[selowitch]

Is it possible to initiate a HotSync via Bluetooth to a Palm Tungsten T3 that is powered off, but will turn on when HotSync is begun on the Mac?

[JVB_2112]

Originally posted by selowitch:
Is it possible to initiate a HotSync via Bluetooth to a Palm Tungsten T3 that is powered off, but will turn on when HotSync is begun on the Mac?

I don't think it's possible. I'm pretty sure that when the T3 is off the bluetooth radio is off as well.

JVB

[hadocon]

Originally posted by JVB_2112:
I don't think it's possible. I'm pretty sure that when the T3 is off the bluetooth radio is off as well.

JVB

Untrue. You can set an option called "wake for bluetooth"

When you "turn off" a Palm you are really just sleeping it. I synch my T|T when it is "off" and it wakes up before anything happens.

[selowitch]

Untrue. You can set an option called "wake for bluetooth"

When you "turn off" a Palm you are really just sleeping it. I synch my T|T when it is "off" and it wakes up before anything happens.

How the heck do you do it? It's driving me crazy!!

I've paired the Tungsten with my Mac;
I've set the Bluetooth prefs properly;
I've established a Connection;
I can HotSync manually via the HotSync menu

but I can't figure out how in the blazes to wake up my Palm with the Mac when it comes into BT range.

[hadocon]

Originally posted by selowitch:

but I can't figure out how in the blazes to wake up my Palm with the Mac when it comes into BT range.

Why do you want it to wake-up when you get into range? It will wake when it receives a request from another BT device.

Prefs/ Communication/ Bluetooth/ Allow Wakeup - Yes

Simple.

[selowitch]

Originally posted by hadocon:
Why do you want it to wake-up when you get into range? It will wake when it receives a request from another BT device.

Prefs/ Communication/ Bluetooth/ Allow Wakeup - Yes

Simple.

I appreciate that it seems simple from where you're sitting. Let me explain the oddities on my end:

1. Prefs/Communication/Bluetooth/Allow Wakeup simply doesn't exist in my Palm Tungsten T3; instead, there's a setting for Connectable = Yes/No. The PDF manual doesn't even mention this change.

2. How do I make my Mac "issue a request"? I walk into range and nothing happens. I see no way to initiate a HotSync operation from my Mac (although I suppose I could trigger it from iSync, which I hitherto have not been using, just HotSync Manager and Entourage).

[JVB_2112]

Originally posted by hadocon:
Untrue. You can set an option called "wake for bluetooth"

When you "turn off" a Palm you are really just sleeping it. I synch my T|T when it is "off" and it wakes up before anything happens.

Hmmm.... I have no wake for Bluetooth option.

I have the following Bluetooth options on my T3:

Bluetooth [On/Off]
Device Name
Discoverable [Yes/No]
Connectable [Yes/No/Scheduled]

Maybe Connectable means wake for Bluetooth?

JVB

[selowitch]

Maybe Connectable means wake for Bluetooth?

Yes, I believe that's it exactly. Shame on Palm for not updating the manuals. Then again, why change the terminology at all, since it only sows confusion.