Introduction ------------- Resco Blue FTP implements (the Server side of) Bluetooth File Transfer Profile (FTP) on a Palm OS device. When you run Resco Blue FTP on your handheld, then any device able to use Bluetooth FTP will be also able to browse and manipulate your files. A short list of devices that can act as Bluetooth FTP clients: - Another Palm OS device running Resco Explorer 2008 - A desktop PC using Widcomm Bluetooth stack (normally installed together with a BT dongle) - Mac OS X v10.2 or later - Linux computers with installed Bluez (Bluetooth stack) and OpenFTP Devices that probably will not be able to act as Bluetooth FTP clients: - PPC, laptops: You would have to replace Microsoft Bluetooth drivers - Nokia/Symbian: While these devices have a good driver support, there are no good file managers available. Further conditions to use connection via Blue FTP: - Your Palm OS device must have the Bluetooth switched on and it must be discoverable. - The devices must be in range. (It means sufficiently close.) - Bluetooth must not be used for other activities. - Incompatible character sets between the client and server may lead to problems, especially with localized folder names. Remark: Similar functionality is offered by Softick Blue Files. ($15 shareware) Installation ------------- Hotsync RescoBlueFTP.prc. Installation to the card is possible. Uninstallation: Delete Blue FTP using the launcher Delete menu. Registration ------------- Resco Blue FTP checks for a valid Resco Explorer 2008 installation, i.e. it checks Explorer 2008 registration. If not found, Resco Blue FTP runs as a 14 days trial. Otherwise Resco Blue FTP runs runs without any limitation. Requirements ------------- Min. supported Palm OS version: 5.0 Memory consumption: RAM needed: 50K + space for the log. (The log is automatically cleared at each Blue FTP restart.) Documentation -------------- This file and ExplorerBluetoothFTP.pdf - part of Resco Explorer 2008 installation.