More than 1 bluetooth stack ok?

[Nick Mirro]

I have a Microsoft bluetooth keyboard/mouse using these:

Microsoft Bluetooth Enumerator
Microsoft Wireless Transceiver for Bluetooth 2.0.

Can a Widcomm based wireless headset run ok with this bluetooth
keyboard set? I mean can I also add the bluetooth software that comes
with the new device so that both the keyboard and new bluetooth device
will cooperate?

 

[Paul]

I have a Microsoft bluetooth keyboard/mouse using these:

Microsoft Bluetooth Enumerator
Microsoft Wireless Transceiver for Bluetooth 2.0.

Can a Widcomm based wireless headset run ok with this bluetooth
keyboard set? I mean can I also add the bluetooth software that comes
with the new device so that both the keyboard and new bluetooth device
will cooperate?

This article bears some similarities to what you're trying to do,
but it isn't clear whether the author of this article had other
Bluetooth devices operating or not.

http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/07/05/bluetooth.html?page=1

I suppose it might depend, on whether any Microsoft software that
comes with the keyboard, attempts to override the Bluetooth layer
or not. Maybe it'll mean installing the Widcomm drivers afterwards
or something. If you didn't need the features of the Microsoft
software, it is possible the keyboard might "just work" with the
stack you're already using.

There is mention here, of using two stacks, but applies to a case
where you have two radios available. That sounds pretty tricky.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_stack

Paul

 

[smlunatick]

I have a Microsoft bluetooth keyboard/mouse using these:

Microsoft Bluetooth Enumerator
Microsoft Wireless Transceiver for Bluetooth 2.0.

Can a Widcomm based wireless headset run ok with this bluetooth
keyboard set?  I mean can I also add the bluetooth software that comes
with the new device so that both the keyboard and new bluetooth device
will cooperate?

NO. The Microsoft Bluetooth stack will not let the Widcomm stack
work. You will need to uninstall the Microsoft drviers and rename the
BTH.INF file. Then, you could install the Widcomm drivers.

PLEASE NOTE: The Widcomm Bluetooth is not just a protocol stack.
These are a complete driver system and you need to know if the
Bluetooth transceiver is compatible. If not, then the keyboard /
mouse will not work with the WidComm drivers.

 

[Nick Mirro]

NO.  The Microsoft Bluetooth stack will not let the Widcomm stack
work.  You will need to uninstall the Microsoft drviers and rename the
BTH.INF file.  Then, you could install the Widcomm drivers.

PLEASE NOTE:  The Widcomm Bluetooth is not just a protocol stack.
These are a complete driver system and you need to know if the
Bluetooth transceiver is compatible.  If not, then the keyboard /
mouse will not work with the WidComm drivers.

Thanks for helping with this. The microsoft keyboard has lots of
shortcuts programmed for the keys so I need to use MS software, if not
the drivers/bluetooth protocol.

- Won't Microsoft's keyboard hotkey utility work as long as the
keyboard is connected somehow? Does it specifically require the MS
bluetooth software?

- Any way to find out whether Microsoft's bluetooth hardware will work
under widcomm, that is before I spend $200 on the new bluetooth
dictation headset.

- What do I need to rename the BTH.INF file to?

 

[Pavel A.]

IIRC, the MS bluetooth mice & kbd kits that contain their own BT dongle,
don't use the BT driver stack at all. The dongle has it's own driver,
independent of whatever is installed for the "main" BT adapter.

Regards,
--PA