Dunk
Wed Nov 29 16:23:31 CST 2006
Thanks Paul. I'll start a thread to pursue this further...
Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] wrote:
> OK, so other than a simple, yes, it seems like it should be possible to use
> the RNDIS driver in CE6 to do this, not much came out of the chat. I asked
> the engineer who took the question on to check here, but I'm sure that more
> details will be required. I'd start a new thread, if you haven't already
> (and separate from the USB serial question), in the platbuilder group.
>
> Paul T.
>
> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT
> com> wrote in message news:%23JJJdP9EHHA.1356@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > So, let me understand further, although you're probably asleep right
> > now...
> >
> > You want to communicate with the WM5 device. When you connect it, does
> > Windows CE 5.0 recognize that it's a RNDIS device at all? What do the
> > debug messages say when you make the connection? If things seem to be
> > recognized, is an IP address assigned to the new "adapter" that you've
> > just added to your CE5 device? What IP (we can check this for the right
> > answer)? If an IP is assigned, everything should work. You can send
> > messages to the IP of the WM5 device, which is something like 169.254.2.1
> > and you should be able to get two-way communication. The RNDIS driver on
> > the PC which works with WM5 is just the regular standard RNDIS driver, as
> > far as I can tell. It's been updated fairly recently, maybe for WM5
> > devices, but it doens't appear to be specific to them.
> >
> > Paul T.
> >
> > "Dunk" <dunk.palmer@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1164765808.832757.324710@14g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
> >> Thanks very much Paul. My question is below:
> >>
> >> I'm trying to use RNDIS to communicate between the WinCE 5.0 device I'm
> >> developing, and a PDA running Windows Mobile 5.0. I've discovered that
> >> many (if not all), devices running Windows Mobile 5.0 use a variant of
> >> RNDIS (which i've seen referred to as ActiveSync RNDIS), and that the
> >> USB RNDIS host drivers included with WinCE 5.0 don't recognise these
> >> devices (i.e. they don't support the ActiveSync version of RNDIS). Do
> >> the USB RNDIS host drivers included with WinCE 6.0 support ActiveSync
> >> RNDIS? Also, are there any incompatibilities in the RNDIS procotol
> >> between standard and ActiveSync RNDIS? I have been able to get the
> >> WinCE 5.0 RNDIS drivers to talk to a device supporting ActiveSync RNDIS
> >> by hacking the device descriptor reported by the HCD drivers.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Dunk
> >>
> >> Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] wrote:
> >>> Drop the questions here and I'll try to post them, if I understand them,
> >>> to
> >>> the chat...
> >>>
> >>> Paul T.
> >>>
> >>> "Dunk" <dunk.palmer@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>> news:1164752867.887256.320160@n67g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> >>> > Hi Sue,
> >>> >
> >>> > Is there any way those of us down under can submit questions for these
> >>> > online chat sessions before the event, to save us getting up at 4 in
> >>> > the morning?
> >>> >
> >>> > Cheers,
> >>> > Dunk
> >>> >
> >>> > Sue Loh [MS] wrote:
> >>> >> Just a note that we'll be hosting an online chat tomorrow morning
> >>> >> concerning
> >>> >> Windows CE 6.0! Members of the development team will be on
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