Survey for successful E200 BT / Activesynch

[Guest dougsdir]

Having failed miserably :oops: to ActiveSync over bluetooth with an MSI PC2PC bluetooth dongle could people who have managed to get theirs to work post what Make/Model they have and what kinda range they get (open air / thru walls) etc

I can then decide what type to buy next when my MSI one goes back and i get a refund!

many thanks

[Guest A.Hughes]

My MSI works oaky no problems, but only on my laptop can i sync with my phone, so i just sync my calendar, contatcs and other stuff desktop to laptop.

There is a post in the Voyager and E200 section of MOdaco, it will explain it all, and get everthing working, soory i dont know how to attach a link to the particular post but if you scroll down the list of topics you will see it,,,,good luck :D

[Guest dougsdir]

After a lot of sweat and tears i got it to work with my MSI PC2PC dongle

The dongle came with the wrong driver cd so I downloaded the latest drivers (Version: 1.4.2.10) from MSI website

http://www.msi.com.tw/index.htm

Nothing i did would make the damn thing connect. So on one last attempt before sending it back i uninstalled the whole MSI Bluetooth software, downloaded the previous version (Version: 1.3.1), installed that and it worked a tread, first time!

Here are the steps.

Run the setup.exe and install the software

When it asks plug in the dongle to complete installation

Set BT to discoverable on the phone

Pair the dongle with the phone from the PC

From the phone set BT to ON

From ActiveSync on the PC set the COM port to COM4 (in my case)

Again on the phone goto ActiveSync, Menu, 4 Connected va Bluetooth

Bingo, a connection

I did NOT have to mess around connecting serial ports on the PC withing BT neighbourhood, as long as the device is paired thats enough

When using the old drivers i noticed the serial ports were COM6 and COM7 but using the old drivers it changed to COM3 and COM4

Plus it works all round the house so i can browse the net using my Broadband connection over BT

Hope someone finds this useful