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These instructions originally found in comp.lang.labview. I edited it for presentation only. You can download my copy of bth.inf. I’m not sure if it will work for anyone else, but it’s at least an example

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Okay, I found a way to get it to work. Kinda cumbersome, but in the end, it should work.This is completely based on the fact that Labview will only work with the Windows Native Bluetooth drivers.

You’ll need Windows Service Pack 2

First be sure to not install the drivers off the CD for the Bluetooth card. If you have, go back and uninstall it.
Plug in your Kensington USB Bluetooth Dongle. You may either cancel the installation or choose to go with the installation, but do not install the drivers off the CD.

Go into Device Manager and look under ‘Other Devices.’

Select it and go to ‘Details’, you will see something like this there:
USB\VID_0db0&PID_697A\5&E831D1A&0&2

If there is an option called “Hardware Ids”, select this option. In the area below will appear that devices Hardware ID or PnPID. You need to copy one of those strings EXACTLY from that area, into the bth.inf file.

This part here -’USB\VI=D_0db0&PID_697A’ - is your Plug and Play Identification
(PnPID).

You will need to locate your Bluetooth inf file: %windir%\inf\bth.inf

Opened it in notepad, read through on about line 60, under one of the device sections, and add your USB adapters PnPID like so:

Kensington USB Bluetooth Adapter= BthUsb,USB\Vid_0db0&Pid_697A

You’ll see others listed there, follow their format.

Save the file, and then delete the “USB Device” from device manager, and un-plug, and re-plug the Bluetooth adapter into your computer system. When prompted, let
Windows search for a device driver, and it should pick up the adapter, and install the correct drivers for it. Also, there should now be an icon in the control panel for Bluetooth configuration.