No one has ever experienced this??? Or is it so over discussed that no one wants to answer? I did not find anything in the Palm KB about this issue...especially since it doesn't seem to ever happen on Palm units.
-Mike "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:95169@palm-dev-forum... > > I have seen a specific problem on Handsprings and the Samsung i300 and > hoping someone can help. I assume (haven't verified) that this problem is > the same one as reported from a customer with a Treo phone. > > Seems something is stealing the serial port when the hotsync cable (or > cradle) is plugged in that keeps my program from opening the port. The only > way to fix it is to disconnect the cable or cradle and reconnect it. Is > there a software way around this? > > On top of this problem, I have also noticed that the i300 seems to steal the > port when the phone is on. If my program is running and you turn on the > phone, it stays connected, but if you turn the phone on then run my program > it will not connect even if you 'cycle' the cable connection. As soon as > you turn off the phone and cycle the cable connection, it reconnects. > > I disable the Handspring Keyboard daemon: > > if (!FtrGet ('hsEx', 0, &ftrValue)) > HsExtKeyboardEnable (false); > > I check for the new Serial Manager like this: > > err = FtrGet(sysFileCSerialMgr,sysFtrNewSerialPresent, &ftrValue); > > I am opening the port like this: > > err = SrmOpen (serPortCradlePort, 2400 , &gSerialRefNum); > > Can anyone shed some light? > > TIA, > Mike > > > > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
