No IR with Thinkpad

[Catfish2939]

I own a ibm thinkpad 600 and it will not see my ir port on my axim. I know my axim ir works, because I have transfered files to a palm visor and also a toshiba PPC.

I would think my ir is bad on the ibm, but I have a thinkpad at work and it doesn't work with the axim either.

Is there a compatability issue with the thinkpads?

[jeremyweisser]

Are you sure that your IR port on your IBM is enabled in ActiveSync to connect to your Poclet PC?

[Andy Whiteford]

What OS does your Thinkpad use? NT4 will not use the IR port. I set my Thinkpad up as dual boot between NT4 and XP so I can use USB and IR for my Pocket PC when needed.

[Catfish2939]

Running Windows 95. That is why I can't use my usb cable. Anyways, I don't have ActiveSync on the thinkpad. I was just tryiing to beam a pocket word file to the ibm.

So, should I load Active Sync and try to use the IRport to sync them?

[Andy Whiteford]

You should be able to beam the file without AS installed however it will still be in Pocket Word format. Ideally you would need to covert it for the desktop.

I think IR is supported in W95 although I can't remember. Check your control panel for IR and if it exists, ensure the port is enabled.