11th March 2010
Float's Mobile Agent
F.M.A. installation on Windows XP / 2003
- Float's Mobile Agent is available from SourceForge
- Install Float's Mobile Agent (I am using version 0.10.31b in this example)
- Enable Bluetooth on your phone
- Open "My Bluetooth Places" from the desktop
- Click "View Devices In Range" or "Find Bluetooth Devices"
- Right Click on the phone that appears
- Pair the device.
- Enter any passcode of your choice.
- Enter the same code on the phone
- Double click on the phone icon (this will discover available services)
- Double click on "Com1 on ..."
- The software should connect and tell you which COM port is configured for the service (in my example it is com3)
- Load F.M.A.
- Open Tools: Options
- Select "use serial port" and set the port to the one that was configured about (com3 in my example)
- Click "ok"
- Click on the connect button
- Success!