Activesync, IrDA, Jornada 680 PLEASE HELP!!!

Okay, here are the paticulars.

I have a Jornada 680. It has connected succesfully via IrDA on a friends laptop, he has built in IrDA support.

I did not, so I purchases a USB to IrDA adapter. It installs fine, the way it should.

PC sees it, Activesync sees the IrDA port, but no matter what I do, I can't get the connection.

The USB to IRDA adapter is recieving signals from the Jornada, it has a little blinking light that goes on, so I figure that is not the problem.

I've tried XP SP2 with the firewall on and off, Win2K...nothing

One peculiar thing is that I can't get to "Connection Settings" in ActiveSync, it always defaults to "Get Connected"

I have gone through countless web searches, adjusting all of my settings a million times, and I just can't get the thing to talk

PLEASE any help would be appreciated.

I can't give you specifics here, since my laptop died I have been IrDA less.

The problem could be that Windows CE is Slow 115.2 IrXfer and the USB port is a nice fast 4MB IrXfer dongle.
I believe that there is a way to bandwidth restrict the fast IR, I cannot recall whether it is in the Wireless Control Panel applet or in the windows device manager.

You will see Get Connected automatically only if there is no profile preconfigured on the device.
Get connected will scan all ports on the system for a device.

I've set the maximum tranfer rate to 115.2 wherever I could find it, still not working, as a matter of fact, I've gone through several transfer speeds...nothing.


...frustrating

What virtual com port did the irda lamp map to?
COM5, COM7 etc?

Also, I take it that you changed the connection type in the Control Panel communications applet on your hpc to 'infrared port

If your friend is near by. Can his laptop talk to your desktop correctly?

The other laptop is not nearby at the moment, but I do have an infrared printer nearby, Jornada will print to that fine, but the USB to IRDA dongle will not.

I suppose it could be bad hardware, but I'm still thinking that there is a setting I am missing.

The dongle light will flash, once when sending to the printer, which also flashes once, then give a generic "Error Printing to Device" on the desktop

The dongle flashes several short bursts when the Jornada is trying to communicate with it, but nothing happens on the dektop, and the jornada errors out.

When the jornada prints to the printer, the light on the printer stays solid until the print job is complete.

The IRDA did not virtually map to any com ports. I don't see where I can force it to do so either.

I think you have to make the initial connection with a serial cable, then wireless or LAN or ?? works. If the IrDA is treated as serial it might work.

The ActiveSync infrared connection is a virtual com connection, so you can create sync profiles over it.

In the Windows device manager, what ports are listed in "Ports (COM & LPT)" and what is listed under Infrared adapters?