COMM Ports on Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition

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From: Anderson (Anderson_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/15/05

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    Hi all,

    I have an HP4700 running on Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition.
    I am running a couple tests on my COM ports and I currently have the
    following information that I get from the registry:

    Port Registry Path Description

    COM1 Drivers/BuiltIn/Serial "Serial Cable on COM1:"
    COM2 Drivers/BuiltIn/Serial_FIR "Infrared Port"
    COM3 Drivers/BuiltIn/IrComm "Infrared Port"
    COM4 Drivers/Buildin/Serial_BTUR
    COM5 Drivers/BuiltIn/Serial5 "Bluetooth Serial Port COM5:"
    COM8 Drivers/BuiltIn/Serial8 "Bluetooth Serial Port COM8:"
    COM9 Drivers/BuiltIn/SerialUSB "Serial on USB"

    When I run the test with Bluetooth enabled, ports COM2 and COM4 fail. Why
    would these ports fail if Bluetooth uses COM5 and COM8?

    When I run the test with Bluetooth disabled, ports COM2, COM5 and COM8 fail.
    If port COM5 and COM8 are Bluetooth and Bluetooth is disabled, how can they
    fail saying that they are in use? Do I have the wrong mapping for the ports?

    Any help is appreciated.
    Thanks in advance. 

    -- 
Anderson
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