I assumed that the original poster meant a plain Zire by asking about a Zire. The Zire 21, and even more so the Zire 71, are much different devices, despite similar names.
-- Luc Le Blanc Dave Lippincott a �crit : > The Zire 71 is not USB only. The 21 is USB only. > USB != RS232. Different electrical interfaces, different protocols. The > Z71 uses the universal connector so it also has a serial UART in addition to > USB. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Josip Gracin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 2:33 PM > Subject: Re: Connecting Palm Zire to a modem... > > > On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 11:40:28AM -0500, Luc Le Blanc wrote: > > > Alas, the Zire connector has a USB-only pinout. No serial pins, > > > unlike other USB connectors. > > > > Being a newbie I have to ask, what does this mean? Isn't there a serial > > cable available for Zire71 by which one can connect to any other > > serial device? If so, then why is the USB-only pinout a problem? > > > > I intend to buy one such cable which I will be linking to my Garmin > > eTrex GPS (among other things). -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
