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2 Mobile Device Centre
2.1 Versions
The Windows Mobile Device Centre (previously known as ActiveSync) is an application for data exchange,
deployment and debugging of the device.
It is also used as a communication protocol to contact development environments Visual Studio 2005 /
2008..
The PC software required is available free of charge from Microsoft as a download.
If Visual Studio 2005 / 2008 is used for development, an ActiveSync version from 4.0 upwards or the
Windows Mobile Device Centre must be installed. Parallel installation is not supported.
From Windows Vista / Windows 7 upwards, the Windows Device Centre must be used instead of
ActiveSync.
Note
The first time you connect an MDT device to a Windows 7 PC, you will need an
Internet connection to download drivers even if the Windows Mobile Device Centre
has already been installed.
Due to today’s restrictions in enterprise LAN’s, the downloading of the driver will
probably fail.
Solution:
Depending on the system, one of the two installation packs below must be installed:
Windows Mobile Device Centre 6.1 for Windows Vista (32-bit) or
Windows Mobile Device Centre 6.1 for Windows Vista (64-bit)
Note
On the Windows Mobile Device Centre and ActiveSync versions from 4.0 upwards, it
is no longer possible to sync devices via network / WLAN and this function has been
replaced by Bluetooth / USB synchronisation.
Note
Although network / WLAN synchronisation is no longer supported, it is still possible
to upload programs and execute remote debugging over network / WLAN. When you
open a project, the project must be uploaded once via a Windows Device Centre
connection.
If this connection is interrupted, the debugging session continues over network /
WLAN and a socket connection. The Windows Device Centre connection must not
be active.