Re: [PilotMgr] pilots and serial-detection

[Dan Mick <Dan.Mick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No, it's not.  What works is "hitting the button makes the HotSync 
processing work".  I own a Palm; I use it on Windows.  I know of
no way to initiate the HotSync from the Windows desktop.
If you do, I'd like to know about it.

And PilotManager *does* run as a daemon if you want it to.
Try pilotmanager -?.


> Of course this is true for Palms..... running the desktop on a PC.
> This is the way Palm designed the hotsync to work.  It's just that the
> Unix PilotManager doesn't support this functionality.
> 
> 
> > Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 21:07:42 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Dan Mick <Dan.Mick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [PilotMgr] pilots and serial-detection
> > To: pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, vilhuber@xxxxxxxxx
> > MIME-Version: 1.0
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> > 
> > 
> > > I'm curious why this works in windows and not under linux (my platform of
> > > choice; I would suspect that the same is true for Sun's): When I start a
> > > hotsync under windows, I do NOT have to press the button on the cradle. I
> > > assume this is because it raises some leads on the wire, that wake up the
> > > palm (or in my case handspring).
> > 
> > I'm pretty certain this is not possible with Palm machines.  Handspring
> > may have added this, because it's an obviously-useful feature.
> > 
> > If you can get this working with a true Palm, I want to know about it.
> > 

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