On Wednesday 18 February 2004 08:31pm, Geoffrey wrote:
> I've been googling around and found plenty of stuff about the f5u109 and
> the module that supports it.  Plenty on syncing palms via usb.  I've not
> found anything that says they'll work together, and can't seem to get
> them to do so.
>
> I've been told by a couple of folks that the visor module is what I need
> to use and that it allocates two devices, ttyUSB[0-1].
>
> When I modprobe the mct_u232 driver, I see it claim ttyUSB0.  The visor
> module loads fine with reasonable references to various devices.
>
> I never see any reference to ttyUSB1.
>
> I've tried 'xfer-pilot -l' and I know it sees the converter as it's
> listening on the port.  If I try a different port, I get an error.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> kernel 2.4.21, SuSE 9.0 Pro, pilot-link 0.11.8

Geoffrey,

I have some doubt that my recommendation is going to solve your problem, but 
since nobody has chimed in here with any other suggestions, I'll tell you 
what I know.

Disclaimer: I've never synced a PDA, so I'm not familiar with that side of 
things.

A few months ago, I provided a patch to the MCT-U232 kernel module which fixed 
a problem that prevented writes to my Garmin GPS35 TracPak GPS receiver from  
being seen by the GPS using the Belkin F5U109 USB/RS-232 converter (which, 
as you already know, uses the MCT-U232 kernel module). 

In my case, I was able to _receive_ GPS data just fine, but the GPS never 
"heard" any of my commands.

This patch should already be in the official kernel releases (I think it went 
in at 2.4.25 and 2.6.1, IIRC).

Furthermore, Pete Zaitcev (of Red Hat) had another patch to that same kernel 
module to fix a couple of other issues. I'm not intimately familiar with the 
details though.

So my suggestion is to upgrade your kernel or, failing that, if you're adept 
at compiling your own kernel modules, dig into the Linux-USB-Devel list 
archives for my (and/or Pete's) patch source code:

   http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=linux-usb-devel

Finally, if you do actually get around to trying that, please let this list 
know if that helps or not.

If you don't have any luck, you might want to run this problem query over to 
the Linux-USB-Devel list.

Good luck!

Bill Marr



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