Overview

Remote Touchpad is a software, what gives your touch-screen mobile phone ability to act as wireless touchpad and keyboard for your computer. In addition it is possible to run in presentation remote control mode. Everything you need is a bluetooth module in both devices. Currently only Windows powered mobile devices and Windows host computers are supported.

Features

• Remote mouse cursor control
• Remote keyboard control
• Presentation remote control
• Communication through bluetooth

Download

The Remote Touchpad is a suite of two applications, one for computer, and another one for mobile phone. These applications are available as bundle installable on Windows computer. This bundle installs software both for computer and mobile phone if it is connected to computer, if not then it is possible to run phone software installer from Remote Touchpad tray menu.

For people having problems with automatic phone software installation there is manual installer downloadable from sourceforge project files repository.

All files are available through sourceforge repository. Download.

System requirements

Computer requirements:

• Operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or newer
• Bluetooth module
• Optional: Microsoft ActiveSync 4.0+ (for Windows XP or older) or Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center 6.0+ (for Windows Vista or newer)

Mobile phone requirements:

• Operating system: Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003/5.0/6.x
• Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 3.5 or newer
• Touch screen
• Bluetooth module

Installation guide

1. Enable Bluetooth in both devices: computer and mobile phone and pair devices if they aren't. This step differs in various bluetooth managers installed on computer. Pairing process using Windows Mobile bluetooth manager is shown below. Toggle screenshots.

   1.1. Add new bluetooth device.	1.2. Select device (computer) to pair with.	1.3. Enter connection passphrase.
   1.4. Enter the same passphrase on the computer.		1.5. WM bluetooth manager shows information, that pairing process is done.

2. Set up virtual COM port between devices. Toggle screenshots.

   2.1. Enter COM ports in bluetooth manager and tap New Outgoing Port.

   2.2. Select device with which you want to set up a port.

   2.3. Select port from available.

3. Connect mobile phone through ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center if it is not connected.
4. Install Remote Touchpad bundle on host computer. Choose to install phone software when asked. Toggle screenshots.

   4.1. Click yes to install phone software now.

5. Run installed software on mobile phone, go to the settings and select virtual COM port set between devices. Toggle screenshots.

   5.1. Run Remote Touchpad program.

   5.2. Click settings.

   5.3. Select the same port as set in point 2.

6. Run Remote Touchpad on computer and then select proper COM port or click Autodetect. The serial port name may differ from that selected in mobile device. Toggle screenshots.

   6.1. Right click on Remote Touchpad tray icon and choose Settings.	6.2. Click autodetect (this may take few seconds).
   6.3. The port is successfully detected.

7. Setup process is done! Feel free to use your Remote Touchpad now.

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