Hi all,

I've included the ActiveSync catalog item into the platform image, and
when I run repllog.exe on the device via the "target->run programs" menu
of PB, I see a "CLIENT" message sent out repeatedly via the COM1 serial
port, but when I have my host computer connected to that serial port,
and I run the "get connected" utility of ActiveSync, it doesn't make the
connection. I'm using ActiveSync 3.8.0 on the workstation and CE 5.0 on
the device.

What's wrong?

T

Re: activesync not connecting over serial by ctacke/>

ctacke/>
Mon Aug 29 22:26:34 CDT 2005

You're using a null-modem cable to connect?

-Chris


"Thomas Spellman" <no@email.com> wrote in message
news:%23fG76JRrFHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi all,
>
> I've included the ActiveSync catalog item into the platform image, and
> when I run repllog.exe on the device via the "target->run programs" menu
> of PB, I see a "CLIENT" message sent out repeatedly via the COM1 serial
> port, but when I have my host computer connected to that serial port, and
> I run the "get connected" utility of ActiveSync, it doesn't make the
> connection. I'm using ActiveSync 3.8.0 on the workstation and CE 5.0 on
> the device.
>
> What's wrong?
>
> T



Re: activesync not connecting over serial by Thomas

Thomas
Tue Aug 30 00:06:31 CDT 2005

I tried it both ways. I only saw the "CLIENT" signal when I attached to
it via Hyperterminal without using the null cable. WHen I used the null
cable, I saw nothing in hyperterminal.

T

<ctacke/> wrote:
> You're using a null-modem cable to connect?
>
> -Chris
>
>
> "Thomas Spellman" <no@email.com> wrote in message
> news:%23fG76JRrFHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I've included the ActiveSync catalog item into the platform image, and
>>when I run repllog.exe on the device via the "target->run programs" menu
>>of PB, I see a "CLIENT" message sent out repeatedly via the COM1 serial
>>port, but when I have my host computer connected to that serial port, and
>>I run the "get connected" utility of ActiveSync, it doesn't make the
>>connection. I'm using ActiveSync 3.8.0 on the workstation and CE 5.0 on
>>the device.
>>
>>What's wrong?
>>
>>T
>
>
>

Re: activesync not connecting over serial by Paul

Paul
Tue Aug 30 10:16:56 CDT 2005

Then your hardware is wired in a non-standard way. If you were using a
regular serial port, which, by the way, *must* have all of the handshake
signals wired, as well as transmit and receive, a null-modem cable would be
used to make the connection. In this case, it would appear that you're
going to have to make sure that the signals presented on the end of the
custom cable that you're going to have to build, match what a standard port
would show when connected with a null modem cable.

What hardware are we talking about?

Paul T.

"Thomas Spellman" <no@email.com> wrote in message
news:4313E957.1030005@email.com...
>I tried it both ways. I only saw the "CLIENT" signal when I attached to it
>via Hyperterminal without using the null cable. WHen I used the null
>cable, I saw nothing in hyperterminal.
>
> T
>
> <ctacke/> wrote:
>> You're using a null-modem cable to connect?
>>
>> -Chris
>>
>>
>> "Thomas Spellman" <no@email.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23fG76JRrFHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>I've included the ActiveSync catalog item into the platform image, and
>>>when I run repllog.exe on the device via the "target->run programs" menu
>>>of PB, I see a "CLIENT" message sent out repeatedly via the COM1 serial
>>>port, but when I have my host computer connected to that serial port, and
>>>I run the "get connected" utility of ActiveSync, it doesn't make the
>>>connection. I'm using ActiveSync 3.8.0 on the workstation and CE 5.0 on
>>>the device.
>>>
>>>What's wrong?
>>>
>>>T
>>
>>


Re: activesync not connecting over serial by Steve

Steve
Tue Aug 30 10:22:16 CDT 2005

YOU need to clarify what type of connector your device is using. (DTE or
DCE) Standard PC DB9 connectors are wired up as a DTE. Many embedded devices
are wired as DCE to allow direct connection to a computer without a special
NULL modem cable. If you are connecting a DTE <--> DTE or DCE <--> DCE then
you need a NULL modem cable.

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