Re: ActiveSync cannot open COM port on restart?

From: Sven, MVP-Mobile Devices (sejohannsen_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:00:41 -0600

Not sure it's much help, but here's my usual approach with a new device.
Big diff I guess is the PC side. In my BT services I have a serial profile,
which I can set to any comm port. I use 4 and set that in AS. Then I leave
the PC alone. I don't pair from the PC.

I open BT manager on my 4155 (or 2215 or X30) and go for new and select the
'ActiveSync via BT' profile. I get the discovery phase where it check for BT
devices, I select my PC and it looks for the appropriate profile (serial),
when it finds it I get a request for PIN which I need to enter and confirm
on the partner device. Typically it seems to try to connect at that point
but usually fails, though it puts an ActiveSync with MyPC shortcut in the BT
manager. Clicking that generally connects fine. 

-- 
Sven, MS-MVP  Mobile Devices
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:175e01c499d6$a0ea3090$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Ok,  I have a Dell latitude D800 Laptop with an internal
> (Dell TrueMobile BT) and I am AS with a Ipaq h4155 which
> also has internal BT.  My Laptop is a work PC and so I
> have to enter a login when I startup my computer.
> Here is what I have done.
> 1. Turn on BT on my PPC
> 2. Open up BT device on my PC and do an ADD device.
> 3. PC finds device (PPC) and sets the COM ports as
>           COM6   Outgoing PPC-name 'Generic Serial'
>           COM7   Incoming PPC-name
> 4. Open up AS Connection Settings and select "Allow Serial
> Cable or IR connection to this COM port."  And I select
> COM7
> 5. On my PPC I Open MT manager and select 'NEW' then
> I "NEXT", "NEXT" and on the BT connection wizard it shows
> my PC with correct name but when I select it I now
> get "Service discovery was unsuccesfull."  Where as befor
> doing the same procedure it worked and began to AS, that
> was until I shut down my computer and loged back on, then
> it told me "Microsoft ActiveSync cannot open the COM
> port." and told me I needed to allow it to close the COM
> port.
>
> When I had it working, I would just go into BT manager and
> click on the AS connection and select connect and it would
> begin to AS but now its not working for some reason even
> though I have done things the exact same way.
>
> Why does AS have so many problems? especially when it
> seems all my other BT devices have had flawless
> connections via BT?  I know my PC is seeing my PPC?
>
> Can you tell what I am doing wrong?
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Jake, do you mean shut down and restart the PC?  Once you
> get the BT AS set
> >up, you will always need to initiate an AS session from
> the PPC. Is that
> >what you are trying to do?  It can't be started from the
> PC.  What PPC and
> >BT device are you using on the PPC (if not built-in) and
> on the PC BTW.
> >
> >-- 
> >Sven, MS-MVP  Mobile Devices
> >"Jake" <jaketaft76@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:011301c49695$6ae3e430$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >> OK I am ActiveSyncing my PPC over Bluetooth and I can
> get
> >> it to work but after I shutdown and start backup I get
> >> this Connection Error "Microsoft ActiveSync cannot open
> >> the COM port.
> >>
> >> To try setting up the connection again, click OK and
> >> follow the on-screen instructions.
> >>
> >> What the heck?  Why is this happening to me?
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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