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Connecting more than one mobile device to USBs
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01/04/2010 13:15:52
 
 
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01/04/2010 13:05:50
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ASP.NET
Category:
Mobile development
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Environment:
C# 2.0
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Thread ID:
01458332
Message ID:
01458412
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>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>I have a Compact .NET application working for a customer on their Pocket PCs. They currently have 5 Pocket PCs. They typically connect the Pocket PC to the computer USB port and use ActiveSync (version 4.5) to sent files back and forth. They would like to be able to connect all 5 of them at the same time and choose which one should be connected to the desktop (by some selection). They purchased a multi-USB strip (D-Link) and can plug in all Pocket PC cradles into the USBs. The problem is that then not one of them works. That is, either one or nothing.
>>>>>
>>>>>Is there version of ActiveSync that would allow them to have multiple devices connected at the same time? Or what else can we try?
>>>>>
>>>>>TIA for any suggestions.
>>>>
>>>>Any wireless on the devices ?
>>>
>>>The devices do have wireless capabilities. How can we utilize it?
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>>I haven't tried it - but I can connect to a network over wireless from my PDA and copy files backwards and forwards. I'd assume it's possible to do the same thing programmatically ?
>
>Thank you (and thank you for the other message where you successfully copied a file). I will have to learn to set up this device to work on a wireless network. Also, when you copied the file how do you specify that you copy to this or that device? Do you assign different drive name for each device? (sorry for newbie questions but I have not had a chance to work with these devices as wireless).

I wrote the prog to run on the PDA. I set-up the network connection manually from 'File Explorer' then the program was as simple this in a button click:
File.Copy(@"\\machinename\c\test.xaml", @"\program files\aximtest\test.xaml");
Haven't tried from an app on the 'server' though....
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