Bluetooth Applet

The applet is the resident application you can find in the notification applet, that let you quickly access to the features, like sending files, or managing your devices.

Figur 1Bluetooth Applet icon in notification tray

2.1. Starting Bluetooth Applet

The gnome-bluetooth applet is started automatically when you log into your session, and you can find its icon in the notification zone. To launch manually the applet, open menu Applications ▸ Accessories ▸ Terminal and type bluetooth-applet.

To prevent launching of the applet in your desktop, open menu System ▸ Preferences ▸ Session and disable Bluetooth Manager.

2.2. Stäng av din blåtandsadapter

Disabling your Bluetooth adapter will stop current and all future communications from and to your Bluetooth adapter. Disabling your Bluetooth adapter permits to save power of your laptop's battery, so it'll increase the autonomy, this is a good idea to disable your Bluetooth device when you don't use it.

Klicka på ikonen i panelprogrammet och välj Stäng av Bluetooth. Aviseringsikonen kommer att gråmarkeras.

2.3. Skicka filer till blåtandsenhet

Välj denna meny för att skicka en fil till en enhet; en filväljare kommer att visas för att du ska kunna välja den fil som du vill skicka och sedan väljer du enheten som du vill skicka filen till.

2.4. Browsing Bluetooth device

Stäng denna meny för att bläddra i enhetens filsystem direkt i din filhanterare.

2.5. Senaste använda enheter

Detta avsnitt visar dina ihopparade enheter som du kan ansluta till.

För att ansluta till enheten, klicka på dess namn som då kommer att markeras för att informera dig om att du ansluter till den.

2.6. Lägg till en ny enhet

To add a new device (which consist of pairing your adapter with your device), click on the applet icon, and choose Setup new device.... An graphical assistant will help you in the process of setting up your device.

Don't forget to set your remote device in discoverable mode before starting the process, else the wizard won't be able to find it.

The wizard will present the discoverable devices it has found all around. You can filter out the list of devices by choosing the type of devices you're looking for.

Figur 2Device search in wizard

If your device has a harcoded passkey, choose Passkey Options..., in the new dialog, choose the passkey to use.

Choose Forward for the pairing step; if you defined a fixed passkey in the previous step the pairing will occur automatically, else you'll be presented a passkey to enter in your device, type it on your device, once done the devices and your adapter will be paired.

2.7. Inställningar

Click on the icon of the applet, and choose Preferences, the preferences dialog will appear.

För mer information om inställningar, se avsnittet Avsnitt 3 ― Inställningar