Tom Zerucha wrote:
> 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.
I'd qualify that by saying "without hardware".
The HotSync button is simply a switch. You could build a custom cradle that closes
this switch via command from the PC. There are
a lot of ways this could be done. Hmmmm ... there could even be a market for a custom
cradle like this.
Steve
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