Bluetooth® Connectivity

In addition to traditional cabled and wired status monitoring and control solutions, we offer an option for wireless connectivity through a Bluetooth-enabled handheld, PDA, laptop or PC. Bluetooth wireless technology is a short-range communications system that's intended to replace the cable(s) connecting portable and/or fixed electronic devices. The Bluetooth core system consists of a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, baseband, and protocol stack. The system offers services that enable the connection of devices and the exchange of a variety of classes of data between these devices. Actually it's a wireless communication protocol that, like HTTP or FTP, operates in a client/server architecture. It uses the 2.4 GHz band known in the U.S. as the Industrial-Scientific-Medical (ISM) band. The 802.11b wireless LAN protocol operates in this band as well, although they are intended for different needs and don't interfere with each other.