Comments on: BTProximity: Lock and Unlock PC when Bluetooth phone is in range

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:04:32 +0000

Also! It would be great if this could put the machine to sleep when the chosen Bluetooth device went out of range, and then bring it out of sleep when it came back into range. I’m looking into allowing a Bluetooth radio to have the power management features that NIC’s have in Windows.

On the distance thing I’m looking at some tape 3M make that shields electromagnetic signals. The thinking is that the right amount of tape on the bluetooth dongle wiil restrict the signal enough to lock at 1 metre!

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:36:17 +0000

Love this, very useful indeed and worked immediately.

As someone else has mentioned, it would be good to be able to make this work at 1 metre. I’ve searched for a Class 3 bluetooth adapter (with their 1 metre range) but can’t find them anywhere. Is it a standard that no one took any notice of? Obviously there are plenty of Class 1 and 2 devices out there.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:01:18 +0000

Hello,
Great utility. Is there any progress in getting Win7 64bit to unlock? What dependencies do people think are needed? I tried a couple of utilities and both can’t seem to unlock (both are finding the phone though).

Thanks

By: Jag

Jag — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:53:59 +0000

Hi
I am trying to use this software on window xp tablet edition service pack 3
it sees the phone and does its periodic pings but
and
it does not let me log off or shutdown the computer while the btproximity program is running. I have to manually close the program and then
i am using the latest micrsoft bluetooth drivers. also is it possible for me to use this installation with multiple users without reinstalling for each.

Regards
Jag

By: VictorE

VictorE — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:28:58 +0000

My Windows 7 workstation does not unlock when I bring my iPhone near it. My desktop locks, it just doesn’t unlock. Are there any troubleshooting steps I need to follow?

By: Owen Palmer

Owen Palmer — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:08:34 +0000

I’m also finding the unlock a problem and I’m running Win7 32bit. I’ve entered my login credentials, and installed the unlock bit.

It does lock the computer, and going by the menu, it does recongnise my phone at the unlock time within the limit I have set, however it just doesn’t unlock the computer. My comp is a Dell Latitude 6500 and it has a Widcomm bluetooth stack.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 15 May 2010 00:08:36 +0000

@VictorE – you don’t need to install it more than once, but the program doesn’t remember the state of the component install. This will be fixed in a future version.

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:18:03 +0000

Great app, simple and functional. Many thanks.
Ive got it working first time on x64 win7, windows bluetooth stack and nokia phone.

By: VictorE

VictorE — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:41:48 +0000

i installed bt proximity on my windows 7 desktop. when i reboot the pc, the “install unlock” button is not greyed out, which i assume to mean i need to click it to enable it.

do i need to do this each time i reboot?

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:16:27 +0000

@Eric -

I think I have overlooked something with x64 support. I develop on x64 and it works on my machine, but some missing dependency or condition is causing it to fail for others. I’m looking into it and hopefully I’ll have an update soon.