[ltp] SerialPort for Palm V

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On 30-Jun-00 Mikhail 'Misha' Rutman wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to set up my ThinkPad 600x to sync with my PalmV. I
> am having
> troubles in getting the serial port to work. I have determined
> that the
> appropriate device is /dev/ttyS0. I also ran the PS2.EXE
> utility to enable
> the serial port and also to turn the power on. Some sys outputs
> follow:
> 
> [root ]# setserial /dev/ttyS0
> /dev/ttyS0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x0, IRQ: 0
> [root ]# tpctl --rx
> resource state:                                  current
>  floppy controller:                             enable  0x3f0
> IRQ6
>  parallel port:                                 enable  0x3bc
> IRQ7 ext'd
>  serial port 1:                                 enable  0x0  
> IRQ0
>  serial port 2:                                 enable  0x3f8
> IRQ4
> 

This looks as if there's only a serial port at COM2, i.e.
/dev/ttyS1 - did you tell PS2 to use COM2 for the serial port (I
dont remember whether there's such an option - just make sure
that it's not the IR port that is using io==0x3f8 / IRQ4).
Simply try `setserial /dev/ttyS1' and check whether you can talk
to your pilot - if it still doesn't work, reboot DOS and verify
the settings paying attention to the IR port.

> When I run the command 'install-user /dev/pilot misha 1' it
> just hangs,
> which makes me believe that there is something wrong with the
> serial port
> (the IRQ0 looks a little fishy -- since IRQ0 is reserved for
> the sys time,
> I think). The palm does not act like its being proded.
> 
> Could anyone shed some light onto what can I do to get the palm
> and the
> TPad to talk?
> 
> Much thanks,
> Misha
> PS I am running RedHat6.2 and 2.2.14-5 kernel on ThinkPad600x
> with KDE
> 
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