Com1 not workin!!

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I have a infrared receiver which i connect to the serial port (COM1). The
infrared receiver belongs as an accessory of my camera watch. I need to
transfer the pics from my watch to the pc and it can only be done through
this receiver. When i bought this watch there was no XP so naturally the
software would not be XP compatible but still i did install it. When i try to
transfer the data between the watch and the receiver (while enabling receive
command on the pc and send command on the watch) then in windows in the
software it gives the error "Infrared port is not available. Please check
infrared settings of watch & pc."
I also have a pda and when i try to connect that to the computer using this
receiver it does not work (using Microsoft Activesync) it says that the COM
port is not available. I also do know that the receiver is not having a
problem because recently i transferred all the files from my camera watch to
my friends pc which though was using Windows 98SE. Is there any way of making
this work in Windows XP?

 

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manu08 wrote:
> I have a infrared receiver which i connect to the serial port (COM1).
> The infrared receiver belongs as an accessory of my camera watch. I
> need to transfer the pics from my watch to the pc and it can only be
> done through this receiver. When i bought this watch there was no XP
> so naturally the software would not be XP compatible but still i did
> install it. When i try to transfer the data between the watch and the
> receiver (while enabling receive command on the pc and send command
> on the watch) then in windows in the software it gives the error
> "Infrared port is not available. Please check infrared settings of
> watch & pc."
> I also have a pda and when i try to connect that to the computer
> using this receiver it does not work (using Microsoft Activesync) it
> says that the COM port is not available. I also do know that the
> receiver is not having a problem because recently i transferred all
> the files from my camera watch to my friends pc which though was
> using Windows 98SE. Is there any way of making this work in Windows
> XP?

Short answer: no. You need to find an XP-compatible driver. Perhaps a
Win2K driver would work.

Q

 

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Hi Quaoar,
I've tried gettin a newer driver but i have been unable to download a new
driver. The manufacturer's site does not have the driver & i do not know any
other site that would provide drivers. Perhaps some help here would really
help.
Thanks!

"Quaoar" wrote:

> manu08 wrote:
> > I have a infrared receiver which i connect to the serial port (COM1).
> > The infrared receiver belongs as an accessory of my camera watch. I
> > need to transfer the pics from my watch to the pc and it can only be
> > done through this receiver. When i bought this watch there was no XP
> > so naturally the software would not be XP compatible but still i did
> > install it. When i try to transfer the data between the watch and the
> > receiver (while enabling receive command on the pc and send command
> > on the watch) then in windows in the software it gives the error
> > "Infrared port is not available. Please check infrared settings of
> > watch & pc."
> > I also have a pda and when i try to connect that to the computer
> > using this receiver it does not work (using Microsoft Activesync) it
> > says that the COM port is not available. I also do know that the
> > receiver is not having a problem because recently i transferred all
> > the files from my camera watch to my friends pc which though was
> > using Windows 98SE. Is there any way of making this work in Windows
> > XP?
>
> Short answer: no. You need to find an XP-compatible driver. Perhaps a
> Win2K driver would work.
>
> Q
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