i need help with my bluetooth connection between my laptop and my mda.
i purchased a kensington usb bluetooth adapter for my laptop to connect to my mda. my laptop detects the mda but laptop is assigning the connection to com port 5 however the mda only allows for com port 6 or 7.
question is how do i make my computer assign a different com port??
please help me!!!
anyone? anyone?
World o' hurt
The only solution I found to this was to delete activesync from my pc -- no mean feat because it is always running, search for "activesynctoggle.exe" -- and delete the partnership and start over, choosing the right com port on the PC the next time.
But that never fixed the ultimate problem, which is that bluetooth would sync once, and then not again until I shut down and restarted my laptop. I finally gave up, as it worked pretty much flawlessly with a usb cable.
I've just bought a laptop with integral bluetooth and I'm hoping that it will sync with bluetooth.
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Hi,
I have a USB GPS receiver that is powered via the USB cable wired into my car which I occasionally use with my laptop.
I would like to connect this to my universal, but am worried about it draining the battery.
I have a small Belkin USB hub that has external power (which I can provide from a transformer in the Cig lighter socket) that has one mini USB socket which is usually used to connect to the PC and then 4 standard USB ports.
If I connect the GPS to one of the USB ports and then Universal to another they should both be powered, but will the Universal be able to 'see' the GPS?
I know I could go and just try it, however it would be useful to know before hand incase it doesn't work when it is supposed to due to some driver issues or something similar.
Any thoughts appreciated.
To My understanding this is not possible, the mini usb port on the uni is not capable....there is a word to describe it but cant remember at the moment. The port can onl charge and sync.
it won't work
Sadly this won't work as the uni does not support usb host - it can charge and sync but thats all as far as i'm aware.
that was it "usb host" :lol:
THanks. That's a shame, I'll have to get a BT one now.
Or look for a cradle that will act as the host for both devices. Sadly when I searched on google, most of the returned results are blocked by my work firewall, so I can't see for sure that one exists for recievers with usb plugs.
edit* Although thinking about it, the price of a cradle could well equal a new bluetooth receiver, and bluetooth would be vastly more practical use of your cash.
Thanks, already trying to track down a BT receiver.
Why not?
What makes me wonder is that when my MDA Pro is connected via activesync with my PC, I can browse with my MDA over my PC-Internet connection into the Internet. Why should it not be possible to use the usb connection of the MDA with other hardware? :roll: Isn't it just a driver problem?
Any ideas???
hm
My thought on that would be that your MDA is acting as the slave device when attatched to your PC, not the host.
Hey, here's a market opportunity for you USB GPS manufacturers - add USB Host capability and TCP/IP protocol to your USB GPS device... What? Can't hear you. Ah, Too expensive?. Ah, ok :-(
Does anyone know if its possible to tether a Tytn to a PC via USB and have it act like a bluetooth receiver so that you can activesync another Tytn thru it.
for example.
PC <--connected via usb--> TyTn1 <--connected via bluetooth--> Tytn2
TyTn2 is then Activesync'ed with the PC
The reason I ask is that I have a Tytn with a broken USB port and I want to sync it with the PC before I get it repaired.
Thanks
Greevous
I don't think this will work.
Why not get a Bluetooth adapter for your PC and sync directly with TyTN #1?
Worst case you use it and then return it...
Hello,
Its been few months now that I have this issue, and wasn't able to solve it yet
Every time I connect my TyTN/ Hermes on the USB port of my laptop it causes a n immediate reboot. Even when the Laptop starts again when the usb ports are reactivated (the Hermes is still plugged-in) it reboots again and again ...
This is very inconvenient (...) I would say because I can neither Sync (Activesync 4.5) nor recharge my TyTN through the USB port. Even if I disable communications on activesync it does the same ...
Any ideas? anyone had similar issues?
Thanks a lot
Christoforos [Greece]
yasou christoforos,
what happens when you plug in other USB devices, like a portable storage device or a mouse or something? Something could be wrong with your motherboard or hopefully just the OS. What model laptop is it?
About 9 months ago a colleague (also active on this forum) installed WM6 Black on my Vario 2. Today I tried to share the internet connection (for the first time), but to do this I have to be connected with Activesync.
I installed ActiveSync and connected my Vario2 to my computer (Win XP) using a USB cable. There was no response from the computer at all when I plugged in the cable and also Activesync "Get connected" wizard couldn't connect to the device. It did tell me that USB is available.
The only indication of the connection is the orange light that tells me the battery is charging.
Since there are no messages that give me any idea about what's going on, I have no clue what to do next. Also, I tried two different cables, which work with other devices.
Can somebody please help me out? I have to move places tomorrow and won't have a wired connected for about 6 weeks. I don't think I will survive without a internet connection
i deleted a relationship in activesync on my mobile
after that my laptop doesnt seem to recognise my htc anymore.
sure, i can browse the hd, but i can't get windows mobile device center running, so no syncing
even when i try via bluetooth it doesnt work and he tells me there is a problem with my COM port.
then i wanted to edit my bluetooth proportions, but i cannot add a COM port
are my COM ports gone? how do i reinstall them?
charging but no sync
cant connect to sync. when i plug in the usb cable,
the orange light shows up. (meaning it is charging)
but i cannot get a connection between laptop and mobile.
also not via bluetooth. there it says i have not a com port assigned, but i cannot add any
carameljm said:
cant connect to sync. when i plug in the usb cable,
the orange light shows up. (meaning it is charging)
but i cannot get a connection between laptop and mobile.
also not via bluetooth. there it says i have not a com port assigned, but i cannot add any
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i am having the same problems with mine too. i cant even get a bluetooth connection to another foon or whatso ever
delete all partnerships in the device and the pc....reconnect and set up again.