Irda + Sync

Hi all.Yep me again....


Does anyone no if it is possible to sync wince over an Irda connection on either a windows 98se pc or a windows xp laptop.If it is possible it would solve my lack of a sync cable problem :-)


Thank you to all who help....


regards
Andrew

Irda sync is great! Although I believe it was ET3D that has nothing but trouble with it.

Check the support section, I think it will go with CE 1 also.

Looked throughtout support section before this set of posts. Could not find settings for hpc eplorer 1.0 or wince1.0 devices so any ideas??

regards
Andrew

H/PC Explorer is right under common topics, which is near the top of the page.

H/PC Explorer: http://www.hpcfactor.com/support/cesd/s/0014.asp

Power Toys for CE 1: http://www.hpcfactor.com/support/cesd/s/0061.asp

Entertainment Pack 1: http://www.hpcfactor.com/support/cesd/s/0027.asp

Irda (works with CE 1): http://www.hpcfactor.com/support/cesd/c/0017.asp

Irda Troubleshooting: http://www.hpcfactor.com/support/cesd/h/0024.asp

I hope you like reading heheheh.

That shouldbe everything you need. Let us know how it goes.

Actually already read through them all!!! They give plenty of info for ce2 but nothing for ce 1 do you know what the settings on th ce device should be?? Communication settings etc??


regards
Andrew

Admitedly since the inception of HPC:Factor from the days of ce320 I have not spent much time on dealing with issues for CE1 users, I hope that will change shortly though.

For now you should try Win98 with H/PC Explorer, set the communications port to the virtual com port for your IR adapter, and on the H/PC make a new Direct Cable Connection in Remote Networking which uses the Infrared Port.

That should do the trick.

Tried that (just now) still will not connect. It trys but fails...any more ideas.???

regards
Andrew

You used 98 and were 100% certain on the Virtual IR port that it was using?
XP is a no no as it does not assign VCOM like 9x does.

Yes to all questions regarding 98 pc sees it even tried connecting but fails

OK
Go into the Properties for the Rmeote Networking connection that you just made.
Click configure
Go into Call options
remove the check next to "Cancel the call if not connected within"

OK everything and try again.
Whatever happens go back again and on the Port Settings tab bump the port speed up to 115200.

Ironically you are very lucky on this. I had a box of bits delivered today and this afternoon I literally built myself another CE device (You think I'm kidding, you should have seen the bits).
I left CE1 on it this time rather than moving to 2 as i have my previous CE1 devices.

Hi C:Amie Have tried what you suggested but win98 just will not see the machine well it does but for about 10seconds then stops grrrrrr. Looks like I'm fighting a loosing battle :-( The funny part is that My main machines are Psion's(have 32 of them) and rarely have had a problem and when I do I can solve them in a matter of minutes. Anyway thank you for all your help so far it has been useful. The ironic part is I just want the paint application part from the powertoys download so that I can draw topographs when I do ground surveys when caving. As you have already seen I have asked if someone could email a copy of the folders that include the parts for this app when i has been installed on their machine could you do this?? regards Andrew

I think its against the EULA for me to give you the files but anyway:

Pocket Paint may have registry entrys and also dlls

but I'll see if I can get the cab for you

Try snyncing when on a table that sounds stupid but if they are not fully aligned it will not connect properly.

Nick

Thanks Nick for your reply but WinCE1 does NOT Support CAB installation this on came into being from WinCE2 onwards. Your Irda Suggestion is one have being doing from the start but thanks for suggesting it...

regards
Andrew

For those interested.My wince1 machine can connect to the pc via irda and stays connected but HPCexplorer will not connect doesn't even give an error message. My adpter provides support on com port 5 which is what I have set Hpc explorer to but nothing happens....Any Ideas anyone??

Regards
Andrew

Wild guess here, any flourescent lights in the room you are trying to sync in?