ActiveSync with Bluetooth and Windows XP SP2

The latest update for Windows XP - Service Pack 2 introduced Microsoft built-in drivers for Bluetooth. This makes synchronising over Bluetooth very easy to setup, and this section will guide you through it. Requirements You will needPocket PC with Bluetooth Computer with Bluetooth module Windows XP SP2 Microsoft ActiveSync 3.7.1 or higher

The new Microsoft supplied drivers should be installed. If the screenshots below do not look like your screens then you don't have the native drivers installed or activated.
Installing or Activating the Microsoft Drivers

1.Install Windows XP SP2
2.Remove your existing drivers using Add/Remove Programs.
3.Reboot
4.Windows XP should detect the Bluetooth module and install a number of components automatically via Plug and Play.

Setting up ActiveSync to Use BluetoothThis is a three stage process

1.Pair the devices
2.Configure ActiveSync on the PC
3.Configure ActiveSync on the Pocket PC.

Pair a Pocket PC and a Windows XP SP2To carryout an ActiveSync over Bluetooth the devices need to be paired. This is where they are connected to each other and have a relationship. Pairing should be initiated from the computer.

The screenshots on this page may differ slightly from your system. They were taken from a HP iPAQ 5450 running Pocket PC 2002 as that was what we were working with at the time.

1.Enable Bluetooth on your Pocket PC.
2.Allow the Pocket PC to be discovered, by entering Bluetooth Settings

Choose the "Accessibility" tab and adjust the options as appropriate. Then tap "OK" to accept them.
Next, go on to the PC. Open Bluetooth Settings using one of these two methods

1.Start, Settings, Control Panel, Bluetooth Devices
2.Right click on the Bluetooth icon and choose "Show Bluetooth Devices.
Either Option should bring up a box similar to below:

Click "Add" to start the wizard. Enable the option "My device is set up and ready to be found." and click next.
The Bluetooth software will search for any Bluetooth devices in the area that are discoverable. The screenshot below finds that it has found one called "Simon-PPC". Click on it and click next.

The wizard will next ask if you need a passkey for your device. You need one to pair the computer with the Pocket PC, so select the option "Let me choose my own passkey:" Enter something short in to the box (despite Microsoft's recommendation), such as 1234 as shown in the screenshot below and click next.

Two things will happen now. On the PC, a screen will appear asking you to enter the passkey on your device now.
On the Pocket PC it will pop up a window asking you to enter the passkey.Enter the key that you set during the wizard in to the relevant box on the Pocket PC and then tap "OK" in the top right corner Windows will then install the device in to its configuration.

On the complete screen it will show what it has recorded. The key information you need for ActiveSync is the COM port number that it has used for Incoming. In the screenshot below it is COM5. Click Finish to close the wizard.You can find the settings on the Bluetooth Devices page.

On the Pocket PC you will get prompts for two types of connection to be made, which should be accepted.

Configure ActiveSync for use with Bluetooth