>
> I need to have a Palm pilot talk to a linux box over IrDA. The interaction
> is that the user holding the pilot approaches the linux box, the linux box
> sends it something over the IR link, and the pilot responds with something else.
>
> When I follow the directions in the Documentation and the README files,
> I get this annoying "waiting for sender" message appear on my pilot, and no
> communication is possible. I understand that this has to do with the
> "discovery" feature of irmanager. I also understand that the irda stack on
> the linux box has to "discover" the palm (and vice versa) before communication
> is possible.
The "waiting for sender" is AFAIK an "feature" of the PalmOS. It displays
this box and then waits for an IrOBEX message. It's only a problem
if you do not plan to use IrOBEX (then it will block IrCOMM or any
other use of the Palm).
Turning on dicovery (irmageger -d 1) will start a discovery cycle IIRC
every 3 seconds. Discovery is needed for any IrDA connection. If
discovery is turned off then a discovery cycle will take place only when
a local application (on the linux box) tries to make an IrDA connection
and needs to find a potential party to connect to.
>
> I have occasionally (but not repeatably) been able to get rid of the
> "waiting for sender message", at which point I can actually use (again, not
> reliably) irobex_palm3 to send and receive stuff from the pilot.
>
Do not try to get rid of it. It is OK if you expect an IrOBEX connection.
(pressing the cancel buttun will disable such connections).
>
> Has *anyone* on this list *ever* had any success with doing obex transfers
> to and from palm pilots? Please help!
I have in the past. I have not tried it again once that I got IrCOMM working.
I can try irobex_palm3 again later this week (but then it will be on one of
the most recent development kernels, not 2.2.13).
>
> /ji
Itai
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