I think the upshot of this thread is that it would
be nice if Palm added a "serial port pass-through"
API in the HotSync.exe program, so that we could send
serial data to/from the Palm w/o having to first
shut HotSync.exe off.
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-Richard M. Hartman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Simpson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 11:38 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Most simple way of sending data from cradled Palm...
>
>
> Steve Sabram wrote:
> >Scott Simpson wrote:
> >>I presume that I cannot use the Serial Manager since
> HotSync will own the
> >>COM port on the Windows side.
> >That is a false assumtion. Nothing is "seized" on the
> action of inserting
> the
> >device into the cradle unlike other more unsocial environments.
>
> Yes, but what I meant was that a typical user will always
> have the HotSync
> Manager running in the background of their Windows session
> since it's in
> their startup group. This (I thought) meant that I cannot
> count on getting
> control of the COM port myself.
>
> >> Or is there a simpler way of doing this?
> >Yes there is. First, you can use the Serial Manager when
> the device is in
> the
> >cradle. HotSync is just another application that
> communicates with the
> >desktop.
> [snip]
> >I assume you don't desire to work with the desktop HotSync
> Manager. That
> is
> >fine. You'll just need to make sure that your Windows application is
> running
> >and has control of the cradle serial port before you Palm application
> starts
> >up.
>
> Indeed, there is my problem. I want to work alongside the
> HotSync app (I'd
> like to transfer a few bytes of data while a user is inside
> an app (not
> through a HotSync)). The problem is that the HotSync is
> likely to always be
> running so I cannot listen in on COM1 for my few bytes of data :-(...
>
> >A good first try of this is to write a program that sends
> and receives
> >characters on the Palm and then startup a terminal emulator
> on the desktop
> to
> >make sure it is communicating across the serial port.
>
> Good advice. I do, in fact, already have a perfectly working
> app as long as
> I can get control of the serial port (i.e. I shutdown the
> HotSync manager
> before I run my app).
>
> Thanks for your reply,
> Scott
>
>
