User's Manual

CHAPTER FIVE - CONECTIVITY

4. Now the PL3000 is in non-discoverable mode and you can close the

‘Advanced Configuration’ dialog box and the applet.

Note! The setting is not made permanent. For more information on

permanent settings, see the section ‘Registry’ on page 26.

Establishing ActiveSync Link over Bluetooth

In this section, the aim is to establish ActiveSync connection between the

PL3000 and the Windows desktop computer that is capable of Bluetooth

communication. The following directions for doing that do not include the settings at

the PC end. However, some hints on getting started with the PC are listed here.

Windows XP with the Service Pack 2 is the minimum requirement on the desktop

computer. ActiveSync version 4.5 was being tried out with success. The

ActiveSync requires that the connection shall be allowed to a virtual serial port

(COMx); to find out to which one, open the ‘Bluetooth Devices’ control panel applet

on your Windows computer and click on the ‘COM ports’ tab. It is possible that

there is no the logical COM port assigned to incoming service requests. If that is

the case, you have to add one, click the ‘Add’ button on the same page.

On the ‘Options’ property page, make sure that your PC can be discovered

and it allows Bluetooth connections. In establishing a connection, your Windows

PC is a slave and your PL3000 is a master in Bluetooth terms, meaning that the

PL3000 initiates connection establishment and it must know the Bluetooth address

of the PC before pairing can occur.

Before you get down to configuring ActiveSync connectivity on your PL3000,

open the ‘Bluetooth Device Properties’ control panel applet, aka ‘NID

BTManager’ (see the section ‘Control Panel’ on page 30) and check first that the

radio is turned on.

To pair your PL3000 with your PC:

1. Tap the ‘Scan‘ tab to open the ‘Scan’ page

2. On the ‘Scan’ page, tap on the ’Scan for devices in range’ button at the

bottom of the page; wait a moment, your PL3000 is searching for your PC

(be aware that your PC shall be discoverable)

Note! The NID BTManager may show invalid pairing

information in the device area on the ‘Scan’ page, especially

if you start using your PL3000 again after suspension of

either your PC or of your PL3000. Unpair your PL3000

before moving on to the step 2 by double-tapping the device

name and by selecting the ‘Unpair’ menu item in the pop-up

menu.