Automatically connecting bluetooth serial ports?

Confused · 03-03-2005, 10:55 AM

Does anyone know a way to get a bluetooth serial port to automatically connect to the phone when the phone comes in range with Widcomm 4? It's getting annoying as hell when I walk away from the car for PhoCo to lose the connection to the phone, and the only way to get it back is to quit PhoCo, re-connect the serial port manually and restart everything!

Cheers in advance

Garry

zorro · 03-03-2005, 12:03 PM

PhoCo is supposed to detect this connection loss and to reconnect but this can take up to 2 minutes. If it doesn't do that, try Alt-I (for Init).

Confused · 03-03-2005, 12:06 PM

Any way to force this over the remote interface? I also notice that it doesn't detect that it's actually disconnected either...I'm looking for the <ConnectionLost/> to update the status, but it never comes, and it never gives me a <ConnectionRecovered/> either

Garry

zorro · 03-03-2005, 12:14 PM

Try a ForceDisconnect instead and wait 15 seconds.

zorro · 03-03-2005, 12:57 PM

Garry, I've just checked it and it's working flawless.

Please get the latest version here: http://phoco.net/tmp/PhoCo_RemoteControl.zip
I did some changes recently and packed it into a class.

tbird2340 · 03-08-2005, 02:52 PM

I'm trying to get my Moto MPX220 working with PhoCo.. When I right click on the BT icon in the systray and choose quick connect > bluetooth serial port > find devices > SmartPhone > Connect it states:

"Service Bluetooth Serial Port is not found on device SmartPhone"

Does this mean my MPX220 won't work with PhoCo?

zorro · 03-08-2005, 04:09 PM

Phones running on "Windows for Smartphone" do not have a built in modem.

So, no - they don't work yet.

tbird2340 · 03-08-2005, 04:42 PM

Man that totally freaking blows.. I can use it as a modem but I'm guessing thats not the same thing?

And what do you mean by "yet"? Soon?

zorro · 03-08-2005, 04:49 PM

Someday...

tbird2340 · 03-14-2005, 01:11 PM

Thanks for the great "ETA"

zorro · 03-14-2005, 01:14 PM

I've made it as accurate as possible

tbird2340 · 03-14-2005, 01:18 PM

Ha! Is there anyway for it to work via a USB connection? The phone plugs in via usb port.

zorro · 03-14-2005, 01:26 PM

It's not the connection, it's the phone that has not the modem capabilities needed.

ShawJohn · 03-15-2005, 03:40 AM

My SPV E200 had a modem in it, both GPRS and DUN. I've been using it to dial up for nearly 12months to connect whilst on the move. It does need an initialisation string though, got mine from Orange UK.
PhoCo wouldn't connect to it though and the phone didn't seem to support many BT services. So I ?upgraded? to a SE K700i and now that works ok, except if I have Voice gateway enabled I lose the Com connection that allows GPRS connection for browsing.