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Re: [PilotMgr] UPDATE 2: Syncing a Palm with a SunRay using PilotManager
- To: Andy.Poggio@xxxxxxxxxxx, dkeverne@xxxxxx
- Subject: Re: [PilotMgr] UPDATE 2: Syncing a Palm with a SunRay using PilotManager
- From: Andy Poggio <Andy.Poggio@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 15:52:52 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: SREng-pilot@xxxxxxxxxxxx, pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Reply-to: Andy Poggio <Andy.Poggio@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Sender: owner-pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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