This may vary by manufacturer, but I do this on my own PC at: Start | Control Panel | Bluetooth | COM Ports
that tab shows up in one of the images on this page: http://www.filesaveas.com/belkinusb.html It'll probably be in the manual for your device somewhere as well, and possibly in Microsoft Windows's built-in Help. I am not unwilling to walk you through that, but it would be billable time (I am a consultant) and probably not cost-effective for this task. :) Trip On Wednesday, 2007-11-21 17:20:28, Eddie Pano wrote: > Trip, > > Just one more question. How do I create a virtual serial port in my PC? > > Eddie > > Triple Entendre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No problem at all. > > And I'm sorry, I wasn't being precise. I am referring to > the blue-and-red-arrow-circle "tray icon" which the > hotsync application creates in the "system tray". > Right-click on that little icon. > > Here's a picture of where I'm taking about: > http://www.student.services.wiu.edu/ess/training/winxp/desktop/systray.asp > > People still call it that, but in looking around I > learned that in Windows XP, Microsoft calls this > the "Notification area". > > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/notification.mspx > > Trip > > On Monday, 2007-11-19 08:58:53, Eddie Pano wrote: > > Hey Trip, thanks for helping out. I also have XP. How do I get to my > > Hotsync tray? > > > > Eddie > > > > Triple Entendre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday, 2007-11-16 12:08:38, Eddie Pano wrote: > > > Rookie needs help! Purchased a Belkin bluetooth device. "Unable to > > > HotSync operation because the port is in use by another application." > > > > > > > This might work (I am using Windows XP and a Targus > > usb bluetooth nubbin): > > > > on the computer, > > right click on the hotsync tray item, choose "Setup", > > click the "Local" tab, change the serial port dropdown > > box to the COMx (mine is COM6) name of a virtual serial > > port that your bluetooth software has been set up to use. > > If you don't have one of those, you need to run whatever > > wizardly setup apps came with the bluetooth device and > > create one, then repeat the above steps. > > > > Mine does this too, every time I start up my computer; > > I don't know why. > > > > Also, make sure that you have the "Local" type of hotsync > > enabled (as opposed to "Local USB" only). These are the > > items at the top of the hotsync tray icon's right click menu > > with a check mark next to the enabled ones. > > > > Trip
