VPC 7, Palm hotsync, finally

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In article news:1123644670.251789.96770@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
Jan Becket wrote:
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> The hotsync is through a USB to IrDA infared adapter plugged into the
> Mac USB port. It seems to work with hotsync turned ON on the Mac
> side, but with all the setup options unchecked (USB, Bluetooth, etc).
> In VPC it is also necessary to use the Windows utility to install the
> resources, which fortunately are placed on the Mac with the initial
> installation of VPC. Once that is done, infared appears as an option
> in the hotsync menu on the Windows side.
>
> When the adapter is plugged in, there should be a message to the
> effect that another computer is nearby, which means that Windows
> recognizes the Palm. A couple of times, I had to begin the hotsync
> process first and then bring the Palm into range of the adapter, but
> I onn't know if this means anything. Most of the time it starts
> right up, no problem.
>
> To get it to work, I had to uninstall the bluetooth resources in
> Windows and to go into the hotsync setup menu in Windows and assign
> both "local" and "modem" to COMM 2. I then plugged the IrDA adapter
> into COMM 1 / USB 1. Before I did this, I was getting a message that
> the port was in use by another application.
>
The "I had to begin the hotsync process first and then bring the Palm
into range" problem and the '...port is in use by another application'
error are the same problem. There is a conflict between Windows looking
for peers to send files to, and the Palm HotSync opening. Sometime it
will occur and sometimes not. My recommendation is always to initiate
the HotSync *before* bring the Palm into range of the PC (PC's IrDA
device).

I would have expected the only difference for Windows in the VPC
session, is to get Windows to use the IrDA USB adapter, I wouldn't have
expected anything else required on the Mac, nor the setting of the local
and modem ports in the Windows HotSync Manager. I'm guessing that the
conflict was only occuring some of the times, and thus making unrelated
configuration changes appear useful.


> The only downside is that infared is slow, really slow. Some of the
> raster maps I am using in Fugawi are 25 megs, but those can be
> created in VPC and then dragged over to the Mac side for a much
> quicker cable installation. The initial application installations
> and all the waypoints and routes look like they work better directly
> though VPC, though.
>
I'm never used a setup like yours, but it should probably be possible to
get the Mac HotSync Manager (HSM) to accept a direct connection, whether
IrDA/USB/Serial etc, and forward it to the Windows version via Network
HotSync. That might be faster.

That's assuming the Mac can make a TCP/IP connection to the Windows
session. If so set the both HotSync Manager to allow network
HotSyncing, and in the Palm's network HotSync settings set the Windows'
box IP Address. Theoretically a pass through connection will then be
made.


> I have been looking and haven't seen any other references to hotsync
> with VPC 7, and 10.4, so I hope this info helps some folks out ...
>

Can't offer anything on VPC specifically but for more on Palm to Windows
IrDA HotSync, see question 1.1 at my faq
<http://www.alanjmcf.me.uk/comms/infrared/IrDA%20FAQ.html>.
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