BLE Device Monitor Manifest Table
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BLE Device Monitor
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2.9.0
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TI Commercial
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Executable and Source
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N/A
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[as installed]/bin
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QT
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5.9.2
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LGPL 2.1
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Binary
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No
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Location |
[as installed]
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Obtained from |
http://download.qt.io/archive/qt/5.9/5.9.2/ Downloaded: January 22nd, 2018
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