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Use the Bluetooth VIs and functions to communicate with devices that use the Bluetooth communication protocol.

Example

Note  You must have Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later and the Microsoft Bluetooth Driver installed to use the Bluetooth VIs and functions.

The VIs and functions on this palette can return networking error codes.

Palette Object	Description
Bluetooth Close Connection	Closes a Bluetooth network connection.
Bluetooth Create Listener	Creates a service for a Bluetooth server and returns a Bluetooth channel the server can use to listen for inbound connections.
Bluetooth Discover	Searches for all locally installed or other Bluetooth devices within the range of the Bluetooth network.
Bluetooth Get Mode	Returns the discoverable and connectable status of the local Bluetooth device.
Bluetooth Open Connection	Requests a connection to a Bluetooth server.
Bluetooth Read	Reads the number of bytes from a Bluetooth network connection and returns the results in data out.
Bluetooth RFCOMM Service Discovery	Returns a list of services available from a Bluetooth address.
Bluetooth Set Mode	Sets the discoverable and connectable status of the local Bluetooth device.
Bluetooth Wait On Listener	Waits for the listener to accept a connection request.
Bluetooth Write	Writes data to a Bluetooth network connection.

Example

Refer to the labview\examples\comm\Bluetooth.llb for examples of using the Bluetooth VIs and Functions.