Read the chapter on the serial manager in the SDK docs. Its short and should answer you questions.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Frantisek Dufka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 8:12 AM Subject: USB vs. serial communication on Palms with OS 4? > Hello, > > can someone explain how the serial vs. USB communication is done in > PalmOS on my M500? When I hotsync I use the same Connection in > Preferences called Cradle/Cable. It works via serial and USB. > > I found out that when i open serial port from Palm side and the palm is > in USB cradle, it comes up as USB device on PC side. > > Is the serial port in some way paired with USB port? Can I open just > serial or just USB and communicate over it? Can I distinguish them on > Palm side? > > Can I run PPP over USB with Windows 2000? Currently I can do this with > serial cable (Mochasoft PPP or Windows RAS). > > Thanks, > Frantisek > > > -- > 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/
