This section lists questions about HotSync methods that differ from the “usual” direct serial link method.
1. | How do I do an infrared (IR) HotSync? |
First of all your PalmPilot™ has to actually support IR HotSyncs. This can be achieved through various means: Palm OS® 3.3 and higher include support for it; there is an IR enhancements package for older Palm OS® versions; IrLink from IsComplete apparently has the same capabilities. Check out the PalmOne web pages for more information. Assuming your PalmPilot™ now has PC HotSync support and it is setup to do IR HotSyncs (in the HotSync preferences on the PalmPilot™), we can turn our attention to the PC you will be synchronization with. It needs an IR port. For laptops, this is trivial, desktop PCs may require some extra hardware.
Your Linux® kernel will need to support IR and the IRCOMM protocol.
For stock
Red Hat®
systems, the following command should
setup IR support (as Other distributions should follow the IR-HOWTO .
Once IR support in the kernel has been activated,
you need to make devices for the IR ports.
The IR-HOWTO suggests (as root ):
Next we need to start some daemons for IR services: Here /dev/ttyS
is the serial port
the IR port is using. n could be 0, 1, or some other
number depending on your hardware setup.
Follow the instructions in the IR-HOWTO for assistance
(for desktop machines, it's usually a setting in the BIOS).
Once you've gotten this far, just make The IR-HOWTO and other useful information on using IR may be found at http://mobilix.org/howtos.html and http://mobilix.org/software/irda/. | |
2. | Can I do a HotSync® with my (USB) Handspring™ Visor™? |
Yes, you can.
I don't have definitive information, but postings on the
KPilot mailing-list have stated that you can point | |
3. | Is there any support for remote HotSyncs? |
No, not yet. Maybe later. |
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