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Subject: Re: [ale] syncing a palm via serial/usb device?
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:01:36 -0500
From: Sergio Chaves <sergio at turbocorp.com>
Reply-To: sergio at turbocorp.com
Organization: Turbo Logistics, Inc.
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
References: <4033A4E3.5010700 at 3times25.net> 
<20040218183511.GU455 at worldnet.att.net> <4033BDFD.80704 at 3times25.net> 
<20040218200319.GV455 at worldnet.att.net> <4033CAA6.5090702 at 3times25.net>



On my Fedora Core 1, I noticed that the device used is /dev/usb/ttyUSB1.
I changed permissions on it (I know, I know, not a good idea) to 777 and
worked beautifully.

BTW, it is an old Sony CLIE T615C

My 2 cents

Sergio

Geoffrey wrote:

> Jason Day wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 02:33:17PM -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
>>
>>> Palm -> serial cradle -> serial to usb converter -> usb port
>>> Palm IIIc.  I've also got a Palm VIIx, but no luck with it either.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ok, so it will use the visor driver for syncing.  Have you compiled it
>> into your kernel, or as a module?
>
>
> I assume it's called visor.o, yeah, the module's insmod.
>
>>
>> You will also need a recent version of pilot-link installed.  0.9.x
>> won't work at all, you will need one of the 0.11.x versions for USB
>> syncing to work; 0.11.8 is the latest version.
>
>
> 0.11.8 is what I've got.
>
>>
>> Assuming you have pilot-link 0.11.x installed, try this at a console
>> prompte:
>>
>>     pilot-xfer -l -p /dev/ttyUSB1
>
>
> I pressed hotsync, then executed:
>
> pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSB0 -l # it want's the port before the -l option
>
> No go.  I see: Listening to port: /dev/ttyUSB0
>
> Please press the Hotsync button now....
>
> Then the palm returns the connection error. :(
>
>>
>> Remember that you have to hit the sync button on the cradle first, then
>> start pilot-xfer.  At the very least you should have lots of stuff in
>> your logs.
>
>
> I did press the hotsync on the cradle first.
>
>

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