[ltp] IR syncing working.

[uri]

Tom Rockwell says:
> I got it to work using kernel 2.2.14, the irda patch to kernel 2.2.14,
> irda-utils v0.9.9, pilot-link v0.9.4 and PalmOS v3.3.  In other words, 
> the latest versions of everything.  

My setup is:
 
Linux SuSE-6.3 (kernel vanilla 2.2.13, glibc-2.1.2), pilot-link-0.9.4,
PalmOS v3.0.3 9 (I think), irda-utils-0.9.8.
 
But I had to move serial port to COM2 (/dev/ttyS1) and IR port
to COM1 (/dev/ttyS0).

> here's my /dev's
> >ls -l ir* pilot ttyS0 ttyS1 
> crw-rw-rw-   1 root     root     161,   0 Jan 26 00:07 ircomm0
> crw-rw-rw-   1 root     root     161,   1 Jan 30 02:14 ircomm1
> crw-r--r--   1 root     root     161,  16 Jan 26 00:08 irlpt0
> crw-r--r--   1 root     root     161,  17 Jan 26 00:08 irlpt1

Same here - but irlpt should matter only when Thinkpad tries
to print via IR port, right? I.e. *not* when the Palm3 is
trying to print...?

> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root            7 Jan 26 14:25 pilot -> ircomm1
> 
> My thinkpad is set to have the IR port on ttyS0.

Excuse me? The above two lines contradict each other, as you're
symlink'ing the "pilot" device to the second port (ttyS1)...

In any case, after setting IR port on COM1, all the standard
steps worked OK. I.e. "pilot -> ircomm0", "irattach /dev/ttyS0"
etc. "pilot-xfer -s ............." works fine (if a touch too
slow).

> in /etc/conf.modules I have:
> # IR
> alias tty-ldisc-11 irtty
> alias char-major-161 ircomm-tty

Matches my setup.


> to start IR, I do:
> 	irattach /dev/ttyS0
> 
> pilot-xfer then works :-)

(:-)

> iramanger is not need with the new version of irattach.

(:-) Possibly, but it doesn't bother me to have it running.


> It took a while to get everything installed, but it's now working.
> I have a longer note if anybody is interested.

I'd like to have the mystery of ircomm1 vs. ircomm0 revealed.
-- 
Regards,
Uri		uri@watson.ibm.com
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