Sending Files using the Bluetooth Device Manager
1. Before sending files to a Bluetooth device, configure Local Services by right-clicking the Bluetooth applet and clicking Local Services...
2. On the left panel, click Transfer. Select the Shared Folder and select options for FTP and Object Push.
3. Select a paired device and click Send File on the toolbar.
4. When sending files between the Bluetooth adapter and another device, color bars and the activity indicator will be displayed.
Note: While using the generic Bluetooth adapter with Knoppix and Blueman, I noticed that the adapter could only exchange extremely small files from an Android phone and from a Nokia E63. Transfers were limited to text files and images less than 70KB in size. The issue was caused by the Bluetooth adapter timing out when receiving or sending files midway through the transfer. If you're using a Broadcom Bluetooth adapter, identifiable by running lsusb in LXTerminal, you may need to install the bluez-firmware package using the Synaptic Package Manager. In general, Bluetooth file transfers on Linux machines aren't reliable even on mainstream distributions such as Fedora and openSUSE. Either only receiving files works or only sending files but rarely both with full functionality.
Multiple Bluetooth adapters
The Bluetooth Device Manager can actually manage more than one Bluetooth device. When you connect a second Bluetooth adapter to the same device, the other Bluetooth adapter will be listed on the Adapter menu.
If you want to switch to the other Bluetooth adapter for specific tasks, click Adapter and select the the device.
Note: A second Bluetooth adapter will actually detect the first and list the device when searching for available Bluetooth devices.
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