The local radio issues an SDP inquiry to identify the services supported on the remote device. This may or may not involve a PIN exchange. Select Add a Bluetooth device in Control Panel to find all devices within range of the computer. Installing a client-side profile driverĪ user that wants to use a Bluetooth-enabled device will bring the device within range of the computer and initiate a connection from the computer to the remote device using the following installation sequence for a client-side profile driver. These two installation types require different installation procedures. For example, a vendor could author a server-side installation to enable a mobile device to print to a printer attached to the computer. Server-side installation where the computer advertises services and remote devices can connect to the computer to use those services.

Examples include: mice, keyboards, and printers.

There are two installation types for Bluetooth profile drivers:Ĭlient-side installation for remote devices where the remote device advertises its services and the computer connects to it. If you are a customer experiencing Bluetooth device installation issues see Pair a Bluetooth device in Windows

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