[TriLUG] BlueTooth dongle purchase

[Carl Crider]

Just having fun: Dropbox has solved all of my file transfer
interoperability issues.  :)






On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Rob Rousseau <ki4bke at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> I use Bluetooth to transfer files between my computer and my cell phone.
> -Rob
>
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
>> What would be the benefit of having bluetooth on a computer? What could
>> you do with it?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> SteveT
>>
>> On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 07:34:14 -0700 (PDT), Joseph Mack NA3T said:
>>> For the BlueTooth w/s on 15 Sep
>>>
>>> http://trilug.org/2012-09-bluetooth
>>>
>>> participants can purchase a bluetooth dongle for about $40
>>> (link on announcment page).
>>>
>>> Looking into this, there's a UD100 and a UD100-G03
>>>
>>> http://www.neteon.net/products/serial/serial-to-wireless/bluetooth-serial-adapter/accessories/parani-ud100.html
>>>
>>> From the specs and photos, they look identical. I expect
>>> none of us on this list know the difference. I've asked Bill
>>> and Alan to see if the presenter can tell us.
>>>
>>> The device has a range of 300m. There is a R-SMA connector
>>> on the device. The external antennae available are a 5dbi
>>> dipole for <$10 and a 9dbi patch for $54. Bang for buck the
>>> 5dbi dipole seems worth having.
>>>
>>> I've also asked Bill and Alan to see what the presenter
>>> thinks of the antennas.
>>>
>>> The presenter gave a talk at CarolinaCon this year. I
>>> remember the BlueTooth talk as the best technical talk. At
>>> the time I thought this is too bad, since I don't use
>>> BlueTooth. The reason I don't use BlueTooth is because I
>>> couldn't get it working in Linux a couple of years ago,
>>> while it worked out of the box with Windows. As the speaker
>>> at CarolinaCon described, the problem I had was that I only
>>> had about half of the code needed to get BlueTooth working,
>>> and the speaker described the considerable trouble he had to
>>> locate the required code from disparate sources, and get it
>>> to work for himself.
>>>
>>> I've asked Bill and Alan to see if they can get a list of
>>> the require code and install instructions, from the speaker,
>>> before the talk/w-s, so we're not starting from 0 when we
>>> arrive with our dongles, and have to sort everything out on
>>> the day. I'd rather have something working before I arrive,
>>> than just appear with my box of bits, as they were delivered
>>> by FedEx.
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>> --
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