Bluetooth Technology

Bluetooth is an industrial specification for wireless personal area networks (PANs). Bluetooth provides a way to connect and exchange information between devices such as barcode scanners, receipt printers, POS systems over a secure, globally unlicensed short-range radio frequency. The Bluetooth specifications are developed and licensed by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group.

Bluetooth is a standard and communications protocol primarily designed for low power consumption, with a short range (power-class-dependent: 1 meter,10 meters, 100 meters) based on low-cost transceiver microchips in each device.

   Wireless POS Devices

Bluetooth enables these POS System devices to communicate with each other when they are in range. The devices use a radio communications system, so they do not have to be in line of sight of each other, and can even be in other rooms, as long as the received transmission is powerful enough. These devices includes Bluetooth scanners, wireless receipt printers and cordless POS systems. In order to use Bluetooth, a device must be compatible with certain Bluetooth profiles, such as a Bluetooth data transmitter. These enable the possible applications and uses of the technology.