Bluetooth1.4.2_Build_10.zip It is highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available. Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver. For example, if you wish to communicate at a 100m range, both Bluetooth devices will need to be class 1 devices. If one of the devices is class 2, both devices will operate at the range of class 2. Bluetooth Profile. Bluetooth profiles are additional protocols that that more clearly define the Bluetooth standard for very specific uses. This package contains the files for installing the Chronos USB Bluetooth Class 1/2 Driver. If it has been installed, updating (overwrite-installing) may fix problems, add new functions, or expand functions.

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This page contains information about installing the latest Billionton Bluetooth driver downloads using the Billionton Driver Update Tool.

Billionton Bluetooth drivers are tiny programs that enable your Bluetooth hardware to communicate with your operating system software. Maintaining updated Billionton Bluetooth software prevents crashes and maximizes hardware and system performance. Using outdated or corrupt Billionton Bluetooth drivers can cause system errors, crashes, and cause your computer or hardware to fail. Furthermore, installing the wrong Billionton drivers can make these problems even worse.

Recommendation: If you are inexperienced with updating Billionton device drivers manually, we highly recommend downloading the Billionton Bluetooth Driver Utility. This tool will download and update the correct Billionton Bluetooth driver versions automatically, protecting you against installing the wrong Bluetooth drivers.

Bluetooth devices can connect with each other wirelessly through what's called a piconet -- a very small ad-hoc network. The distance that it's possible for the devices to transmit data is determined by the power of the transmitter, which is rated in one of three classes with class 1 being the most powerful and class 3 the least.

King Harold Bluetooth

When the Swedes at Ericsson invented a new wireless technology to connect devices over short distances, they wanted to call it something that symbolized the uniting of disparate things. They chose to honor the Danish king famous for bringing together the Scandinavian countries in the 10th Century, so they named the technology after Harold Bluetooth -- Bl책tand in Danish. Bluetooth devices all have both a transmitter and a receiver so that the devices can communicate back and forth.

More Power

Class 1 Bluetooth devices can transmit up to 100 meters -- which works out to about 328 feet. Class 2 devices have a range of about 10 meters and class 3 devices about one meter. The way that the transmission distance is determined is by the power, measured in milliwatts, that is run through the transmitter. Class 1 devices have a maximum of 100 mW, class 2 maxes out at 2.5 mW and class 3 tops out at just 1 mW.

It Takes Two to Tango

Since the power of the transmission is related to the class of the device, in order to get class 1 transmission distances out of a two-way connection, both devices must be class 1. If one of the devices is class 2 and the other class 1, the class 2 device will limit the transmission distance to about 32 feet even though the class 1 device can transmit much farther. If you don't need two-way communication between the devices, you can get by with just having one higher-class device.

Bluetooth Unplugged

For all the benefits of the ability of class 1 devices to transmit over long distances, it comes at the cost of power. That may not be an issue for devices that can plug into an outlet to receive a constant flow of electrons, but battery-powered devices can drain the juice much more quickly when transmitting a signal across a football field instead of across the room.

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