This section lists questions about hotsync methods that differ from the "usual" direct serial link method.
First of all your Pilot has to actually support IR hotsyncs. This can be achieved through various means: PalmOS 3.3 and higher include support for it; there is an IR enhancements package for older PalmOS versions; IrLink from IsComplete apparently has the same capabilities. Check out the Palm web pages for more information.
Assuming your Pilot now has IR hotsync support and it is setup to do IR hotsyncs (in the hotsync preferences on the Pilot), we can turn our attention to the PC you will be syncing with. It needs an IR port. For laptops, this is trivial, desktop PCs may require some extra hardware.
Your linux kernel will need to support IR and the IRCOMM protocol. For stock RedHat systems, the following command should setup IR support (as root):
# modprobe ircomm |
# mknod /dev/ircomm0 60 64 # chmod 666 /dev/ircomm0 |
# irattach /dev/ttySn # irmanager -d 0 |
Once you've gotten this far, just make /dev/pilot point to /dev/ircomm0 and you're ready!
Yes, you can. I don't have definitive information, but postings on the kpilot list have stated that you can point /dev/pilot to the USB device and everything will work fine.