[Gllug] USB to serial converters

[Richard Turner]

On Sunday 07 Mar 2004 9:25 am, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> Maybe this is the answer to my USB dilemma?  Connecting a usb device [a
> palm pda] to a serial port and then being able to sync my pda? Anyone
> got any thoughts on this avenue please?

It's really not a hardware problem you're experiencing though - you've 
established that your box knows the PDA is there, it's just a case of making 
the two talk.  You could try kpilot, dlpsh, etc on /dev/ttyUSB[01] as well - 
so far you've only been trying /dev/usb/ttyUSB[01] haven't you?

Also if it fails when using dlpsh, just try the same thing again a few times - 
if the visor module's being loaded only at need (as I think is the case with 
Red Hat) then the first attempt is quite likely to fail as the connection 
times-out before the kernal module is loaded - failing the first or second 
time doesn't mean that exactly the same thing won't work the next time.

It's worth persevering - others have managed to HotSync their M130s so there's 
no reason why you'll not be able to do so too :o)

Richard.
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