What is the real BT working range.

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Rami

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#329 11-Jul-2003 22:30

I have a MSi BT key that acourding to its specification its working range is 100m.
I have the TDK BT Bluepaq sleev for the ipaq which acourding to specification the working range is 10 m. And I have the nokia 6310 which has built in BT.

The actual range that the ipaq works with the PC (bluepaq with MSI key) is only 3 m (direct contact no walls ).
The actual range that the ipaq works with the nokia is even less, like 2 m.

Is there a way to measure what is the actual working range of each equipment?
I am trying to find out which one is the limiting BT (even though I susspect the Bluepaq).

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David Hettel

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#648 12-Jul-2003 08:15

The phone is the limiting unit for the Bluepaq, and my guess is the Bluepaq is for the MSI BT. I have a 3970 and a 5455 both of them will go 30 plus feet through my home, and several rooms, with 802.11b running as well. to connect to a Belkin FT8001 USB Bluetooth adapter.

If you can locate a copy of the billionton software for Win CE, it may allow you to select the power level of the Bluepaq. Well it actually does it automatically, you can't select it. I know it does this on the Belkin CF bluetooth adapter. Or you get the newest version from TDK.

David

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#653 12-Jul-2003 13:07

The latest I know of is this file is now available on this URL, since it was removed from Billionton's website.

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#661 13-Jul-2003 03:09

Mauricio, thanks. I was looking for that software. This is the widcomm BTW- CE is that right?

David, I all most certain that the Bluepaq is he limiter. I take my PC with the MSI key attached to it as a reference. The Bluepaq hold the connection to the PC up to 5 m .
The Nokia cell phone hold the connection to the PC up to 10 m and cross walls.

To use this software do I need to remove the Bluepaq drivers? The Bluepaq does not come with a software to install. It loads the drivers and the software when inserting the sleev.

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#662 13-Jul-2003 03:14

Yes, it is the BTW-CE. But I know it works on H3970 and H3870 with built-in Bluetooth. I'm not sure about other Bluetooth implementations.

You might want to make a backup of your PPC before applying this. If anything goes wrong, just do a hard reset and restore the backup.

Be sure to have all your data safe before doing this!

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#663 13-Jul-2003 03:28

After download, check the size (4,877,344) and run Winzip to test the file. You should have this result:

testing: BTWCE_Start_Here.pdf OK
testing: CF Bluetooth Software WinCE 1.3.1.46.txt OK
testing: data1.cab OK
testing: data1.hdr OK
testing: data2.cab OK
testing: ikernel.ex_ OK
testing: layout.bin OK
testing: License.dat OK
testing: Release_Notes.pdf OK
testing: Setup.bmp OK
testing: Setup.exe OK
testing: Setup.ini OK
testing: setup.inx OK

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#665 13-Jul-2003 07:30

I installed the software and tried to run it. I was asked to turn on the Radio. When I tried I recieved the following error message:
"The Bluethooth radio Failed to turn ON due to insufficient driver memory available. You must perform a normal reset before you can turn ON the bluetooth radio."

Additional soft reset didn't help. I tried to install the BTW_CE software before removing the bluepaq drivers and after removing them. In all cases it didn't work.

Any suggestions?

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#666 13-Jul-2003 11:17

I'd say it doesn't work with this sleeve then...

Rami, could you please fix your e-mail address in the "My Profile" page? The notifications of new forum messages are bouncing back to Geekzone.

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#667 13-Jul-2003 17:38

Thank for the help.
I corrected my e-mail address.

Rami,