One more tidbit. I tried taking the hotsync cable, connecting it to a
gender changer, and then connecting that the the serial cable. That didn't
work either. Help??
Andrew Lathrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:20387@palm-dev-forum...
>
> Ok. Trying to make sense of what everyone said. I went to a few websites
> and tried to figure this out. From
> http://www.massena.com/darrin/pilot/luiz/item4.htm, i found out about the
> cradles connections. It said that (Arrows show direction of data, numbers
> are pins, RX - receiving, TX - trasmitting )
> 6 TX ----> 2 RX ------> 2 RX
> 8 RX<---- 3 TX <------ 3 TX
> Cradle Cable End Serial Port
> And i am guessing the third part, that the 2 RX connects to the 2 RX on my
> comps serial port, and the 3 TX to the 3 TX.
> From http://www.loop-back.com/null-mod.html, i figure out how the null
modem
> cable i used in the direct serial connection works.
> 2 RX <------- 2 RX <-------- 3 TX <--------- 2 TX
> 3 TX -------> 3 TX --------> 2 RX --------> 3 RX
> Serial Port Cable End 1 Cable End 2 SerialPort
> Device 1
> Device 2
> The more I look at this, the more confused I get. But, assuiming my
> diagrams are correct, and that i follow my own train of thought, in both
> cases the data is switched from RX to TX once. So then in theory, there
> should be no problem??? If anyone can please explain what i said, or
> correct me in any way, please let me know. Thanks for the earlier
> suggestions.
> Andrew
> Andrew Lathrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:20279@palm-dev-forum...
> >
> > A question. I have written an app that works fine in the emulator. It
> uses
> > the serial port to connect to a third device via a direct serial cable.
> > When the HotSync the program to my Palm, and then try to use it on the
> Palm,
> > connecting to the third device using the HotSync cradle. It no longer
> > works. From what I can tell, the cradle isn't sending out the same
stuff
> > over the serial cable. Would this be different if i got a third party
> > serial cable that had no cradle? Which would mean the HotSync cradle
> steals
> > the serial port only for its own use. Or does the actual Palm Device
> handle
> > serial communications differently? Other apps did work using the
cradle,
> > but those went back to the serial port on my desktop and i talked to
> > HyperTerminal. Any ideas? Any input would be greatly appreciated,
> > Thanks
> > Andrew
> >
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