Like many after 2 days of tought fight I still cannot synchronise my Ipaq via Bluetooth connection.
My configuration:
Laptop Win98 + Belkin BT PCMCIA dongle+Activesync 3.7
H1940 BT
My status:
Activesync working fine via USB connection.
PC and PPC can be paired (only from PC /pairing from PPC fails)
Activesync on PC is configured to allow serial port and COM# is the same as shown in BT configuration "local services".
BT manager on PPC is configured for Activesync with PC.
BT configuration on PPC is set to minimum security.
TESTS:
When launching Activesync from PPC in BT manager result is error message :waiting for a device...no connection.Check if device activated and if requested service is available.
If I try the command "get connected" from Activesync on PC, Windows simply crashes (blue screen) and after, the command "connection parameters" crashes windows as well.
I uninstall Activesync and reinstall from my Ipaq package CDROM and got the same defects.
From PC I can establish a serial BT connection service toward PPC,
on PPC BT manager I can see the active connection and status is OK. BUT from PPC I cannot do the same serial BT connection to the PC. Error Message is the same as the one above.
I checked several sites and some give good advices:
www.pocketblast.com and www.geekzone.co.nz for example.
My configuration seems to be right step by step but I am stuck now.
[:(]
All direct advices or places where I can find help will be highly appreciated!
GyD
HP100->psion5->CasioEM505F->Ipaq h1940
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rWd
I am fairly new to the ppc world, but I have experienced some of the same frustrations that you have. I have a ipaq 1900 and an xp pc. Thanks to the great advice above I have been able to use my bluetooth device to run activesync, send and receive business cards, but I can notaccess the internet and I do not know what to do. Every time I try I get the error message (error code: 0x81000196) and the details say that connection failed. My internet connection is is dsl. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks, RD
Ross Combes
No it isn't.
everything that connects to something else must have a COM Port so the bios can open it can SEND or RECEIVE the data, i can see why you are having a problem then.
all i can suggest is try every COM you have.
nbbauer
The instructions i've seen here and on other forums assume that one can specify, or at least identify, the COM port being used by bluetooth on the PC. The IBM tech support (and I called three times) claims that the thinkpad integrated bluetooth doesn't even use a COM port. Is that possible?
Thanks,
Nick
Ross Combes
If you look at the links above they can help you.
If none of them work, we will try and help.
Cheers
Ross
nbbauer
Thanks, I'd like to take you up on that offer. I've got a Thinkpad T40. There is no way that I've discovered to configure Bluetooth on this machine. The only settings available are through wireless links on the control panel (no icon in the system tray, no My Bluetooth Places, no separate Bluetooth option in control panel.) Currently XP (pro) runs Bluetooth. In that setup, the iPAQ and PC can see each other and set up a partnership, but no services are available. I tried downloading and installing the IBM Integrated Bluetooth II driver (download from IBM), and then I couldn't get the two to even see each other, so went back to the original Microsoft drivers. BTW, USB sync works fine, of course. I'd welcome any suggestions. I can't be the only one out there with this issue, but neither HP nor IBM could help. Thanks
Danko
I hope this helps
-I have had trouble with my Activesync, sometimes it would'nt connect by bluetooth and the only way to get it going was to connect with USB then it worked fine afterwards with Blutooth. So i would have to do this every time i would either log off, switch user, or restart windows XP. So i kept this ritual going t'ill the day i ran out of USB ports! Then i went into the Activesync communication settings and disabled "Allow USB connection with this computer" but kept "allow serial or infrared to this com port" wich in my case is "COM5".
so now it works great every time.
-Windows XP
-Ipaq h1940 pocket pc 2003
-Centrios BT dongle "Widcomm drivers" ver 1.3.2.7
-Activesync 3.7
PS: Make sure to get your Activesync working with Blutooth before disabling the USB Connection!
Den[:)]
salmond
Another reference from geekzone:
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=2149
rspress
Hi Ross... Good to see an Aussie saving the day...[:)] I have an iPAQ 1950 (I think it’s the same as a 1940 but not sure) and a Win XP Pro PC with a Spirit BT dongle... I can sometimes get the PC and the PPC to pair and on occasions they will even connect as a network but it happens so inconsistently that when it works I don’t know what I did to succeed... In any case I can’t sync via BT nor can I surf the internet with my PPC while linked to the PC even though the PC is connected to the net... Does any of this make sense? I would appreciate a whit night about now...[xx(]
Thanks in advance...
Ray
PS to all... my previous post was not really mine but Ross’s... Somehow my reply to his post came up without my question in it?? Go figure...
rspress
XEIO
o here we go, ITS CALLED HARD RESET. Something I installed was preventing all of the bluetooth functions. So I basically rebuilt my little pocket pc image in a couple of hours, backed it up. That image had a problem though, something I installed then was not allowing 802.11b to access the internet... SO I REBUILT AGAIN, the 4th image since I bought my 4th windows ce device... everything is perfect now, die palm.
Ross Combes
Hi all.
I know that is is VERY painful to setup a H1940 with Active Sync over Bluetooth.
but now i have done it about 5 times on different computers, because my friends have the same problem, but if you just don't rush it, like don't read things, eg. install Bluetooth Software and Drives, you can fall in to a trap.
BUT; i will help you with anyproblems that you have, since i have done it so maytimes.
So just give me a shout i will help you as much as i can.
[:)]
One more thing; one problem is SOME cordless phones run on the 2.4Ghz Band, and Bluetooth runs on that too, so just becarefull
Ross Combes
P.S I see there is a Step-by-step walk though obove me, and that is Very Nice. [;)]
logodesignworks
I managed to get it working after 2 weeks!
Read how I did it at
www.logodesignworks.com/iPAQ-activesync-bluetooth-synchronization.htm
Jeff
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XEIO
I had the connection problem as well. I checked a couple of things:
1. The devices had to be paired (using a passkey at least 8 characters long, if u use something less, it wont tell you its wrong, but it is.)
2. The devices should have no secure connections required in the local services [tab] for com connections.
Now I got that far, I still need. Why cant ActiveSync connect on Com #x. I dont understand anymore. Im getting fustrated with bluetooth.
GyD
Thank you Glensuna for your information...
Unfortunately at the moment I am quite busy and I did not switch to a new
laptop (with WIN XP).
As soon as I get it I will try the bluetooth link.
For the moment the USB is working fine.
GyD
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glensuna
gyd,
when you have time to get your bluetooth activesync working and you are setting up the pairing, try clicking the bluetooth icon on your desktop if you don't get the desktop to request the PIN code (passkey). the pop-up for entering the passkey should come up. Also make sure that the Bluetooth service is on. The blinking blue light on the dongle does not mean that the service is on. These are the things that I encountered when I had the problem that you mentioned.
Also, did you check the Belkin website? download "syncronizing your pocket pc over bluetooth". It's pretty good.http://web.belkin.com/support/download/download.asp?download=F8T003_v1&lang=1&mode=
Good luck.
glensuna
It's been a month since my last posting, but I thought that I would report my results:
The dongle manufacturer makes a difference with Win 98. Ambicom did not have the Bluetooth service for activesync, but Belkin did. Activesync worked well with the Belkin and installed just like they said on their website. Internet or network access is another matter. To Bluetooth the ipaq 1945 with Win 98 you really need 3rd party software and the ones that I saw cost as much as an XP upgrade.
The Belkin worked well for surfing the internet and accessing my network once I installed Windows XP. The Belkin website and Peppe's Bluetooth website were a big help in getting it working. I needed Win XP to file share my pc's with a Mac, so I broke down and bought XP. I got the oem full version of win xp pro instead of the upgrade and installed it on a spare drive. It cost a little more, but installed relatively easily.
GyD
Glensuna,
I am quite busy at the moment so I decided to
use the USB Activesync.
I will maybe try again when I change PC for
one with XP.
Sorry
GyD
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GyD HP100->psion5->CasioEM505F->Ipaq h1940
glensuna
GYD,
I am having the same problem that you have (had?). I also noticed that in another posting of your's someone replied that he thought that he read somewhere that there is a problem with windows 98. After spending 4 hours and 2 calls with HP tech support, I asked about the windows 98 potential problem and was told that HP did not have windows 98 in their lab so they could not test it. He suggested that I borrow someone's xp computer to see if it worked or try other dongles. He also said that they do not know which dongles would work and could not suggest one. I hope that you had better success than me. If you got yours to work, please post the solution. BTW my configuration is IPAQ 1945, PPC 2003, Windows 98SE, Ambicom dongle.
Has anyone out there got their Activesync to work with Windows 98 and the Ipaq 1940/5? Would appreciate any feedback.
Thanks,
Glen
GyD
On another forum I just got the adress
of a step by step guide which is well done.
http://home.comcast.net/~spam-target/index.html
Maybe you can try this from the beginning.
Problem is that all guides suppose that each step
is working fine. If something goes wrong that often
the beginning of a very long process to find out who
is causing problem : microsoft ? widcomm ? HP ? ME ??
I give up for the moment, I have to work.
GyD
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erfiioo
hi GyD,
i also facing this kind of problem..I tried one more week to debug the problem, but still unable to solve it.
My configuration:
iPAQ 1940BT + PC WinXP Prof + 3Com Bluetooth dongle + ActiveSync3.7
I think most of the problems i faced same like urs.
When i try to "get connect" from ActiveSync on pc, it seems nothing found. And if i try to launch from PDA, the ActiveSync searching keep pooling nothing will be found.
I also has been post this questions to geekzone and yahoo.groups windowsce-dev forum, but seems no reply at all..
Do anyone can help us.. thankz
erfiioo
erfiioo