This may be a bit of an old topic but my recent experiences
differ from advice which has appeared on this list. I had a
lot of problems mainly owing to being unable to find complete,
coherent and non-contradictory information on this topic.
I finally succeeded after much effort and trial and error, with the
following:
RedHat 6.2
Actisys IR210L connected to Jetway Motherboard
Bios settings: com2 disabled, IRPORT IO=0x2f8, IRQ=3, set to HP SIR
#conf.modules
alias tty-ldisc-11 irtty
alias char-major-60 ircomm_tty
alias char-major-161 ircomm_tty
#devices
/dev/irnine 60, 64
/dev/ircomm0 161, 0
/dev/ircomm1 161, 1
/dev/irlpt0 161, 16
/dev/irlpt1 161, 17
/dev/pilot ------> /dev/ttyS1
#/etc/irda/drivers
case blah blah
[start]
irattach /dev/pilot
/etc/rc.d/init.d/irda start (this runs irmanager -d 1 which also calls the
/etc/irda/drivers script)
At this point irdadump shows connection, daddr, irObex exchanges etc.
and irdaping works using the daddr obtained from irdadump or /proc/net/irda/*
I then use the excellent jpilot (www.jpilot.org) and set its serial port
setting to /dev/irnine
The final trick is to start jpilot's SYNC/BACKUP process BEFORE putting the
palm in place,
otherwise I would get 'No data on link' or some such error and no hotsync.
(maybe a flaw in the
ircomm protocol implementation?).
This all seems to contradict some previous postings viz:
(The advice to disable the uart on ttyS1 gave me tcsetattr errors from irattach)
(It seems that /dev/irnine *is* the correct device to ircomm with but you still
need to irattach to /dev/ttySX).
No offense to anyone but the documentation on this is *not* good. I would
volunteer to write some
but the above is just about all I know ;o)
I hope this helps someone.
Thanks to all who contribute to Linux-IrDA - great stuff!
Chuck Elliot.
Dr Chuck Elliot
Principal Lecturer
School of Computing & Management Sciences
Sheffield Hallam University
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