On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 12:14:08AM -0400, Brian Mathis wrote:
> "K. Chugh" wrote:
> > hmmm... is there no way to simulate the pressing of the palm button?
> >
> > thanks,
> > kevin
>
> No, there isn't.
>
> The Hotsync manager simply listens on a port. When you press the hotsync button
> or start a hotsync from the palm app, it sends a message saying "hey, I want to
> hotsync". No matter how hard you try, you can't get something that only
> listens, to speak.
>
> When you press the hotsync button, it just shorts 2 pins in the cradle, which
> are not connected at all to the PC. This generates an event which starts up the
> hotsync app on the Palm, and starts the hotsync process.
>
> It is physically impossible to start it from the PC.
Without a Hack on the Palm, that is. You could have something
checking the port every so often looking for one of the other pins to
change state or for a character and have it queue a keydown event for
hotsync...
It would be an intricate dance, but not really impossible. Though it
would be hard on batteries.
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