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Re: Problematic syncing with my Nokia 6600
by karthik bala guru 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

ok, discovering another BT device nearby, establishing communication at one attempt - doesnt occur at the first instant for atleast 50 % of cases. This really makes one to think. ... how faar is BT strong and when will the robust models come ??? karthik bala guru --- Richard Newman <r.newman(a)reading.ac.uk> wrote: > Disabling Bluetooth on the Mac, re-adding from the > Mac, removing the > Bluetooth dongle, turning the phone off, and other > procedures don't > correct the problem. > > The original poster exhibited similar errors to my > setup, which is why > I recommended the only course of action I knew to > work in my > circumstances. > > -Richard > > On 2 Jul 2004, at 08:47, karthik bala guru wrote: > > > Try removing and Re-connecting the Bluetooth Card > > alone. > > > > karthik bala guru > > > > --- Richard Newman <r.newman(a)reading.ac.uk> wrote: > >> I get this often with my P800, usually if I've > >> turned Bluetooth off on > >> the phone sometime since the last sync. > >> > >> Re-add the Mac on the phone, enter the > passphrase, > >> and cancel the "What > >> features would you like to use?" dialog. Try > again > >> --- it works for me > >> at this point. > >> > >> Still bloody annoying, because you can't tell > until > >> the sync fails that > >> it's not worked; in my case, it never asks to > >> transfer an entry on the > >> P800, so the sync fails. > >> > >> -Richard > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ bluetooth-dev mailing list | bluetooth-dev(a)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/bluetooth-dev Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.

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Re: Problematic syncing with my Nokia 6600
by Ross Barkman 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

One way to know if the sync is going to fail is to watch the Bluetooth activity light on the phone - if it starts flashing fast (indicating an active session), then goes back to the normal slow flash, the connection has failed. Another trick is to set the phone to require acceptance of incoming connections - if the activity light starts flashing and the accept/reject popup doesn't appear, the connection is going to fail. Either of these indications happens faster than waiting for a "Can't connect" message in the iSync log. In either case, I cancel the sync, then on my P900 I delete the pairing for my PowerBook & re-add it. Kia ora, Ross On 2 Jul 2004, at 08:29, Richard Newman wrote: I get this often with my P800, usually if I've turned Bluetooth off on the phone sometime since the last sync. Re-add the Mac on the phone, enter the passphrase, and cancel the "What features would you like to use?" dialog. Try again --- it works for me at this point. Still bloody annoying, because you can't tell until the sync fails that it's not worked; in my case, it never asks to transfer an entry on the P800, so the sync fails. -Richard On 2 Jul 2004, at 06:01, bluetooth-dev-request(a)lists.apple.com wrote: Does anybody in this forum have trouble free isyncing with their Nokia 6600? I'm always getting these errors lately. Thursday, July 1, 2004 8:24 PM |Nokia 6600| iSync was unable to connect to Nokia 6600. Try syncing again. Can't synchronize contacts to Nokia 6600: device is not available Can't synchronize calendars and To Do items to Nokia 6600: device is not available _______________________________________________ bluetooth-dev mailing list | bluetooth-dev(a)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/bluetooth-dev Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.

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Re: Problematic syncing with my Nokia 6600
by Richard Newman 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

Disabling Bluetooth on the Mac, re-adding from the Mac, removing the Bluetooth dongle, turning the phone off, and other procedures don't correct the problem. The original poster exhibited similar errors to my setup, which is why I recommended the only course of action I knew to work in my circumstances. -Richard On 2 Jul 2004, at 08:47, karthik bala guru wrote: Try removing and Re-connecting the Bluetooth Card alone. karthik bala guru --- Richard Newman <r.newman(a)reading.ac.uk> wrote: I get this often with my P800, usually if I've turned Bluetooth off on the phone sometime since the last sync. Re-add the Mac on the phone, enter the passphrase, and cancel the "What features would you like to use?" dialog. Try again --- it works for me at this point. Still bloody annoying, because you can't tell until the sync fails that it's not worked; in my case, it never asks to transfer an entry on the P800, so the sync fails. -Richard _______________________________________________ bluetooth-dev mailing list | bluetooth-dev(a)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/bluetooth-dev Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.

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Re: Problematic syncing with my Nokia 6600
by karthik bala guru 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

Try removing and Re-connecting the Bluetooth Card alone. karthik bala guru --- Richard Newman <r.newman(a)reading.ac.uk> wrote: > I get this often with my P800, usually if I've > turned Bluetooth off on > the phone sometime since the last sync. > > Re-add the Mac on the phone, enter the passphrase, > and cancel the "What > features would you like to use?" dialog. Try again > --- it works for me > at this point. > > Still bloody annoying, because you can't tell until > the sync fails that > it's not worked; in my case, it never asks to > transfer an entry on the > P800, so the sync fails. > > -Richard > > On 2 Jul 2004, at 06:01, > bluetooth-dev-request(a)lists.apple.com wrote: > > > > Does anybody in this forum have trouble free > isyncing with their Nokia > > 6600? > > > > I'm always getting these errors lately. > > > > Thursday, July 1, 2004 8:24 PM > > |Nokia 6600| iSync was unable to connect to > Nokia 6600. Try syncing > > again. > > Can't synchronize contacts to Nokia 6600: device > is not available > > Can't synchronize calendars and To Do items to > Nokia 6600: device is > > not available > _______________________________________________ > bluetooth-dev mailing list | > bluetooth-dev(a)lists.apple.com > Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: > http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/bluetooth-dev > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be > ignored. > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ bluetooth-dev mailing list | bluetooth-dev(a)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/bluetooth-dev Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.

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Re: Problematic syncing with my Nokia 6600
by Richard Newman 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

I get this often with my P800, usually if I've turned Bluetooth off on the phone sometime since the last sync. Re-add the Mac on the phone, enter the passphrase, and cancel the "What features would you like to use?" dialog. Try again --- it works for me at this point. Still bloody annoying, because you can't tell until the sync fails that it's not worked; in my case, it never asks to transfer an entry on the P800, so the sync fails. -Richard On 2 Jul 2004, at 06:01, bluetooth-dev-request(a)lists.apple.com wrote: Does anybody in this forum have trouble free isyncing with their Nokia 6600? I'm always getting these errors lately. Thursday, July 1, 2004 8:24 PM |Nokia 6600| iSync was unable to connect to Nokia 6600. Try syncing again. Can't synchronize contacts to Nokia 6600: device is not available Can't synchronize calendars and To Do items to Nokia 6600: device is not available _______________________________________________ bluetooth-dev mailing list | bluetooth-dev(a)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/bluetooth-dev Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.

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Problematic syncing with my Nokia 6600
by Robert Nicholson 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

Does anybody in this forum have trouble free isyncing with their Nokia 6600? I'm always getting these errors lately. Thursday, July 1, 2004 8:24 PM |Nokia 6600| iSync was unable to connect to Nokia 6600. Try syncing again. Can't synchronize contacts to Nokia 6600: device is not available Can't synchronize calendars and To Do items to Nokia 6600: device is not available _______________________________________________ bluetooth-dev mailing list | bluetooth-dev(a)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/bluetooth-dev Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.

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Re: device discovery
by Bubba Giles 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

Hi james, >From a previous post to the list: -------------- This API will be available in Tiger. If you have access to a developer seed of Tiger, you can start using it now. It is available in the form of an IOBluetoothDeviceInquiry object. The relevant file should be here: /System/Library/Frameworks/IOBluetooth.framework/Headers/objc/ IOBluetoothDeviceInquiry.h Hopefully it will meet your needs. Jason bubba(a)apple.com > I tried to send this earlier, but I think it misfired. I'll try again > > Looking through the archive, it was mentioned that while the device > discovery apis are not exposed, it is possible to discover the unique > address for the nearby devices with what is available now. I work on a > project that provides a positioning service from wireless beacons > (http://placelab.org) I've been asked to build a bluetooth device > spotter for the macintosh and until Tiger and the full inquiry api > becomes available it seems I will need to content myself with getting > only the unique device address. Since all the placelab software needs > to work is the unique address, I will be able to use just this for now. > Could somebody please point me to the appropriate documentation or > function to get the unique address of nearby devices on panther? > > Thanks, > James > _______________________________________________ > bluetooth-dev mailing list | bluetooth-dev(a)lists.apple.com > Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: > http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/bluetooth-dev > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. _______________________________________________ bluetooth-dev mailing list | bluetooth-dev(a)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/bluetooth-dev Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.

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device discovery
by James Howard 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

I tried to send this earlier, but I think it misfired. I'll try again Looking through the archive, it was mentioned that while the device discovery apis are not exposed, it is possible to discover the unique address for the nearby devices with what is available now. I work on a project that provides a positioning service from wireless beacons (http://placelab.org) I've been asked to build a bluetooth device spotter for the macintosh and until Tiger and the full inquiry api becomes available it seems I will need to content myself with getting only the unique device address. Since all the placelab software needs to work is the unique address, I will be able to use just this for now. Could somebody please point me to the appropriate documentation or function to get the unique address of nearby devices on panther? Thanks, James _______________________________________________ bluetooth-dev mailing list | bluetooth-dev(a)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/bluetooth-dev Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.

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Re: vNote
by Bubba Giles 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

Header for what? Do you mean what OBEX headers are needed? jason > Hi, > > Does anyone knowwhat the header is to push a vNote to a cellular phone > ? > > Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > bluetooth-dev mailing list | bluetooth-dev(a)lists.apple.com > Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: > http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/bluetooth-dev > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. _______________________________________________ bluetooth-dev mailing list | bluetooth-dev(a)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/bluetooth-dev Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.

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Re: Dynamic device discovery thread, a follow-up question
by Bubba Giles 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

Hi Eric, This API will be available in Tiger. If you have access to a developer seed of Tiger, you can start using it now. It is available in the form of an IOBluetoothDeviceInquiry object. The relevant file should be here: /System/Library/Frameworks/IOBluetooth.framework/Headers/objc/ IOBluetoothDeviceInquiry.h Hopefully it will meet your needs. Jason bubba(a)apple.com > I saw this on an old thread in the archives, wrt discovering remote bluetooth > devices not yet 'paired': > < I guess I was wondering if I wanted to write an app without a GUI, how >> I would find devices without using the various service and device >> selector panels? But what you're saying is that "Apple have create GUI >> based utilities for inquiring about remote devices." > > You are correct - you could not do it. You will need to display a panel at > some point for the user to select a device/service. Unless you wanted to use > the raw device address, which is less than optimal. We do hope to release an > API to do this. If the lack of this API this is absolutely prohibitive to > what you are trying to do, let us know and we'll escalate its importance on > the to-do list.>> > > Was wondering if this API has ever come to pass, either in beta or > elsewhere. I have no gui (am entirely command-line driven), and I > need to make a discovery of what's in the vicinity of my my mac w/o > user interaction.... so this API would be great. > > Thanks in advance for any pointers. > > -Eric > _______________________________________________ > bluetooth-dev mailing list | bluetooth-dev(a)lists.apple.com > Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: > http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/bluetooth-dev > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. _______________________________________________ bluetooth-dev mailing list | bluetooth-dev(a)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/bluetooth-dev Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.

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