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Re: [PilotMgr] UPDATE 2: Syncing a Palm with a SunRay using PilotManager



The key point seems to be that the adapter needs a Solaris driver that 
works with SunRays.  The one I described was the least expensive I could 
find.

--andy

>Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 10:23:44 +0000
>From: Darren Keverne <darren.keverne@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>To: Andy Poggio <Andy.Poggio@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>CC: SREng-pilot@xxxxxxxxxxxx, pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [PilotMgr] UPDATE 2:  Syncing a Palm with a SunRay using  
PilotManager
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>Andy,
>
>
>Do you know if we can use the USB connector that you can get to plug 
the palm
>into a Mac (or similar) rather than having to go and buy a full serial 
to
>USB adaptor???
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Darren
>
>
>Andy Poggio wrote:
>
>> The improvements keep coming in.  Thanks to Johnson Earls for the
>> latest.
>>
>> --andy
>>
>> PilotManager with a SunRay
>> Andy Poggio
>> 30 Nov 00
>>
>> 0.  You need SunRay 1.2 or later software.  This should be the case 
with
>> SunRays installed after the date of this document.
>>
>> 1.  Purchase a SunRay-compatible serial to USB adapter.  I am using 
an
>> Edgeport/2 purchased directly from IONetworks (www.ionetworks.com).  
You
>> can phone Cathy Collins at 512/306.1124; she offers a 20% discount to
>> Sun.
>>
>> 2.  Plug the adapter into a SunRay USB port.  On the Edgeport/2 the
>> front panel light will blink green.  I have never seen it stay a 
steady
>> green as the manual describes.  It blinks yellow when you have serial
>> traffic passing thru it.
>>
>> 3.  Connect your Palm cradle to port 1 on the Edgeport.
>>
>> 4.  To locate the device, type:
>>      #  cd $UTDEVROOT/dev/term
>>
>> 5.  In the term directory, find the device; for my Edgeport/2 port 1 
it
>> is:
>>     Inside_Out_Networks.04-05-005558a
>>
>> 6.  Make a symbolic link to a unique identifier in your home 
directory;
>> for example, /home/poggio/pilotmgrporta, by typing:
>>      # ln -s $UTDEVROOT/dev/term/Inside_Out_Networks.04-05-005558a \
>>      /home/poggio/pilotmgrporta
>>
>> 7.  Start PilotManager.  In Properties under the File menu, set the
>> Pilot Port to your symbolic link:  /home/poggio/pilotmgrporta.  Set 
the
>> comm speed to 115200.
>>
>> 8. Sync your Palm.  You may see some delays at the beginning and end 
of
>> the sync process, but at the high comm speed things should be faster
>> overall.
>>
>> 
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