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paul_
Joined: May 20, 2003
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From: London, UK
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My first post and I'm desperate for ideas. I am having massive problems with a 3com BT PC card, a Fujitsu Siemens tablet pc, and the infamous P800. I've been using the phone for a couple of months now with a vaio and bluespace with no problems. Also tried it with the Toshiba BT stack and after a bit of fiddling got the lot working. 3com is proving more difficult. Has anyone had problems installing the BT modem and getting it working with a 3com card? I'm starting to think it's the tablet itself but based on the problems I and others have had with 3com it may be worth trying another adapter. |
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jbendaou
Joined: Feb 11, 2003
Posts: 458
From: Washington, DC
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i use the 3com, but i have to admit that it was a hassle toget it to work...
get a USB bt...lots of people are satisified with em
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The T68i God, P800 Dumper, T610 believer, the K700i lover, the P910 what, oh the K750i? |
zaphod
Joined: May 27, 2003
Posts: 105
From: Dorset, England
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Damn, I just ordered 3com USB BT. Have people got that one working ok?  |
P800_Zen_master
Joined: Apr 01, 2003
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I am with you! I have 3com with a vaio! I have huge dramas!!!! I have had it for about a month now(bt) had phone for about 3months. With bt I spend about 4 hours in one day and so peed off with it I leave it and a week will come buy and same story 4 or 5 hours and then I get no where.
At one stage I was real close I had almost everything working then playing around with more settings and back to square one.
anyone out there that knows how to please let us know!
Oh and I read in one post that someone needed to change something on the m-router! to get it working! What is a m-router?? |
EyeBeem
Joined: May 13, 2003
Posts: 100
From: Faroe Islands
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I've got the same problem.
Iv'e got a 3com bluetooth pccard together with a IBM r40 thinkpad.
Is far is I know the only way to make it work like IT SHOULD! is updated drivers which would fix the problem, and that brings us to the second problem. THERE ARE NO UPDATED DRIVERS... 
So help me on this. Spam 3com. Make them fix this!
Iv'e sent about 5 e-mails so far!
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siglo
Joined: Nov 14, 2002
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I have a 3com BT pc card.. got it to work after a while of playing around with the drivers and the settings.. I use the 3com bluetooth modem driver and not the SE P800 one cause I haven't been able to get that to work..
check this post for more detials
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=27144&forum=35#post372258 |
P800_Zen_master
Joined: Apr 01, 2003
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Yeah I have tried that and it did not work for me! He said it worked good for him. But really if there is no conflicking ports and then he changes it to no conflicking ports I cant see how it worked. But it worked for him like I said and not for me!
any other ideas.
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EyeBeem
Joined: May 13, 2003
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From: Faroe Islands
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Sure you can use the modem driver for a "Modem" Connection but you can't use the modem driver to make a serial connection! |
tmlclone
Joined: May 21, 2003
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From: Hong Kong
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http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=28203&forum=35
Pictorial step by step version
http://636281.com/clone/sep800/BT/
[ This Message was edited by: tmlclone on 2003-06-04 15:51 ] |
paul_
Joined: May 20, 2003
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From: London, UK
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Still having a mare with 3com. Tried Billionton drivers but still no luck. I tried installing it on my work Dell LS laptop but wouldn't run at all. Tried messing with the IRQ assignments but had to restore after a few goes. The tablet is proving to be more of a problem. BT SW installs ok and runs as long as I don't install P800 SW first. When I try and tell the phone connection link which ports to use it complains for the first few goes and then finally works. But then the 3com BT SW won't work!!!!
Anyone recommend a good BT PC card? |
tmlclone
Joined: May 21, 2003
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From: Hong Kong
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Dell bios is not 100% compatiable with CLONE, so dont expect Dell machines will always works as the others. Sometimes Dells require special setting in the order to get something to work.
I would say according to your complaint, just play around with it, then you will be able to make it work.
Method of elimination and trail and errors  |
paul_
Joined: May 20, 2003
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From: London, UK
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Working on the Dell at last but very flakey. I got the weekend to sort out the others so should be fine. And has anyone heard the music that plays on the startup screen for 3com BT installer?? Very Enter The Dragon. |
P800_Zen_master
Joined: Apr 01, 2003
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Has anyone written an email to 3com about there software just not working? |
tmlclone
Joined: May 21, 2003
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But the thing is, 3com Bluetooth is working.....
Check my previous post in this thread with pictures.
I think you should complaint about their ease of use instead. |
paul_
Joined: May 20, 2003
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From: London, UK
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I agree. 3Com BT does work, but not to the level at which I can give it to a user and expect no problems. We tried doing that last week and after a reboot the 3Com couldn't connect to the P800 without messing around with the Phone connection link settings and rebooting again.
I spent a few hours yesterday testing alternative cards in Tottenham Court Road. The nice people in Micro Anivka let me try one in two of the tablet pcs I brought in without purchasing anything (granted we will probably be buying 20 this week but nice nonetheless - PC World laughed in my face). I tried the Belkin PC Card (F8T002) and it worked first time. It creates around 10 BT COM ports, as opposed to the 3Coms 5) and once devices are paired initiating a serial connection is as simple as right clicking on the serial service and choosing connect. Bliss. Anyone thinking about buying a BT adapter, go for Belkin. Cheap and it works. |
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Posted: 2003-06-03 21:41
