Bluetooth Manager Overview

Purpose

The Bluetooth Manager enables you to store details of devices in the Bluetooth Registry. It also enables you to retrieve, modify and delete the information about devices.

Key concepts and terms

Documentation on the Bluetooth Manager component uses the following key concepts and terms:

Cookie

Stored data that can be used by the UI whenever it is needed.

EIR (Extended Inquiry Response)

Information that is supplied by the host and transmitted in the inquiry responses sub-state.

'Bonded' settings

Details of peer devices with which a device has formed secure relationships in the past.

'Last used' settings

Details of when devices were last connected.

Architecture

Figure 1. Diagram showing Bluetooth Manager relationships

Bluetooth Manager summary

The Bluetooth Manager component provides the following:

• BT Device

  btdevice.dll

  Provides a mechanism for discovering, setting and retreiving information about the various properties of a Bluetooth device.

• BT Manager Client

  btmanclient.dll

  Provides access to the Bluetooth Manager server.

• BT Manager Server

  btmanserver.exe

  Provides access to the Bluetooth Registry.

• EIR Client

  eirclient.dll

  Provides ways of publishing information over the Bluetooth EIR mechanism.