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Posted by frank on June 7, 2007, 8:21 am
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Todd,
I replaced the BT driver with the Microsoft one. All works fine.
Myabe the word will spread to Dell....
Thanks for you help.
> At 06 Jun 2007 10:56:00 -0500 Frank wrote:
>> That seems to be the problem. Don't know how to to this. My Toshiba
>> Bluetooth stack seems to recognize it as a "network access point" not
>> as a COM port.
>
> I don't think you have to assign the Dash as a COM port specifically- you
> just want to create a BT "serial port" on the PC and then tell Activesync
> to look for connections on it.
>
>> There doens't seem to be a manual mode to have it recognized as a
>> COM port.
>> I can add COM ports in the Bluetooth COM port seetings under the
>> control panel. However, I can't assign anthing.
>> Not sure how to to this.
>
> Let's say you create a "COM5 (Incoming Port)." You should be able to
> then tell
> Activesync to connect using COM5. Then try to connect from the Dash and
> it should connect You might have to reboot (or at least kill
> Activesync's processes and restart) before ActiveSync "sees" the new
> ports.
>
>
> (It does have to be an "incoming port" on the PC, by the way...)
>
> If that still gives you trouble, you might want to uninstall the Toshiba
> BT stack (assuming you're using XP SP2) and install the native XP MS
> stack,
>
> which is Activesync friendly. (I had trouble syncing with the stack my
> BT dongle came with- when I uninstalled the OEM software and ran the add
> new hardware wizard to install the MS stack things ran more smoothly.)
> Of course, if you are already using BT for other purposes more important
> to you than Activesync and they're all working well, you might ignore the
> above advice- I find setting up BT devices flakey enough to make a strong
> case for leaving well enough alone when it's mostly working! ;-)
>
>
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