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Hi all,

I made a recent purchase of a Palm Tungsten T3 running PalmOS v5.2.1 It
comes with IR support, but strangely enough it cannot establish a connection
with my Dell Latitude 600 laptop running Win2K+SP3 despite the laptop's IR
port does work with my Nokia 6310i cell phone. When I right-click on the
HotSync icon in Windows' system tray and check the "infrared" entry (on in
addition to the yet checked "Local USB" which the craddle uses) I almost
immediately get an failure message inviting me to read a
"\\helpnotes\\IR_readme.text" file which I do not happen to have.

After searching here and there on the web, I found on the microsoft support
website that if IrDA is supported on Win2K, it doesn't seem to support the
IRCOMM programming language (??) -- while Win95/98/Me/XP all do (of
course...). Does the HotSync app' only use this communication mode through
IR ?

Can anyone help me out on how I could enjoy the synch with my laptop through
the IR port (leaving the craddle for evening synch's)

Thanks by advance to your time and dedication,

Regards,

Arnie

PS: please "reply-to-all" to send me a mail notification of your posted
answer too

Archived from groups: comp.sys.palmtops (More info?)

Maybe try upgrading to service pack 4? Its only been out for what? almost 2
years now.

"aSchwarzie" <no@body.com> wrote in message
news:40cf87b4$0$8408$a0ced6e1@news.skynet.be...
> Hi all,
>
> I made a recent purchase of a Palm Tungsten T3 running PalmOS v5.2.1 It
> comes with IR support, but strangely enough it cannot establish a
connection
> with my Dell Latitude 600 laptop running Win2K+SP3 despite the laptop's IR
> port does work with my Nokia 6310i cell phone. When I right-click on the
> HotSync icon in Windows' system tray and check the "infrared" entry (on in
> addition to the yet checked "Local USB" which the craddle uses) I almost
> immediately get an failure message inviting me to read a
> "\\helpnotes\\IR_readme.text" file which I do not happen to have.
>
> After searching here and there on the web, I found on the microsoft
support
> website that if IrDA is supported on Win2K, it doesn't seem to support the
> IRCOMM programming language (??) -- while Win95/98/Me/XP all do (of
> course...). Does the HotSync app' only use this communication mode
through
> IR ?
>
> Can anyone help me out on how I could enjoy the synch with my laptop
through
> the IR port (leaving the craddle for evening synch's)
>
> Thanks by advance to your time and dedication,
>
> Regards,
>
> Arnie
>
> PS: please "reply-to-all" to send me a mail notification of your posted
> answer too
>
>

Archived from groups: comp.sys.palmtops (More info?)

Gosh, I just checked: I actually *AM* running Service Pack 4 yet !!

Any one who made a Palm Tungsten work with a Win2000 computer over IR port ?

"Lone Bard" <the_lone_bard@nrtco.net> wrote in message news:<WJOzc.18687$nY.701042@news20.bellglobal.com>...
> Maybe try upgrading to service pack 4? Its only been out for what? almost 2
> years now.
>

Archived from groups: comp.sys.palmtops (More info?)

"aSchwarzie" <no@body.com> wrote in message
news:40cf87b4$0$8408$a0ced6e1@news.skynet.be...
> Hi all,
>
> I made a recent purchase of a Palm Tungsten T3 running PalmOS v5.2.1 It
> comes with IR support, but strangely enough it cannot establish a
connection
> with my Dell Latitude 600 laptop running Win2K+SP3 despite the laptop's IR
> port does work with my Nokia 6310i cell phone. When I right-click on the
> HotSync icon in Windows' system tray and check the "infrared" entry (on in
> addition to the yet checked "Local USB" which the craddle uses) I almost
> immediately get an failure message inviting me to read a
> "\\helpnotes\\IR_readme.text" file which I do not happen to have.
>
> After searching here and there on the web, I found on the microsoft
support
> website that if IrDA is supported on Win2K, it doesn't seem to support the
> IRCOMM programming language (??) -- while Win95/98/Me/XP all do (of
> course...). Does the HotSync app' only use this communication mode
through
> IR ?
>
> Can anyone help me out on how I could enjoy the synch with my laptop
through
> the IR port (leaving the craddle for evening synch's)

i use IR with a win2k and T-E

disable the IR print driver in w2k - it "hogs" the IR port. once you have
that done, you should be able to tell hotsync to try to use the IR port as
an option.

you need a version of hotsync that understands a native IR port rather than
wanting a simulated serial port (v4.0+?) - and the equivalent PalmOS of
course - old versions on my Palm V didnt like it.
>
> Thanks by advance to your time and dedication,
>
> Regards,
>
> Arnie
>
> PS: please "reply-to-all" to send me a mail notification of your posted
> answer too
--
Regards

Stephen Hope - return address needs fewer xxs

Archived from groups: comp.sys.palmtops (More info?)

Well, I've found the perfect solution to this one after having the same
problem with my IBM WorkPad c3 (A Palm V replica).

As I understand it, Microsoft hasn't implemented the irDa protocol
correctly, so devices that speak correct irDa doesn't work - they have
to speak "Microsoft irDa"...

The solution is there in the form of a free program (GNU licence)! Some
nice fellow by the name Jan Kiszka has made a program called IrComm2k
to replace the flawed MS implemetation of IR. Just go to
'http://www.ircomm2k.de/' (http://) download it and install!

Works as a breeze for me now to sync my Palmtop with my notepad.

Hope this works for you too.
// Thomas


--
seaman1

Archived from groups: comp.sys.palmtops (More info?)

"aSchwarzie" <no@body.com> wrote in message news:<40cf87b4$0$8408$a0ced6e1@news.skynet.be>...
> Hi all,
>
> I made a recent purchase of a Palm Tungsten T3 running PalmOS v5.2.1 It
> comes with IR support, but strangely enough it cannot establish a connection
> with my Dell Latitude 600 laptop running Win2K+SP3 despite the laptop's IR
> port does work with my Nokia 6310i cell phone. When I right-click on the
> HotSync icon in Windows' system tray and check the "infrared" entry (on in
> addition to the yet checked "Local USB" which the craddle uses) I almost
> immediately get an failure message inviting me to read a
> "\\helpnotes\\IR_readme.text" file which I do not happen to have.
>
> After searching here and there on the web, I found on the microsoft support
> website that if IrDA is supported on Win2K, it doesn't seem to support the
> IRCOMM programming language (??) -- while Win95/98/Me/XP all do (of
> course...). Does the HotSync app' only use this communication mode through
> IR ?
>
> Can anyone help me out on how I could enjoy the synch with my laptop through
> the IR port (leaving the craddle for evening synch's)
>
> Thanks by advance to your time and dedication,
>
> Regards,
>
> Arnie
>
> PS: please "reply-to-all" to send me a mail notification of your posted
> answer too


Well, I've found the perfect solution to this one after having the
same problem with my IBM WorkPad c3 (A Palm V replica).

As I understand it, Microsoft hasn't implemented the irDa protocol
correctly, so devices that speak correct irDa doesn't work - they have
to speak "Microsoft irDa"...

The solution is there in the form of a free program (GNU licence)!
Some nice fellow by the name Jan Kiszka has made a program called
IrComm2k to replace the flawed MS implemetation of IR. Just go to
http://www.ircomm2k.de/ download it and install!

Works as a breeze for me now to sync my Palmtop with my notepad
through IR.

Hope this works for you too.
// Thomas

Archived from groups: comp.sys.palmtops (More info?)

Thanks for the support, George !

That's a recommendation for rather drastic change ! Wow !

It happened that yesterday I was trying to find some more hints on
this issue and found a post 18months old in another NG with a very
similar problem (but another Palm model) and it recommended something
that worked for me ! See the steps:

-> Control Panel
-> WireLess link (I believe this component got installed when I
installed the Nokia Data Suite 3.0 for my Nokia 6310i mobile phone,
which indeed exploits to IR port to be managed by the Data Suite)
-> Image Transfer tab
-> uncheck seeting "Use Wireless Link to transfer images from a
digital camera to your computer"

...and that's it !!! The IR port now works fine to HotSync my Palm
Tungsten T3 with my Windows2000 laptop, despite poor/lack of support
of IRCOMM !

Pass the word...

Thanks a lot again for your attention and dedication !

Arnie.

"George N. White III" <aa056@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message news:<Pine.SGI.4.60.0406170947520.82843@montigo.bio.dfo.ca>...
>
> Or boot to linux. Knoppix (fairly complete linux system that boots from
> CD) includes jpilot, but I've only tested it with USB. Does VMware
> supports IRCOMM?

Archived from groups: comp.sys.palmtops (More info?)

Thank you very much for your post, Seaman/Thomas.

I would have tried it but... as I now said in a previous reply here
above, it just happened that yesterday I was trying to find some more
hints on this issue and found a post 18months old in another NG with a
very similar problem (but another Palm model) and it recommended
something that worked for me ! See the steps:

-> Control Panel
-> WireLess link (I believe this component got installed when I
installed the Nokia Data Suite 3.0 for my Nokia 6310i mobile phone,
which indeed exploits to IR port to be managed by the Data Suite)
-> Image Transfer tab
-> uncheck seeting "Use Wireless Link to transfer images from a
digital camera to your computer"

...and that's it !!! The IR port now works fine to HotSync my Palm
Tungsten T3 with my Windows2000 laptop, despite poor/lack of support
of IRCOMM !

Pass the word...

Thanks again Thomas, cheers !

Arnie.


eltoro@mail.com (Seaman) wrote in message news:<70a4c4cb.0406230304.5ed2d33a@posting.google.com>...
>
> Well, I've found the perfect solution to this one after having the
> same problem with my IBM WorkPad c3 (A Palm V replica).
>
> As I understand it, Microsoft hasn't implemented the irDa protocol
> correctly, so devices that speak correct irDa doesn't work - they have
> to speak "Microsoft irDa"...
>
> The solution is there in the form of a free program (GNU licence)!
> Some nice fellow by the name Jan Kiszka has made a program called
> IrComm2k to replace the flawed MS implemetation of IR. Just go to
> http://www.ircomm2k.de/ download it and install!
>
> Works as a breeze for me now to sync my Palmtop with my notepad
> through IR.
>
> Hope this works for you too.
> // Thomas