[coldsync-hackers] Re: Palm USB protocol.

[Alessandro Zummo <azummo-coldsync@towertech.it>]

 On 20-Nov-01 at 20:32:09,
  David A. Desrosiers <hacker@gnu-designs.com> wrote:

>> But there was no specific documentation on the protocols used over the
>> USB pipes.

>     Nor will it ever be, at least... not by Palm.

>     HotSync(r) is a patented, copyrighted product by Palm, involving
> several (proprietary) protocols to communicate with the Palm hardware. You
> gain access to these through the APIs provided by Palm in the Conduit
> Development Kit. The SDK also has some information to use as well, but the
> protocol itself, as well as the means by which it communicates with the
> device, will probably never be publically documented, unless Palm has a
> pretty drastic change of mission/vision.

Eventually we can write our own prc to handle the syncronization, nobody
forces us to use HotSync :-)

-- 

  - alex.


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