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Bluetooth Ambicom Bt2000-cf Compatibility
« on: November 06, 2005, 01:53:11 pm »
Could anyone tell me if the new drivers on BT have compatibility for my Ambicom BT2000-CF? Dont know if the S/N or MAC address would be helpful in determining this.


I got it late last year and was not supported, as the Ambicom supported was the "black label" card.

I got it from Amazon and after a month with Customer Support in Ambicom I got:

1. The card was not the old one that worked with Zaurus, but was not compatible also with windows, it only worked for Pocket PC. Ambicom CS told me that the W2K driver was unstable and therefore they were not posting it at that time

2. Got an RMA to exchange the card for the old one: went back, got lost, never heard of it, reapeared, resent, took out of package...... they re-send me the exact same card, with past emails print-outs and everything.

3. Result: Ambicom card sits in my drawer hoping for better times, when the software catches up with the hardware.


Any help welcomed

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« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2005, 03:31:48 pm »
show 'cardctl info' output
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« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2005, 03:55:41 pm »
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show 'cardctl info' output
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Thanks for the help:

Open Terminal, typed "cardctl info"
 R/ message stating unrecognized syntax, it states:

Usage: cardctl command [socket #] or cardctl [-c configpath] [-f scheme]
commands: status config ident suspend resume reset eject insert

Output of cardctl status:
 R/
3.3v 16bit PC Card [suspended]

Output of cardctl ident:
R/
product info: "Ambicom_BT2000C", Bluetooth_PC/CF_Card"
manfid: 0x0279, 0x95 0b
function: 2 (serial)

Output of cardctl config
R/
Vcc: 0.0v  Vpp1: 0.0v  Vpp2:0.0v


Hope this helps...
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SL-C3100: Cacko 1.23, still in the process to customization to own needs.

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« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2005, 03:17:14 am »
That card use serial_cs driver - look in dmesg which serial port it create and hciattach to it.
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« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2007, 07:54:22 pm »
Did anyone ever get this working on the zaurus?  I don't seem to have a serial_cs driver in my bluez stuff on my zaurus.
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« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2007, 03:57:14 am »
When I plug it in dmesg reports:

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ttyS03 at port 0xf60002f8 (irq = 135) is a 16C950/954
BlueZ Core ver 2.4 Copyright (C) 2000,2001 Qualcomm Inc
Written 2000,2001 by Maxim Krasnyansky
BlueZ L2CAP ver 2.3 Copyright (C) 2000,2001 Qualcomm Inc
Written 2000,2001 by Maxim Krasnyansky
BlueZ RFCOMM ver 1.1
Copyright (C) 2002 Maxim Krasnyansky
Copyright (C) 2002 Marcel Holtmann
bash-2.05#                                                  

It is very interesting that I get "ttyS03 at port 0xf60002f8 (irq = 135) is a 16C950/954" .

Does that mean something is working?  I have no idea how to use it though, nor do I have any hci devices from the card.  How can it have a serial device?  Does bluetooth work that way?  

I bought this dang card off ebay and the auction specificly stated that it was zaurus compatible.  I guess they lied.
SL-C3100 happily Dualbooting Japanese Rom 1.02 and Debian Eabi
Replaced internal CF with 8gb seagate cf hard drive
Ambicom CF GPS
CyberPower battery powered USB hub
D-link DCF-650W (MAN THIS THING IS HUGE!!)