[ale] hadnspring visor with RH7.2 and Evolution/Ximian

[Jim Philips]

There was a thread about this recently on the Ximian Users list. The
report there was that it works like a champ with the serial cable, but
nobody was able to get it working with USB.


On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 11:16, Gene Matthews wrote:
> Well, I have a few spare minutes and I am trying to get my Visor to sync
> with Evolution with a USB cradle.  I have tried this before and ended up
> giving up when I didn't have any more time to mess with it.  I have even
> asked Qs on this list before (my archive searching skills must be
> lacking, because I can't find it when I search).  Anyone got this
> working?
> 
> I can do a 'pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSB1 -b visorbackup' just fine so I am
> assuming my USB setup is ok.
> 
> However, in Evolution, when I select Tools | Pilot Settings, it launches
> the welcome to gnome-pilot gui.  I then enter my cradle settings as:
> 
> Name:  Cradle (didn't change)
> Port:  /dev/ttyUSB1
> Speed: 57600 (didn't change)
> Timeout: 2 (didn't change)
> Type:  Handsprinb USB
> 
> Then I say "yes" to I have used sync s/w with this pilot before (on
> windoze) and click next, it asks that I press the hotsync button on the
> crade and when I do, it just eventually times out on the visor, and I
> never get any response back on the 'Initial Sync' gui.
> 
> If any Evolution users have this working,I'd appreciate any pointers.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gene
> 
> 
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