Palm Centro Hotsync Bluetooth inconsistent connections

Ok, I am having problems consistently syncing using the bluetooth pairing, but I cannot tell what is changing between syncs. It took a LOT of time to get my sync to work when I first got my phone, but finally it worked after I included the subnet mask on the PC Connection on my Centro. Since then I have had inconsistent success with hotsyncing with the bluetooth option. The last sync with the bluetooth was sometime at the beginning of December. Since then I have gotten a bluetooth headset and a panasonic link to cell device that allows me to use a phone with my land line and my bluetooth phones. I've tried turning off these devices too to re-establish the syncing - no luck.
I have gone through and re-established my connections. The pc has been re-added to my phone as a trusted device, and I am successfully linking to the virtual serial port because the notification sound goes off, but the sync itself doesn't occur.
I've tried the trouble shooting links from other posts and looked up this stuff on palm.com and my documentation but the information is scant at best. Any thoughts? I really don't like the idea of reverting to the cable although I am using that right now. My husband thinks I've wasted enough time trying to get this to work but I am stubborn and I really prefer bluetooth.
thanks
Denise
Post relates to: Centro (AT&T)

Did you check bluetooth under connections in Hotsync Manager on the PC? Right click the hotsync icon and goto settings, then connections. Is bluetooth there and checked? If not do so.
Next delete the bluetooth connection on the device and try to recreate it. You shouldn't need to create the virtual port on a vista system. That step was for older versions of windows that didn't do that automaticaly.
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On the Centro, go to Hotsync and press the icon in the middle of the screen.
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http://www.palm.com/us/support/centro/centro_att/
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5) Connect the Palm USB cable to your Palm.
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10) If you exit the PocketTunes application on the Palm, the Palm will still charge - but you'll get the constant and annoying "no driver" noise from Windows. To avoid that sound, just keep the Palm on PocketTunes while you have the Palm plugged into the USB cable.
11) You can close Windows Media Player on the desktop once you have the Palm charging.
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When you have everything set up, here's what you would be doing on a regular basis:
-- Plug USB cable (which is already plugged into your computer) into Palm
-- Hit HotSync button on cable --> This starts PocketTunes --> PocketTunes automatically opens Windows Media Player on the computer
-- See if charging light turns solid red --> If not, exit PocketTunes, then hit HotSync button on cable to start PocketTunes again
-- Repeat until charging light turns solid red (success!)
-- Once the Palm is charging, close Windows Media Player on desktop
Best of luck to all who need this!
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Why do you want to create your own driver instead of what comes with the device? If you go that route, you need all of the low level USB RAW protocol from the vendor. Did you get that? Yoe are wasting your time if you don't have that. Is the driver from the vendor documented? If it's a USB connection, how does that connection show up in windows device manager?

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Even if there was a way to sync music files to your Centro from a Vista desktop, music files tend to be large and take a long time to sync. The best way to put music files onto your card with any operating system is by dragging & dropping onto the /audio folder on your card with a card reader. Removal of the micro SD card from the Centro isn't all *that* inconvenient. Not like you need to do it very often.
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