Just picked up a 2nd hand iPAQ 3630 - no ActiveSync software with it so I downloaded the most recent version from MS. Unfortunately it seems like my PC can't see the iPAQ for whatever reason It's connected to a serial port using the cradle, and is on etc.

Any thoughts??

 

ActiveSync->File->Connection Settings

Is it set to allow serial connections?

 

no expert but...

run add new harware wizard and try to install manually

or

check system/hardware to see if it is attached? to a com port.

or

check in bios to see if serial port is enabled ( had this problem on an old laptop once)


have you got any other items you can plug into the serial port to test it ?, like a mouse etc.

 

Tried looking in the ActiveSync>File>Connection Settings bit, but it keeps trying to run the "Get connected" wizard, where it tells me that COM!, 2 and 3 are available but the device was not detected

 

Think I've got it now - had to change the settings on the COM port to 19200

 

sometimes you need to poke the little button at the bottom to reset it. also check the connection settings on the ipaq.

 

I now use a USB connection (same iPaq), but when I used the serial connection I had to twek the handshaking set-up/config on the serial port before it would connect. Can't remember all the details (was quite some time ago) - but I had to change more than port speed.

 

Seems to working okay now - set the port speed on the PC to 115200 and the same on the iPAQ

 

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