The port on the bottom of the m505 is very similar to all the other palms. You can plug a serial hotsync cable directly into it, and use the standard Palm serial communications routines. USB for the m505 is done by setting the palm into the supplied cradle, which has a USB connection out to the PC. >From a programming and user point of view, if you plug a "serial" cable into the m505, you can send data over the serial port. If you plug a USB cable or cradle into the m505, then I doubt you can send normal serial data using the standard serial routines, but I'm not completely sure.
-Keith B. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Max Bian Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 11:51 AM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: RE: Palm m505 and Serial Communications I am just curious... How does the USB port on m505 work just exactly like a serial port? Max --- Keith Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have had no problem migrating my product line from Palm IIIc (OS 3.5) to > the m505 (OS 4.0). All serial communications that I had written for the > IIIc just worked like a champ the 1st time on the m505. No rewritting of > code necessary. I would recommend you get the OS4 rom for your testing and > development though. And as always, test is on an actual device before you > ship anything. > > -Keith Bray ===== http://www.weirdwww.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
