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Vista Tether Walk-Through

 

 

Initial Configuration

 

The bluetooth pairing is better done with Bluetooth Tether Bridge started on your BlackBerry to allow the PC to learn that your BlackBerry supports bluetooth DUN service, even though there are other ways for the PC to learn that after pairing.  If your BlackBerry and PC have already been paired, remove the pairing on both devices.

 
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5. Select Options

    Move the cursor to the lower part of the page and press the BlackBerry MENU key to bring up the menu.  Select Options to bring up the Bluetooth Options page as shown below

 

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6. Disable the Dial-Up Networking option

    Make sure the Dial-Up Networking option is NOT checked

 

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1. Start Bluetooth Tether Bridge on your BlackBerry and wait for the Internet connection indication to turn on (the phone and the globe are joined by an edge)

 

 

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2. Press the BlackBerry MENU key to bring up the command menu and select the Start - DUN command

 

 

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3. Check the display to confirm bluetooth DUN service has been started and it is ready for a client connection

 

 

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4. On your PC, click on the bluetooth icon in the status bar and select Show Bluetooth Devices.  You would then get the following window.  Click on your BlackBerry device.

 

 

 

5. Now you have the window for you to attempt a connection.  Click on Connect.

 

6. The Dial window will appear.  If you have never entered this info before, enter the entry as shown.  Click Dial.

 

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Tether Operation

 

1. Start Bluetooth Tether Bridge on your BlackBerry and wait for the Internet connection indication to turn on (the phone and the globe are joined by an edge)

 

 

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2. Press the BlackBerry MENU key to bring up the command menu and select the Start - DUN command

 

 

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3. Check the display to confirm bluetooth DUN service has been started and it is ready for a client connection

 

 

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4. Press the BlackBerry ESCAPE key (NOT the Close command) to leave Bluetooth Tether Bridge to run in the background.  Go to Manage Connections on the BlackBerry and select Bluetooth Connections.

 

 

 

7. Back to the Bluetooth page, click Add New Device to start the process of pairing

 

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8. Select Listen to allow your PC to be able to find your BlackBerry.

 

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9. Your BlackBerry will now show it is waiting for a connection:

 

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10. On your PC, click the bluetooth icon and then select Add a Bluetooth Device.  This can also be accessed from the Control panel if the bluetooth icon does not appear in the status bar.

 

11. It will search for bluetooth devices. Select your BlackBerry device (BTTest9800 in our case) and click Next.

 

12. On your BlackBerry, click Yes to accept the pairing attempt from your PC.

 

13. Check Yes on your PC and click Next to complete pairing.

 

14. Depending on the history of bluetooth DUN configuration on this PC, it may or may not try to do an automatic DUN connection to your BlackBerry.  If it does, the following sequence of events will happen.

 

14.1 The following will appear on your BlackBerry. Check "Don't display this prompt again" to avoid doing this for every tether session and click Yes to accept the request.

 

7. Bluetooth Tether Bridge will now show your client device is connected. 

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14.3 The following window will appear for you to choose to enter dial info.  Select Yes.

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14.2. This automatic connection attempt will fail right away because your PC side has not been configured yet.  Press Exit to exit from the app. 

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8. Your PC will now also show it is connected. 

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14.4 The following window will appear for you to enter dial configuration.  Leave User name and Password empty.  Enter  "*99#" without the quotes for Dial. 

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