BluetoothView is a small utility that runs in the background, and monitor
the activity of Bluetooth devices around you. For each detected Bluetooth
device, it displays the following information: Device Name, Bluetooth
Address, Major Device Type, Minor Device Type, First Detection Time, Last
Detection Time, and more.
BluetoothView can also notify you when a new Bluetooth device is
detected, by displaying a balloon in your taskbar or by playing a small
beep sound.
Versions History
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* Version 1.65:
o Added 'Hide Paired Devices' option. Paired deviced are usually
detected even when they are not active, so this option allows you to
hide them.
* Version 1.61:
o Fixed the problem with invalid % character on the .xml file.
* Version 1.60:
o Added option to choose audio file to play when a new bluetooth
device is detected (In Advanced Options), instead of using the
default beep sound of Windows.
* Version 1.55:
o Added 'Start As Hidden' option. When this option and 'Put Icon On
Tray' option are turned on, the main window of BluetoothView will be
invisible on start.
* Version 1.50:
o Added 2 new columns: 'No Detection Counter' and '% Detection'
o Added support for saving the Bluetooth activity into a log file.
A new log line is added when a device is detected for at least 5
Bluetooth scans (Device Arrival) and when a device is not detected
anymore, for 5 Bluetooth scans ('Device Left' lines). You can
activate the log file feature in the 'Advanced Options' window (F9).
* Version 1.41 - Added /try_to_connect command-line option for testing
the ability to connect to specific bluetooth device.
* Version 1.40 - Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File'
option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as
the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
* Version 1.37 - Fixed issue: Removed the wrong encoding from the xml
string, which caused problems to some xml viewers.
* Version 1.36 - Fixed bug: BluetoothView didn't loaded the oui.txt
filename when using it from command-line.
* Version 1.35 - Added custom timeout value (In 'Advanced Options').
* Version 1.31 - Added command-line option for sorting (/sort).
* Version 1.30 - Added command-line support for saving Bluetooth
devices list to a file.
* Version 1.25 - Added 'Speak the following text when a new bluetooth
device is detected' in advanced options. When this option is enabled,
BluetoothView will speak the desired text by using Windows SAPI when a
new device is detected.
* Version 1.20 - Added 'Try To Connect' option. (See below)
* Version 1.15 - New Option: Execute a command when a new Bluetooth
device is detected. (In 'Advanced Options')
* Version 1.11 - Added update rate (low/medium/high)
* Version 1.10 - Added 'Company Name' column (see below)
* Version 1.06 - Added new option: Select Another Font.
* Version 1.05 - Fixed bug: The main window lost the focus when the
user switched to another application and then returned back to
BluetoothView.
* Version 1.04 - Fixed bug in saving as comma-delimited file when
description or name fields contained comma character.
* Version 1.03 - Added support for saving as comma-delimited file.
* Version 1.02 - Added 'Automatically Set Device Description' option.
* Version 1.01 - Added 'Remove Selected Items' option. (The removed
items will be considered as new in the next time that BluetoothView
detect them)
* Version 1.00 - First release.
What can you do with BluetoothView ?
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If you have neighbors or family members that use a cellular phone with
Bluetooth turned on:
* You can easily know when they come home and when they leave, by using
the 'First Detected On' and 'Last Detected On' fields.
* Each time that a new device is detected, BluetoothView automatically
displays an alert as a balloon in your taskbar. This means that you can
detect when your neighbors/friends/family members are coming even
before they knock on your door...
System Requirements
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* Bluetooth Dongle and device driver that works with the standard
Bluetooth module of Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7.
* Windows XP/SP2, Windows Vista, or Windows 7. Other versions of
Windows don't provide a build-in support for Bluetooth, and thus
BluetoothView cannot work with them.