Alas, the Zire connector has a USB-only pinout. No serial pins, unlike other USB connectors.
-- Luc Le Blanc Dave Lippincott a �crit : > You can't. (one more time) USB has a client-server arraignment. Almost > all devices are one or the other but not both. Two clients cannot talk to > one another. Most hand helds have the client chipset inside so they can > communicate with your PC/Mac. > > Units also with a serial port can do what you want. You will need to use a > custom cable to connect a serial cradle to a modem. (you may be able to play > around with a series of serial adapters to get the wire configuration > needed) Some older Palms have serial modem cables available that will > connect the unit directly to a modem. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jonathan Dudley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum > To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 9:46 AM > Subject: Connecting Palm Zire to a modem... > > > Hi All, > > > > I was wondering is it possible to connect a Palm Zire or any other palm > > which has a USB cradle to a modem to make it dial and establish a > connection > > with a remote server? Is it possible to connect it to a modem somehow > using > > the usb cable of the cradle while the palm is sitting in its cradle (like > > you can with palms that have serial cradles)? Or is the only way to do > this > > to get a serial cable instead of the USB cradle or to maybe use a special > > modem cradle perhaps? > > > > Thanks for any information... > > > > Jonathan -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
