Re: [coldsync-hackers] Cannot Coldsync with Visor Pro...

[Andrew Arensburger <arensb+CShackers@ooblick.com>]

On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 12:03:43AM -0400, Brian Skrab wrote:
> 	Just unpacked a new Visor Pro and am having some trouble getting
> 	coldsync to talk with it.
[...]
> ===== Waiting for wakeup packet
> usb read: Input/output error
> slp_read: read: Input/output error

	Let me guess: this message is printed at exactly the same time
that the Visor times out and breaks the connection, right? If so, it
appears to be the same problem as with the Palm m50x series.
	I'm working on this, but since Palm isn't being forthcoming
with documentation, I don't know how long it might take. In the
meantime, this should only be a USB problem; if you have a serial
cradle, that should work fine.

	In a nutshell, this is a classic example of producer-consumer
starvation (I have a CS degree! See how I can sling jargon? Whee!): it
looks as if the Palm has sent a packet, but ColdSync hasn't seen it,
for whatever reason. Now ColdSync is blocking, waiting for a packet
from the Palm, and the Palm is blocking, waiting for a response from
the desktop.

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