Combined with the software, Nokia PC Suite, this is the best cellular phone that I have had. One could add their own polyphonic ring tones, edit them, copy the phonebook, and literally do anything through the infrared connection. The purpose of this article is to provide tips on connecting to the device using IR port. I used BAFO USB to IrDA Adapter on Windows XP Professional. Please refer to Sigmatel for more technical information and troubleshooting tips on Infrared wireless.
I own a Nokia 6610 and always wanted to sync or connect it to my computer. Since Nokia 6610 lacks Bluetooth connection, I had the option of using either a data cable or the IR (InfraRed) connection. Even though it was an easy to connect to the Nokia’s IR, a little tweaking was necessary for stability. Otherwise, the connection was breaking up intermittently.
The following steps might help you attain a stable connection.
1. Download Nokia PC Suite software. It is freely available on Nokia’s website. At the time of writing this article, I used Nokia PC Suite 5.1 for interfacing with Nokia 6610.
- Connect the USB dongle. Win XP should recognize the drivers. I observed that the infrared connection was not stable.
- Go to Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager -> IR device.
- Change the settings for USB dongle as specified below:
Change IRDA Transceiver Type to Sigmatel 4000, Min. Turn-Around Time to 1.0mS (DEFAULT), and Speed Enable to 115200.
This change of settings gave me a stable Infrared connection to the Nokia 6610 and I was able to upload/download images, pictures, phonebook entries etc.
Please leave a comment if you have any other suggestions or if this tip worked for you.
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