Hey Alex, Also have your pda plugged into the cradle with pda on and see if the system profiler gives you any different results.
Ward on 10/31/2002 9:58 PM, Ward Oldham at woldham at insightbb.com wrote: > OK, Alex . . . > > I'm confused. You have your keyboard plugged into one usb port. Mouse > plugged into the side of the keyboard. Printer plugged into the other usb > port. > > So how can your pda be plugged in at all? > > Ward > > > on 10/31/2002 9:48 PM, Alex Whitman at alylex at earthlink.net wrote: > >> >> On Thursday, October 31, 2002, at 05:11 PM, Ward Oldham wrote: >>> Connectivity seems to be a likely issue. Make sure you have it >>> connected >>> directly to a built-in usb port, not a hub for your initial tests. >> >> It is plugged into one of the three USB ports on the back of the iMac. >> >>> Once >>> connected, you may want to check to see if the Apple System Profiler >>> detects >>> the device. >> >> Ah, there's the (first) rub. Under Devices and Volumes, System >> Profiler shows the keyboard with the mouse branching off from it. One >> mystery item shows up as a "USB device" ... but that device must be the >> printer since the printer prints. The results are the same whether the >> Palm cradle with adapter is plugged in or not. >> >>> If not, go find a different adapter. >> >> And that's the (second) rub. The PalmConnect USB-serial adapter seems >> to have been discontinued, as it no longer appears on the Palm store >> website at all. The I-Concepts adapter (suggested with a shrug and a >> "maybe?" by the Apple rep at CompUSA) was the only one I could find in >> an afternoon of driving all over town. The people at Circuit City and >> Best Buy were not optimistic about getting any (Palm brand or >> otherwise) in. >> >> I'm just about ready to give up and rebuild my Win98 box for the sole >> purpose of backing up the PDA (is that nuts or what?)... Unless you >> have other ideas? >> >> Thanks for your help, Ward. >> >> Alex Whitman >> alylex at earthlink.net >> >> >> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 >> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of >> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. >> > > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 > For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
