Well, it's on every tutorial I've read. Also, the phone won't show Activesync as a service unless a COM port is set up and specified on the PC for Activesync to use. In Activesync, Bluetooth isn't an option where you choose the COM port, and if it was all the pages I've read say not to use it and use the COM port instead. I did notice that initially the port that showed up was COM8, and thought Activesync is suppose to work up to COM9 I went in an cleared out some stale entries. Since starting over with a lower COM port and after a few restarts of the laptop and phone for testing things seem to be working.
-- Mike Gill From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 7:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Bluetooth, Activesync and Smartphones Maybe you are trying to config too much. I dont ever recall having to specify the COM port. The BT wizards did all that automatigically. On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Mike Gill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does Bluetooth just not perform reliably in this role? I just bought my wife a Blackjack II which has WM6 installed, and put in a good deal of reading trying to set up Activesync. I've used Bluetooth many times for mice, keyboards, hands free ear pieces, but this is my first real attempt at setting up Activesync for wireless syncing. I start out by pairing the devices (no problems there), then assigning an incoming COM port. Then in Activesync I set it to communicate via that COM port. Now, on the phone in the Services screen Activesync will appear as being available on the PC and I select it. I can sync to my heart's content. Restart the phone and it doesn't work anymore. The Bluetooth applet still shows the phone, but doesn't show it as connected (yes BT is on). I have to start over, and make repeated attempts to get it to work again. Is this just typical with BT and Smartphones? The PC is a Dell Centrino with factory internal BT. I have an MS BT USB dongle I will try tonight, but I'm thinking it shouldn't matter. My wife's mouse works reliably ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
