Hi, on the mPower, Connectivity, Bluetooth, List of your Bluetooth
devices, (having turned bluetooth on), unpair and de-activate
ActiveSync and then repair and activate ActiveSync again.
In the "Available services" list, make sure that the printer is
unpaired and ActiveSync is de-activated.
Same goes for the other services.
In ActiveSync, Connection settings, make sure "allow your computer to
connect to the following" is checked.
On the mPower in utilities, miscellaneous, make sure ActiveSync via
bluetooth is selected.
Then, in utilities, press enter on connect to active sync.
I think the instructions in the manual should be given as a procedure
to follow step by step.
Bottom line is that Bluetooth on the mPower appears unstable and
needs to be reviewed to make it's operation a consistent process each
time one wants to use it.
I am sure this is being taken note of.
Despite the problems with Bluetooth I find that mPower is a very
functional tool to improve productivity.
Deon
At 19:12 28/02/2006, you wrote:
thank you for the very clear directions for using activeSync 4.1 via
bluetooth. Unfortunately I still can't connect to ActiveSync with
either bluetooth or USB. The directions worked perfectly until the
point at the end where it is actually supposed to make the connect
sound. My BrailleNote doesn't make a connecting sound, and even if
I choose connect from the connection settings dialog in ActiveSync,
nothing useful happens. ActiveSync just makes that attempting to
connect noise for a long time and then tells me that my device was
not found and to make sure it is connected. Since if I try
bluetooth I am told they are paired, and if I connect with a USB
cable I get the device connect sound from XP, I am sure my device is
connected. It is just ActiveSync that does not work. It is so
extremely frustrating. I even turned off my windows firewall and
virus checker just to make sure they weren't interfering, but that
changed nothing.
Is it possible that something is wrong with my BrailleNote to cause
the ability to connect to ActiveSync to disappear? I always blame
my computer and activeSync first, but I can't figure out what could
still be wrong on that end since this is the third version of
activeSync I have tried with the same result. Version 3.8 did work
at one time with USB when I first got my MPower, but I uninstalled
it because it stopped working a month ago.
Sarah Van Oosterwijck
Assistive Technology Trainer
http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
----- Original Message -----
From: Deon
To: Braillenote List
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] MPower: Bluetooth too simple or me too simple?
Hi, I seem to have solved most of the problem.
I now use ActiveSync 4,1 with success.
If you can access your version of ActiveSync help menu, go !
"online" and follow the relevant links till you get to download
4,1.
if you run windows xp sp2, and having activated your bluetooth
tranceiver, go to control panel, bluetooth devices, options and
check "discovery on".
open ActiveSync, file menu and arrow up to "connection
settings".
check "allow connection to one of the following".
select "automatic" in the next combo box.
If you use your Jaws cursor in this screen yLl must propably see
that com 4 has been selected.
You will also have checked "allow USB".
click OK.
minimize everything.
on the mPower, go to utilities, press m and select "connect to
ActiveSync using bluetooth.
exit and open "options" and c then b for bvuetooth.
if off, turn it on.
let it search for devices and select your PC.
Select activeSync. If it says "paired", remove pairing.
now select your PC again, select "pair and activate ActiveSync".
Type in your password and quickly do a shift tab on the desktop
to get to the notification area, press enter and type in your
password.
click OK once.
in the next screen uncheck "hide this computer" and click OK.
on the mPower, go to utilities and press enter on connect to
ActiveSync using bluetooth.
All things being equal, you should hear the relevant confirmation
tones. if you have set a dial-up lan connection, it should use
ethernet.
finally, on the mPower, open the browser and enjoy.
Note though, you can only browse small, simple sites via
bluetooth.
larger sites such as acbradio and bbc, when loading, results in
bluetooth shutting down on my mPower and the pairing procedure
having to be initiated again.
I can stream audio from many other sites without problems using
bluetooth.
when using USB there are no problems.
Deon
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
>Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:39:21 -0600
>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] MPower: Bluetooth too simple or me too
simple?
>The only thing that is very obvious is that activesync is a total
pain in the butt! When I tried to get bluetooth to work with
activesync I caused more problems than I solved. Activesync has
totally stopped working on my computer no matter what kind of
connection I try. It simply does not ever find my BrailleNote.
I reinstalled, but accidently installed 3.7 instead of 3.8. I
tried that too, but it did nothing. I'm trying to connect with
USB first. Anyone have any ideas? How about a direct link for
downloading activesync 3.8 since some major redecorating in our
house has caused the CD that came with the MPower to be out of
easy reach for the time being.
>Sarah Van Oosterwijck
>Assistive Technology Trainer
>http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 8:35 AM
> Subject: [Braillenote] MPower: Bluetooth too simple or me too
simple?
> Hi
> MPower Bluetooth connection to PC says "paired and active".
> On the PC ActiveSync says "not connected".
> On MPower in Utilities Menu, when pressing C it says "There are
no
> Bluetooth ActiveSync devices available".
> In Utilities, Miscellaneous, ActiveSync via Bluetooth is
enabled.
> Either I am stupid and the operation is too simple to
understand or I
> am missing something very obvious.
> Could someone please give me the steps to follow to use the PC
via Bluetooth.
> Thanks
> Deon
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