Device discovery
Before your local device can get to communicate with a remote Bluetooth device, it needs to discover the remote devices that are available within range. This activity is called device discovery.
To carry out device discovery: On the Bluetooth menu, click Device Discovery.
While your device is looking for remote devices, the following dialog box will show the progress of the device discovery:
When the device discovery has been carried out, the list view will show which remote devices within range are currently available. Also, you can see the previously discovered devices that are no longer available (cf. the section “List view”):
Note: The main window list view does not show your local device, only the discovered remote ones.
Alternative ways of carrying out device discovery:
- When the main window list view (with discovered devices) is displayed, press F5. This will update the list view.
- On the tool bar, click the tool button Device Discovery.