i have aswell. using their examples and the documentation to explain them
and how they work it becomes very easy to understand and impliment into an
application. i do notice though that for debugging purposes it is possible
to use the pose but for barcode scanning you need to comment it out (because
the cable is plugged into where the msr is). other then that i enjoy
working with it because its just like a palm unit with a few added features
-----Original Message-----
From: B. Flaumenhaft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Palm Developer Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, March 13, 2000 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: symbol - spt 1740
>
>I've worked extensively with the 1740s. By and large, they work quite
>nicely ... transparent TCP/IP stack, more or less.
>
>Be careful with the Symbols ... they don't document certain things well,
>and they're very finicky (like Palms in general). If you get something
>wrong, they're very sensitive.
>
>Another annoying thing is that the SDK suggests you not pass timeouts to
>any of the TCP/IP functions ... this makes non-blocking I/O impossible, and
>certain kinds of applications unworkable (since the Palm isn't
>multithreaded).
>
>FYI ...
>
>>has anyone worked with any of the symbol products - spt 1740? i
>>specifically want anecdotes concerning the rf and serial communications,
and
>>any problems with their sdk. thanks.
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