Hi guys
For several weeks now I've been connecting to my 6600 via the Nokia PC Suite, XP's built-in Bluetooth support that came with Service Pack 2, and a Zoom USB Bluetooth dongle. Once connected, it can do everything - using PC Suite I can browse and copy files on the phone, synchronize between the phone and Outlook, and most everything else.
However, if the phone has gone out of range (e.g. I've gone to work), and I come back to the computer and try to connect, it won't "find" the phone automatically. I have to go into the mRouter "Properties" dialog (in the system tray), disable/re-enable all the COM ports there, and hope that it reconnects. Hardly convenient, and sometimes I have to do it several times for it to manage it. Surely it can't be designed to be used this way??
Surely the phone should automatically reconnect when I bring it back in range without having to disable and re-enable the ports? This is probably a question specific to the 6600 PC Suite, I know, but maybe someone here can help out anyway?
Mixsynth wrote:Hi guys[...]
Surely, the phone should automatically reconnect when I bring it back in range without having to disable and re-enable the ports? This is probably a question specific to the 6600 PC Suite, I know, but maybe someone here can help out anyway?
To connect with the Microsoft BT-Stack is very easy:
Go to the bluetooth system extension called. There you have configured your handy. If you look in the settings of the handy, you will find two COM-ports that are configured: One input and one output com-port. With my NGage it is 4 for input and 3 for output.
Now the trick:
In mrouter first connect port 4 (or whatever your input port is) and than connect port 3 (or whatever your output port is) and wait a little. After a while the port 4 will be connected. This works with Widcomm-Software to.
What is the mechanism behind?
Connected handy and computer in a secure way the symbian-developer made the following deal:
The computer has to give the sign that it would like to be connected. This is done be the connection to the out port. The computer tries to establish a com-port connect on 3. This is noticed by the handy. Enough for the handy to know: It disconnects directly.
Now the handy establishes a com-port connection with the port that we have allowed him in the setting of mrouter (port 4 as a connectable device).
Mrouter itself is a ppp-server. On that com-port, the handy now starts a ppp-connection with the computer. It is tricky; because mrouter is not only a ppp-server it does DNS and NAT for that connection to. If everything works successful, both devices have a TCP/IP-connection (at a speed of 22000Bytes/s). If you have installed a Webbrowser on your handy, you are able to surf with it.
If you want more details or do that connection with a Mac or Linux look at http://www.it-west.de/service-3650.html (german) or http://www.it-west.de/service-3650_en.html (english)