I suspect it's a limitation
(or maybe more accurately, a design flaw
) of ActiveSync
(including 3.8
) - but at least part of it may be at the device end. I've been having a similar problem synchronizing via IR
(though I only use IR with one of my CE 2.11 Palm-size PCs, after damaging its cradle
); just when the IrDA recognizes the device, the device gives up trying to connect. I believe my USB IrDA dongle is 1.2 but it does show a max speed of 4 Mbps
(of course I set it to 115200 Kbps in the PC's Device Manager
). The only time it seems to work is when it's the first USB connection I make after booting up the PC.
ActiveSync, for reasons unclear to me, claims ownership of the USB port through which it was last done; when you plug something else in, ActiveSync gives a message window that essentially says, "Whoa, what's that? It can't be Windows CE because I don't recognize it." To add to the confusion, if there are multiple partnerships
(eight in my case
), it seems to "expect" the last one connected.
Edited by CE Geek 2005-11-19 5:22 AM