Problems with Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard

[Clie-Fan]

Hello from Germany,
I just got my new Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard delivered today and tried to install it on my Sony Clie TH55.
I know that this model is normaly not in the compability chart for the Stowaway Bluetooth keyboard, but the TH55 runs under the latest version of Palm OS, so I thought there might be a way to get it to work somehow.

First of all I tried to run the driver from the included CD, but this created an error in the "MYRAPIDll dll" just during the running installation process. I read various tips in the internet, but didn't really understand what might have went wrong or what I could do about it at last.
Because of this I tried it another way and downloaded the shareware version of "Bluetooth Keyboard 1.0" at Palmgear.com. That's a program supposed to work with all kinds of bluetooth keyboards.
I managed to install the program on my TH55 via the docking station and then tried to create the connection with the keyboard. Unfortunately the TH55 wasn't able to locate any bluetooth based hardware.

Just btw.
The batteries were inserted
The keyboard was open
It's the german QWERTZ version of the keyboard

I'm really confused now, because I really can't imagine the source of these problems. Are there any standart solutions one can think of?

Are there any other drivers for bluetooth keyboards I could install or is there a way to get the normal Stowaway driver to work?

Please help out.
Thanks in advance.

Andreas.

[Joel]

Welcome to 1src, Andreas.

I had a Stowaway and a TH55/E. Here's what Fellowes sent when I asked about the keyboard.

"The Stowaway XT keyboard (#90188) is Compatible with the following Sony Clié models: NR70, NR70V, NX60, NX70, SL10, SJ22, SJ33, SJ35, T400, T415, T425, T600, T610, T625, TJ35 and TG50 models. At this time we have no drivers that allow the keyboard to function on the TH55. We apologize for any inconvenience."

[Clie-Fan]

Thank you for your reply, Joel.

The problem is solved already and it works just perfectly now.

Please close the thread.

[Robyr]

How'd you fix it? It may be helpful for another user that has this problem

[Clie-Fan]

Ohh I just installed the following driver:

http://thinkoutside.com/support/download.asp?did=21&pid=9&link=/support/Download%20Support/Palm/En/dr/Think%20Outside%20Palm%20En.zip
A german user of this board gave me the hint in a private message and it worked right away, though it's normaly the driver for another keyboard. *shrug*

[Cyker]

If you goto ThinkOutside's website and just goto the Stowaway BT driver section, the driver is right there (You might have to pick the Tungsten, as the driver is not officially supported on the TH55. It does work 'tho!! I was using it earlier in fact ;))