Syncronizing your PalmOS® handheld device over Infrared (IrDA)

David A. Desrosiers

          
        

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Copyright
2. Configuring the Palm handheld
2.1. Infrared with a Handspring Visor
2.2. For Palms without Infrared Capability
3. Syncronizing with Linux
3.1. Configuring the Linux Kernel
3.2. Making Proper Infrared Devices Nodes
3.3. Verifying the Configuration
4. Syncronizing with Windows
4.1. Windows 98/98SE Configuration
4.2. Windows NT 4.0 Configuration
4.3. Windows 2000 Configuration
4.4. Windows XP Configuration
4.5. Verifying the Configuration
5. Infrared Application Configuration Examples
5.1. pilot-link Infrared Configuration
5.2. J-Pilot Infrared Configuration
5.3. gnome-pilot Daemon Infrared Configuration
5.4. VMWare Infrared Configuration
A. GNU Free Documentation License
0. Preamble
1. Applicability and Definitions
2. Verbatim Copying
3. Copying in Quantity
4. Modifications
5. Combining Documents
6. Collections of Documents
7. Aggregation with Independent Works
8. Translation
9. Termination
10. Future Revisions of this License
How to use this License for your documents
List of Figures
2-1. Selecting the Infrared HotSync port
2-2. Enabling BeamSync on the Palm
2-3. Enabling IrLink for HotSync
2-4. Enabling Infrared in Palm HotSync Manager
3-1. Enabling Beam Receive
3-2. "Waiting for Sender" Dialog
3-3. Running irdadump
3-4. Running irdadump with HotSync
5-1. DLP Protocol Shell from pilot-link
5-2. J-Pilot Infrared Setup
5-3. gnome-pilot Preferences
5-4. VMWare Infrared Setup