Re: Palm sync

From: Michael W Cocke (cocke_at_catherders.com)
Date: 10/06/04 

Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 10:24:16 -0400

On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 04:36:48 GMT, Grant <grant_ito@shaw.ca> wrote:

>On to a tougher question. I have a Palm Pilot m515 which I desperately want
>to sync to my Linux box so I can finally have my calendar and addresses
>accessible rather than have to rely on "that other OS". I've done many
>searches with Google and on SuSE's online documentation and Portal and have
>come to the conclusion that this has been a problem for many people for
>some time; so long, in fact, that I can't tell which articles are the most
>recent.
>
>At the risk of asking the already-oft-asked question, "How can I get my Palm
>m515 to sync from its USB cradle?"
>
>Again, any help would be greatly appreciated.
>

I also have a 515 and have no problems (now) syncing. The trick is
locating the correct usb port to configure jpilot (I prefer J to the
others, but this holds for all of them).

The trick is, the usb port DOES NOT EXIST until AFTER you have pressed
the sync button on the (connected to the computer) palm cradle..

1) Configure jpilot to use /dev/ttyUSB0. Press the sync button on the
cradle. Press the sync button on jpilot.
2) Does it work? Yes:Done, no -
3) Abort the sync, increment /dev/ttyUSBx in jpilot, press the sync
button. Goto step 2.

If the number of the ttyUSB port relates to ANYTHING in the hardware,
I cannot find what. My palm is in the 2nd USB port on my motherboard
and uses USB1. My wifes is in the 4th port and uses USB2. Go figure.

Mike- 

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