ActiveSync WinCE Information

Note, there isn't a whole lot of content here yet, but I will work on it sometime

• Partnerships: don't work on Platform Builder 3.0. Wait for 4.0, and don't waste your time trying to make it work.
• Hardware: you need a special cable with most of the 9 serial wires connected. If you run all 9 through, null-modem style, it will work. If you don't want to run all 9, or if your device doesn't support it, you need null modem, ie. cross pins 2+3 and pins 7+8 (on a DB9 connector) and short pins 1+4 on the computer side. This has the effect of starting an activesync every time you plug in the cable, which is moderately annoying, but if you don't have support for DTS et al on your device, this is the best you can do.
• Software: I had troubles with a minshell build, haven't yet gotten back to it, but I did get it to work on a maxall build. You just need to setup a connection in the the remote networking using a serial connection, it likes 19200 best, but 38400 will also work. If you have hardware handshaking, that is best also, although I have heard you don't need it.