Dave, You are right - the Visor line does not worth new development efforts. And what about others among Handspring family? Are there normal RS232 port in the rest of there handhelds?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Lippincott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 9:31 PM Subject: Re: Handspring Visor and serial driver > I've worked only enough with the Visor serial port to know I won't support > it. I'm unfamiliar with it potential capabilities. If it were a normal > RS232 port or even a standard Palm device, 115K is no problem. > I'd try is asking Handspring or reading their hardware SDK for serial port > limitations. However, I've read Handspring is discontinuing the Visor line > (I don't know the time table). IMHO If your developing new software and/or > device, I'd think long and hard about putting resources into supporting the > Visor line. If its for personal use, or a one-off thing for you company... > happy hacking. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alexandre Kazantsev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 11:00 AM > Subject: Re: Handspring Visor and serial driver > > > > Dave, > > > > We know that the keyboard driver has to be disabled and know how to > disable > > the driver. Say, soft reset when the cradle is hooked up would be good > > enough for now. And an appropriate level shifting cable is used to > interface > > our RS-232 device. I need to know for sure if the Visor could sustain 115K > > communication speed. Is it possible at all? > > > > HermesPalm wrote in another reply: "... they changed the name of the > serial > > library". Could it be that they changed the library itself? Does the > > Handspring serial library is equivalent to New Serial Library? Does it > > include SrmSetWakeHandler, SrmReceiveWindowOpen, SrmReceiveWindowClose > > functions compatible with those in Palm OS New Serial Manager? > > > > Thank you guys for the replies in any case. > > > > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
