Hot Sync Palm OS device

[Andrew Zschetzsche]

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Since I've done this a little while ago, I think I remember it all, and 
thus I'll just start from scratch.

I have a USB cradle for my palm, but me thinks that the Serial to USB 
thing should just act like a regular USB cradle/cable.  You can try 
this, then research it if it fails to work.

First you need to find what tty location your Palm is.  It should be 
/dev/ttyUSB0 or /dev/ttyUSB1 (provide your palm is the only thing that 
uses a tty interface via USB.  To see this you can read the kernel log 
by typing:

sudo tail /var/log/messages

Palm pilots use two actually tty ports, and I think they actually use 
the second which should be ttyUSB1.

So now we know that it's (example) ttyUSB1.  to use this as a non-root 
person you need to chmod it:

sudo chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB1

There, now you can read and write it.

Optional:  if you want, you can link /dev/ttyUSB1 to /dev/pilot.

Now fire up Gpilot, and select /dev/ttyUSB1, and select the USB radio 
button.  You can change the speed later if you wish.  Now the rest 
should be self-explanatory.....

I should write a formal how-to for the YDL website. ;)

- --Andy Zschetzsche


On Mar 6, 2005, at 8:25 PM, Kenneth Browne wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm running YDL 4.0 on a G4 400 Mhz with 512 RAM and have lots of 
> questions and problems trying to sync my Palm device.
>
> Palm OS device is a Handspring Visor Edge. I have a serial cradle but 
> the G4 has no serial ports so I am (trying to) use a generic 
> serial/usb cable to solve the problem. I want to use the Gnome pilot 
> sync but cannot figure out how to get the PC to see the Palm device.
>
> Gnome Pilot wants a "Port" setting. Default is /dev/pilot There's also 
> a radio button for "USB" and another for "Serial" as well as IrDA and 
> Network. I've tried all sorts of combinations, but can't get GPilot to 
> find the Visor.
>
> In the limited help file there's mention of a link between /dev/pilot 
> and something else. Can't figure that one out. /dev/pilot does not 
> seem to exist. Do I create one simply by making a folder /pilot within 
> /dev?
>
> What's the correct path to a USB port? /dev/USBtty#? or /dev/USB/tty# 
> or something else altogether?
>
> Should I be telling GPilot to look at a serial port, such as /dev/tty0?
>
> I looked for help at a gpilot archive but most posters are dealing 
> with non PPC distributions of Linux, none that I found relate to YDL.
>
> TIA for any help anyone can offer.
>
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