totally confused with salling (solved)

jazer800 · Newbie Joined: 14 Dec 2005 Posts: 8

okay i'll try to keep it short and sweet.

i need a remote control program so that i can control windows media player (although i would be open to a new media player if absolutely necessary) via bluetooth on my treo 650. the reason i am having issues with other remote programs is because i need to be able to play videos, not just music.

will salling let me open video files through windows media player?

also, i cannot connect my phone to my computer. i am able to achieve a (bluetooth) connection between my phone and computer using other remote programs, but not with salling, is there a common problem with newbies on this?

salling · Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 12:45 am Post subject:

Hi,

If you cannot connect, I'd be prone to think your PC has a Bluetooth stack with which we're not at this time compatible.

Salling Clicker supports the Microsoft and Widcomm/Broadcom stacks.

Could you please check the device manager to see what stack you have (unless you already know, of course)?

Best.
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Jonas

jazer800 · Newbie Joined: 14 Dec 2005 Posts: 8

i'm sorry but i am so clueless, how do i check that?

salling · Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 1:33 pm Post subject:

No problem. Do this:

1. Start Menu -> Run : enter "devmgmt.msc" and click OK.

2. In the device manager window that opens, look for "Bluetooth".

3. Right-click, in turn, the Bluetooth items you find and select "Properties"; the "Driver" tab will tell you the manufacturer of each of these components.

Best.
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Jonas

[quote="jazer800"]i'm sorry but i am so clueless, how do i check that?[/quote]

jazer800 · Newbie Joined: 14 Dec 2005 Posts: 8

in device manager i have 'bluetooth radios'

under that there is generic bluetooth radio and microsoft bluetooth enumerator. both have microsoft as manufacturer in the driver tabs of their properties

salling · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:37 pm Post subject:

That is good news! Now, could you please check the About tab in Salling Clicker?

Best.
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Jonas

[quote="jazer800"]in device manager i have 'bluetooth radios'

under that there is generic bluetooth radio and microsoft bluetooth enumerator. both have microsoft as manufacturer in the driver tabs of their properties[/quote]

jazer800 · Newbie Joined: 14 Dec 2005 Posts: 8

???

did you want me to see that it says microsoft? i see that if that's why you mean look at the about tab, but that doesn't really help me to understand how to make them link. i must've missed what you meant by checking the about tab?

salling · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:12 am Post subject:

Yes, I wanted to verify that you saw "Microsoft" in the About tab. I presume you did.

Now that I know you have a working Bluetooth stack, I'd like to know how you cannot establish a connection. You know, error messages and such.

Best.
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Jonas

[quote="jazer800"]???

did you want me to see that it says microsoft? i see that if that's why you mean look at the about tab, but that doesn't really help me to understand how to make them link. i must've missed what you meant by checking the about tab?[/quote]

jazer800 · Newbie Joined: 14 Dec 2005 Posts: 8

after going through all of the menus again i realized that i did not have discovery of my computer enabled. it's alwaays the most obvious damn thing...

thank you for your prompt responses to help

salling · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:35 am Post subject:

Sorry, I should have asked you about the nature of the problem before I took you down the path of figuring out what stack you had (which seems to be the most common problem, actually).

Best.
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Jonas

[quote="jazer800"]after going through all of the menus again i realized that i did not have discovery of my computer enabled. it's alwaays the most obvious damn thing...

thank you for your prompt responses to help[/quote]