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4.5 Synchronize PDAs with your PC
With this scenario, you can synchronize your PDA with your PC to get your appointment calendar,
or Emails.
To synchronize your PDA with a PC, you need to:
• Add a Serial Port Service
• Setup the PDA to use the Serial Port Service
• Synchronize your PDA using the synchronization application
4.5.1 Add a Serial Port Service
You can add a serial port using the Bluetooth Configuration Manager. Refer to the section Add Serial
Port Service for more information.
Let us say that the port the service is subscribed to is COM 8.
Note: COM 8 is for illustration purposes only. You can be assigned any other COM port in
your case.
4.5.2 Setup the PDA to use the Serial Port Service
Refer to the respective PDA user manual for instructions on how to use the synchronization service,
such as ActiveSync, over the Serial Port offered by the Bluetooth-enabled PC.
4.5.3 Synchronize your PDA
Synchronize your PDA using ActiveSync
To synchronize the PDA with the PC:
1. Double-click the ActiveSync icon
in the system tray on your laptop. The ActiveSync screen
is displayed.
2. Select the option
File -> Connection Settings from the main menu. The Connection Settings
screen is displayed.