[BTM] Adapter DBT-120 issue

[Charles R. Strodtbeck]

Joe

That was what I thought that it was for a computer to for Bluetooth  
capability. Reading epson manual they show the use of a bluetooth  
adapter inserted into the USB port. The adapter lights all function   
indicating that the printer must be supplying  require power. Also the  
Epson printer has a mode for setting a adapter configuration, for  
example pairing, Adapter ID, PassKey code, etc.. The Mac sees the  
adapter but the bluetooth preference shows it not connected. I have a  
feeling it has something to do with the passkey configuration. I was  
reading somewhere that both adapter and the Mac have to have the same  
passkey.

I know that the Airport Express will work it just happens that I had  
bought this and was not able to use. since Epson says that the R380 is  
bluetooth compatible I thought I would give it a try.. I decided I  
would see if anyone had any experience with this type of setup. I had  
Mac's since 1986, but never got into the blue tooth area.

Appreciate you help.

Russell



On Dec 23, 2007, at 9:52 AM, Joe Bauder wrote:

> Russell,
>     Did the D-Link adapter claim to work on a printer?  If you are  
> putting it into the front port of the printer, that is intended for  
> connecting a digital camera to print photos directly, I believe.   
> The purpose of the D-Link adapter is to give an computer without  
> Bluetooth a bluetooth connection - you already have that on the  
> MacBook Pro.  I use an Airport Express as a wireless print server at  
> home and it works great.
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
> On Dec 23, 2007, at 8:18 AM, Charles R. Strodtbeck wrote:
>
>> I have a D-Link Adapter DBT-120 which I can plug into my Epson  
>> R-380 Printer and a Macbook Pro 15" 2.4 ghz/2GB ram. I can get the  
>> MacBook Pro to recognize the DBT-120, but the Laptop can can not  
>> connect. I can not determine if it is a Passkey problem or some  
>> other setting. Both items set in "pair"..
>>
>> Any suggestion or help.
>>
>> Russell
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