Agh,
I would love to buy a second hand Palm but - after reading this - I think I
NEVER wanna try to make it work under Linux IrDA...
Life is complicated, why charge yourself with more problems???
:-)))))))))))))))))
Massimo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck ELLIOT(CMS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: martedì 6 febbraio 2001 12:46
Subject: [Linux-IrDA]Palm III Hotsync Revisited
> 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
> Tel: 0114 225 4583
> fax: 0114 225 3161
> fax: 07020 964 228
> voicemail: 07020 964 226
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>
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