can not synchronized: BT COM ports not listed in Connection Settings

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Michael Moser - 28 Sep 2005 15:23 GMT

I can't get ActiveSync (3.7.1 on WinXP SP2+) to synchronize with my PPC
(HP hx4700 WM2003 / firmware V1.10) via Bluetooth.

The MS Bluetooth setup lists COM ports as follows:
------------
COM5 Outgoing My PPC 'Bluetooth Serial Port'
COM6 Incoming My PPC
... <more COM ports here...>
------------

ActiveSync => File => Connection Settings => "Allow serial cable or
infrared connection to this COM port" lists only
------------
COM1
COM3
COM9
Infrared Port (IR)
------------

How can I force COM5 and/or COM6 to appear in this list???

Michael

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Raj Pillai - 28 Sep 2005 16:08 GMT

Hi Michael,

The list should have updated since ActiveSync supports COM 1 to COM 9. Try
uninstalling COM9 and check if it updates the list. You can refer to
http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/raj/MSTBluetooth.html

HTH
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Regards,
Raj Pillai
Microsoft MVP - Mobile Devices
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>I can't get ActiveSync (3.7.1 on WinXP SP2+) to synchronize with my PPC (HP
>hx4700 WM2003 / firmware V1.10) via Bluetooth.
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> Michael

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Michael Moser - 29 Sep 2005 07:05 GMT

I removed COM 9 but all that this has yielded was that the list of
COM-ports in ActiveSync now reads:

------------
COM1
COM3
Infrared Port (IR)
------------

Beats me, why the BT ports don't show up here...

Michael

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Chris De Herrera - 28 Sep 2005 16:14 GMT

Hi,
The com ports will only appear if they are loaded BEFORE ActiveSync loads.
Try ending ActiveSync and then restarting it. This requires you to kill the
tasks labeled WCESCOMM.EXE and WCESMGR.EXE. Then you can click on the icon
to load ActiveSync.

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>I can't get ActiveSync (3.7.1 on WinXP SP2+) to synchronize with my PPC (HP
>hx4700 WM2003 / firmware V1.10) via Bluetooth.
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> Michael

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Michael Moser - 29 Sep 2005 07:08 GMT

Hi Chris,

alas, killing and restarting ActiveSync didn't help.
As you can read in the parallel thread, it reacted to other changes I
did to the COM port settings (I removed COM9), but that didn't make
COM5/COM6 appear in this list...

Michael

> Hi,
> The com ports will only appear if they are loaded BEFORE ActiveSync
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