Re: [coldsync-hackers] [FreeBSD / Clie] PEG-T415 behavior

[Adam McDaniel <adamm at psynch dot com>]

On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 10:14:56AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> The source is freely available :)
> I did talk with someone a while ago about getting support for the 4.0 OS
> devices into one of the BSDs, but never heard how it went.  I am glad to
> help out with any questions about the visor driver that anyone might
> have.

I have heard that M505 was able to work, but anything else past that I'm
not 100% sure... I could be wrong though :)

> A patch for coldsync to use libusb was posted here a while ago.  That
> might enable your device to work, as libusb works on both *BSD and
> Linux.

I wasn't able to find that in the archives. I sure could use it for other
unrelated problems/issues im trying to get past in the clie, do you have
an address to grab it from?

> > Really?  From what I can tell (from the dumps) the protocol used to 
> > communicate with the Clie (4.1) seems quite different from that used to 
> > communicate with my Visor Platinum (3.5.2).  I used to be able to sync my 
> > Plat against the BSD box here.  I wonder what the connection is?
> 
> Correct, the protocol is quite different.  But coldsync handles it just
> fine if you tell it that it is a 'simple' or 'net' device.

I've never had any success with my tests using the 'net' protocol, 'simple'
is the only one that ever worked.

-- 
Adam McDaniel
Infrastructure Technology Consultant
M-Tech Mercury Information Technology, Inc.

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