Posted by wily.earthworm
My usual source is no longer available. Can anyone suggest where the latest widcomm drivers can be found? I am currently using a Cambridge Silicon Graphics dongle.
Posted by HjJ
I assume you mean Cambridge Silicon Radio? They supply chips to several manufacturers.
Many manufacturers use drivers from Widcomm, but Widcomm does not (as far as I know) supply drivers to end-users.
Your best bet is the web-site of the company that has it's label on your dongle.
Posted by mwarner
... or, alternatively, download the latest drivers from IBM or another company that supplies 1.4.3.4. You will need to use the patcher found on the link below to enable you to use these drivers on devices other than the ones they were intended for. WIDCOMM drivers are very good, especially compared to XPSP2's drivers, but their licencing sucks! I see no reason why they can't just release generic drivers like ATI or nVidia do for their graphics cards.
Take a look at the following link:
http://www.jonsguides.com/bluetooth/ Posted by wily.earthworm
Thanks for the link but it says on there that the link to the IBM downloads has had to be deleted. Are there any other links for these Widcomm Drivers?
Also, you mentioned somethnig about WIN XP SP2 drivers. I have SP2 now on my PC. Does this mean XP natively now supports bluetooth? I was unaware of this! How do I go about setting up a bluetooth connection through WinXP then?
Posted by ESTOR
Go to IBM support download site and look under Thinkpad X40 series notebook computers you'll see the following. No link is included here to avoid future problems. V1.4.3.4 is the widcomm driver.
IBM Bluetooth II
Windows 2000, XP 12 Feb 2004
v1.4.3.4
Microsoft Bluetooth Support 12 Feb 2004
v1.00
Microsoft Bluetooth support for Windows XP SP1 14 Sep 2004
v1.00
Posted by wily.earthworm
Thanks for the info ESTOR. I have downloaded the Widcomm driver v1.4.3.4 from the site you mentioned. I believe this is the only file I require? Not sure if I require the other two files you mentioned in your post though. I am currently running XP SP2.
In a previous post, it was mentioned that this widcomm driver would need to be patched in order for it to work with non IBM products. But I cannot see such a patcher to be downloaded off the "Jons Guides" website.
Has the link to this patcher also had to be deleted do you think and if so where can I get this patcher??
Posted by ESTOR
You only need to download the first file.
[ This Message was edited by: ESTOR on 2004-09-20 15:30 ]
Posted by wily.earthworm
Thankyou ESTOR. I've downloaded the IBM BT Software and the patch. Fingers crossed! Thanks for the help. Much appreciated.
Posted by googler
I have a widcomm bluetooth dongle can i use it to connect to my p800 instead of using cable.
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