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Re: Serial Port problem on a Sun Sparc 20
- To: kent.white@East
- Subject: Re: Serial Port problem on a Sun Sparc 20
- From: emonet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Thierry Emonet)
- Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 17:16:49 -0700 (MST)
- Cc: pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- In-reply-to: <34DB9809.18CBD800@east.sun.com> (message from Kent White on Fri, 06 Feb 1998 18:08:57 -0500)
- Reply-to: emonet@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Sender: owner-pilotmgr
Hi,
thanks a lot. This was the solution! All is runing perfectly now.
Thierry
>
> I believed I fixed this by logging out and rebooting (reboot -r) the
> Sparc. This made the machine see that something was attached and using
> the serial port. First make sure you are on the TTYA and not the TTYB
> port.
>
> Kent.
>
> Thierry Emonet wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just plugged the cradle into the serial port of my Sparc 20
> > workstation. Then I have installed the PilotManager and finally have
> > tried the first HotSync as explained in the PilotManager web page. The
> > result was the following:
> >
> > 02/06/98 15:26:24 Please press the Hotsync button on your Pilot cradle
> > 02/06/98 15:26:54 Unable to connect to the Pilot. Sync aborted.
> >
> > It seems that the port is not correct (I am trying to use /dev/ttya) or that
> > it is not activated:
> >
> > - How can I fix the problem?
> > - I don't know anything about serial ports on unix machines... where can
> > I learn?
> > - Do I need to be root to fix the problem (I am not root and I would
> > prefer not to bother the sysadmi staff with that)?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Thierry
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