Activesync over Bluetooth - How do you do it?

[Guest thud]

Can someone help me do this please. I have an Orange M500 and a Sony laptop with bluetooth built in and switched on. I have a bit of software called Bluespace NE which can connect them on a 'serial' connection. Then I try activesyn and it cannot see the phone to sync. I must be doing something wrong, how do you do it?

Thanks.

Steve

[Guest MitchellO]

Look for a program (freeware) called Pocket Bluetooth Tools. It lets you set a computer for activesync during pairing, and you just go into Activesync on the PPC, click tools and then via BT.

[Guest thud]

Im having trouble, I appear to have found and installed the pocket bluetooth software but when I go to activesyn on the PPC and tools, the only option is 'Connect via IR' there is no 'Connect via bluetooth'

Any ideas, its driving me nuts. Why do you need this software anyway, surely the point of bluetooth is to allow you to sync with a PC????

Thanks!

[Guest MitchellO]

You have to repair your device. Go into Bluetooth on the PDA, delete the pairing, and repair with your PC. During the pairing it will ask you what services you want. Tick Activesync and away you go!

[Guest thud]

Thanks, still no joy. This is ridiculous, I have spent a few hours now trying to do something that IMO it should do simply, I have done google searches looking for directions. I have installed XP service pack 2 and tried configuring bluetooth devices from control panel, i can get them paired. But activesync just wont work. Crazy, it shouldnt be this hard!

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[Guest thud]

Unbelievable, no wonder I cannot get it to work, sonys bluetooth doesnt work with Activesync!! A £1700 laptop....fantastic huh. Annoyed ::)

This on a Vaio support site:

Solution 22367

Description:

BlueSpace NE does not synchronise with ActiveSync and Pocket PC.

Solution:

The VCOMM driver (a virtual serial port) used by BlueSpace NE only guarantees a bluetooth connection with CLIE and HotSync and the establishment of a modem station. A connection with PocketPC is not guaranteed.

Good old Sony !

[Guest MitchellO]

Damned Sony. I reckon that is anti-competitive. IT only works with Clies, which run Palm OS, not PDAs that run Windows Mobile (none of which are Sony PDAs).

[Guest billdun]

Can someone help me do this please. I have an Orange M500 and a Sony laptop with bluetooth built in and switched on. I have a bit of software called Bluespace NE which can connect them on a 'serial' connection. Then I try activesyn and it cannot see the phone to sync. I must be doing something wrong, how do you do it?

Thanks.

Steve

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[Guest billdun]

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sorry about previous, not got the hang of this forum yet

Try using activsync 4.0 it is only a beta release and apparently causes probs with wifi but I have been using it for a couple of months and it syncs perfectly over BT.

[Guest NikLP]

You have to repair your device. Go into Bluetooth on the PDA, delete the pairing, and repair with your PC. During the pairing it will ask you what services you want. Tick Activesync and away you go!

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I'm not sure what OS you're using, but I did all this and nothing asked me anything about services? Also, when I look in the services tab in XP, there is nothing there apart from Dial Up Networking?

I *do* have an option in ActiveSync on the PPC to Sync Via Bluetooth, but it doesn't do anything... :)

Edited August 5, 2005 by NikLP

[Guest jimbouk]

I have found that the way to get this working is to connect the M500 via the usb cable to establish a partnership. Then set the M500 to discoverable and bond it from the laptop. This should install all the required services (including the vital serial service).

With the c500, you bond to the laptop from the pc, but with the m500 it seems to be essential to bond from the laptop.

[Guest NikLP]

Hm actually it was my own fault I couldn't get this working...!

I had reinstalled my Dell laptop and forgotten to put the extra bluetooth drivers on the system. I didn't realise they were there until I had a flashback when I saw screenshots of the WidComm software!

Using these drviers (where relevant) and the M500 bluetooth stuff has not since proved much of a problem, although sending files to the device seems a LOT quicker than sending to laptop from it.

Hence ordered 512 SD card and a portable reader :)