Re: Blue and Windows 2003

["Paul Bendall" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James

I didn't bother trying to register it and just tried Blue again with
the additional DLL. Very happy to say that it is now working for me
on W2K3 R2

Many thanks

Paul
--- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, James Traynor
<james.traynor@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Could you give this a go
> http://www.mi4.biz/files/blue/xapbluewidcommdll.zip
> Unzip and place it in system32.  I don't think it needs
registering  but
> it cant hurt.  In theory it should allow the bluetooth framework to
use
> the widcom stack under 2k3.
> The theory part is that I don't have a 2k3 box to test this, only a
> virtual one and that cant access the bluetooth hardware at all!
>
> hth
>
> James
>
>
> Martyn Wendon wrote:
> >
> > Hi James,
> >
> > I'm having a similar issue too now.
> >
> > I've just switched one of my machines over to Windows Server 2003
> > which doesn't have the Microsoft Bluetooth stack.  So my
Bluetooth
> > adapter is installed now with the Widcom drivers, but I don't
think
> > that the Bluetooth library that you are using (btframework.ocx)
> > supports it (I get "error accessing bluetooth radio").
> >
> > When the machine was originally running Windows XP I had the same
> > issue using the Widcom drivers, but swapping to the Microsoft
> > Bluetooth stack then worked fine.
> >
> > I see though that there's now an updated library under the name
of
> > "Wireless Communications Library" which supposedly
supports a
much
> > wider range of Bluetooth stacks?
> >
> > Is it possible for you to switch to the newer library?
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Martyn
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> >     *From:* James <mailto:james.traynor@...>
> >     *To:* xap_automation@...
> >     <mailto:xap_automation@xxxxxxx>
> >     *Sent:* Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:50 PM
> >     *Subject:* Re: [xap_automation] Blue and Windows 2003
> >
> >     Hi,
> >     On my linksys device windows could use one of two drivers.
the
> >     linksys one and a microsoft one which seem to work better. If
go
> >     through device manager and update to compatible drivers it
should
> >     list the microsoft one. I think it was called CSR radio but
I've
> >     also seen it refered to as generic. Howerver in may be
different
> >     in win2k3. I presume there are no other bluetooth radios or
apps
> >     using the radios.   If there are multiple radios then you can
make
> >     it use the other one by selecting it in the settings file.
> >
> >     hth
> >
> >     James
> >
> >     On 13 Nov 2008, at 01:01, Paul Bendall wrote:
> >
> >>     Hi all,
> >>
> >>     I've just got a Linksys USB / BT device and installed the
xAP Blue
> >>     application. However, when I start Blue the GUI errors
with:
> >>
> >>     "Error accessing bluetooth radio"
> >>
> >>     Have I done something wrong?
> >>
> >>     TIA
> >>
> >>     Paul
> >>
> >
> >
>



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