bluetooth activesync has anyone got it to work?

[star882]

I suggest using WiFi for this purpose. It's much faster.
Just set up an ad-hoc network on both the laptop and PDA, setting each to connect when there is no other wireless network.
Remember, Bluetooth is somewhat like wireless RS-232, while WiFi is wireless Ethernet.

[dcreed]

Here is what worked for me... it allows you to use the older version (Pre SP2) of the Bluetooth software. I found the SP2 Bluetooth stack didn't allow me to specifiy services for the AXIM, so I couldn't put active sync and bluetooth Serial Ports.

http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=67374

Good luck!

[CtC]

Just remember... if you disconnect the BT dongle, You will likely need to delete and reconfigure the comm port upon reconnecting it. Then you have to tell active sync to ''get connected" again.

At least this is what happens to me (using xp sp2)... other than that it works good.

... in addition ...

I found that each time I disconnected and reconnected the BT dongle, then deleted and re-added the comm port, it would assign the next higher port; com4, then com5, then com6... then com10, 11, 12, etc...

The problem is that ActiveSync will only recognize ports 1...9; so activesync stopped working today.

I tried the suggestions that were available on Google, but to no avail. I ended up adding a com11, then through the control panel, device manager, com11 properties, I was able to click the advanced button and select the com port I wanted it to use.

It warned that another application was using the com port (4 in my case), but that seemed unlikely. I told it to continue dispite the undefined behavior for the application that was using it. I was then able to remove and re-add the comm port (4), then activesync could see it.

I hope that makes sense... and helps someone else... it was a pain to figure out.