick it up automatically. Can you PC see the USB Bluetooth receiver/transmitter? It doesn't register on Windows as a bluetooth device that can be paired, rather it uses Bluetooth to talk across the air to the USB device, which presents data to the PC like an old fashioned serial scanner.
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Hello, This mouse will connect via Bluetooth without the need of the Unifying software. I just did it before answering you, and it has been immediately detected by my computer. Works perfectly.
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It doesn't require any drivers, or at least none that you personally have to install or download or worry about. It connects via Bluetooth. So, you just need to have Windows search for Bluetooth devices, and, Voila!, there you go.
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I would consider it a receiver.The bluetooth device you are connecting is transmitting a signal to it, which this unit receives and passes information to the computer.Technically, I'm sure it probably transmits and receives though.
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Your computer needs to have Bluetooth and if you have added a USB dangle for it, then it needs to load/get the driver and from my experience on a few Windows 7 devices without and with Bluetooth, Windows 7 is a disgrace to an OS when it comes to Bluetooth connections, it is slow, faulty, and painful. The second, if you ever decide to do it, you switch to Windows 8, everything becomes normal!
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In a word - YES I am using Bluetooth to connect it to both Win7 and 8 laptops. No issues.
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This is a Board that gives you Serial communication over Bluetooth not a Bluetooth to Bluetooth connection. This will not work in your application.