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Error: ActiveSync not Installed
omar
Error: ActiveSync not Installed
Posted: Saturday, April 08, 2006 2:21 AM (PST)

I made the Image for the eBoxII with Platform Builder as explained in the tutorial and it's running very well. I followed all the stpes from the .pdf tutorial that came with the eBoxII and all went fine... untill I  wanted to deploy an application made in VS 2005 Pro (from MSDN AA) to my eBoxII.   (I have also watched all the videos, and I didn't make any mistake).

So I have my eBox with my WindowsCE image running, with all the features needed included (also ActiveSync, .Net Compact Framework 2.0, etc... everything needed!)

I have the Conman2CLient.exe and the cMaccept.exe running on the device (eBoxII).

I issued the command : s ipconfig /d to see the ip of the eBoxII device.

 I installed the SDK for the new Windows CE image.

I have confingured the IP for the device.

I made a simple “Hello from Button” application in VS 2005 Pro (from MSDN AA)

But.. when I try to “Connect to Device” from VS 2005 it says... “Error: ActiveSync not installed”.

So.. why can't I put my application on my eBoxII?

 

P.S. About C# and Windows CE.... for example... the class System.Environment is much different from the one in sample Windows Application for windows XP. So we need info for Windows CE and .NET!


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omar
Error: ActiveSync not Installed
Posted: Saturday, April 08, 2006 4:13 AM (PST)

Problem Solved:
  Just install ActiveSync 4.1 from www.microsoft.com

Now another problem arrives: The VS 2005 now says: “Device not ready” ... Problem one over another :(.

jywilson
Error: ActiveSync not Installed
Posted: Saturday, April 08, 2006 4:59 AM (PST)

I will try to reproduce your problem with my own eBox later today.  In the mean time, please verify that you have selected the “eBoxII (x86)” as the Solution Platform in the Tool Bar. 

The .NET Framework in CE is a good bit different than the full framework, and is called the “CompactFramework”.  Some good references I would recommend to get started learning about these differences are:

.NET Compact Framework FAQ

A great site with an open source library providing valuable extensions to the .NET CF framework. 
OpenNETCF.org

Jim

 

jywilson
Error: ActiveSync not Installed
Posted: Saturday, April 08, 2006 5:12 AM (PST)

Did you configure the TCP Connect Transport to “Use specific IP address” and enter the IP address of the eBox?   It almost sounds like CoreCon is trying to use ActiveSync to initiate the connection. 

When I get time later I will attempt to reproduce your results.

Jim

omar
Error: ActiveSync not Installed
Posted: Saturday, April 08, 2006 7:45 AM (PST)

I think the same thing. I thought it was normal..... so it shouldn't use ActiveSync for the Connection? Well... I used the eBox IP in VS 2005 as I said earlier, and TCP is enabled on eBoxII. I have some ip like this (the result of  “s ipconfig /d“):

605672 PID:26cbc0aa TID:26c7ff36 Ethernet adapter [VMINI1]:
 605672 PID:26cbc0aa TID:26c7ff36   IP Address ........ : 169.254.160.37

It doesn't want to download the program to the device at all.. and I am very sure I have followed all the necesary steps described in the .pdf tutorial (see first message).

omar
Error: ActiveSync not Installed
Posted: Saturday, April 08, 2006 7:53 AM (PST)

Yes, I have the ICOP_eBoxII_50DVS: x86_Release in the VS 2005 in the device toolbar. I also have installed the SDK for my WinCE platform and it's working fine with that (I mean VS 2005 detects that SDK fine when I select that platform to configure devie. I have tried with Windows CE device, and all the other possibilities for eBoxII).

omar
Error: ActiveSync not Installed
Posted: Saturday, April 08, 2006 9:20 AM (PST)

Resolved. The problem wasn't the ActiveSync, the problem was the IP address on the eBoxII. The IP on the eBoxII and the IP on the developement station MUST be on the same subnet. I thought VS would work with the IP given by the eBox (smth like 169... with netmask /16) but it doesn't.

Second problem was the device I selected when trying to deploy the application into the eBox. You HAVE to select the “Windows CE Device” , NOT the device that appears after you install the SDK made from the image built in Platform Builder.

jywilson
Error: ActiveSync not Installed
Posted: Saturday, April 08, 2006 11:02 AM (PST)

Good Job! 

I wasn't aware that the selection of “Windows CE Device” was necessary instead of the device name from the installation of the SDK.  I don't get a chance to do much application programming, and spend most of time developing drivers, so you have definitely taught me something.  The other students will also benefit from your experience. 

Thanks for sharing your results!

Jim

samp
Error: ActiveSync not Installed
Posted: Saturday, April 08, 2006 8:15 PM (PST)

When you build an image with BSP_VS2005_CORECON environment variable set to “1“, the Corecon component's files are being copied to .\Windows\ directory on the Windows CE image.  The files are hidden.  you need to go file folder viewing properties to enable viewing of hidden and system files.

On page 31 of the eBox-II JumpStart guide, there is a section with step-by-step instruction showing how to connect eBox-II to Visual Studio 2005 development station using Corecon.

Sam

gs_cmans
Error: ActiveSync not Installed
Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008 2:51 PM (PST)

hi i still face the same issue.....i have the ebox connected to my laptop via ethernet(and laptop connected to router via WiFi). i use windows internet connection sharing so that ebox could connect to internet(which ofcourse it does). Note: my ethernet card has the same address as the WiFi router; but not sure whether this has anything to do with the issue as i am able to ping the device birdirectionally.

the problem i have  is i am unable to connect to PB eBox SDK; though i am able to connect the device to PB via eBoot to download my own boot image.

any clues?

gs_cmans
Error: ActiveSync not Installed
Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008 4:06 PM (PST)

aah now i started working fine....no idea what was the issue :?

 

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