FWIW My Keyspan serial <--> USB converter specifically advises not to have anything connected while installing it's driver.
>Hey Alex, > >Also have your pda plugged into the cradle with pda on and see if the system >profiler gives you any different results. > >Ward > > >on 10/31/2002 9:58 PM, Ward Oldham at woldham at insightbb.com wrote: > >> OK, Alex . . . >> >> I'm confused. You have your keyboard plugged into one usb port. Mouse >> plugged into the side of the keyboard. Printer plugged into the other usb >> port. >> >> So how can your pda be plugged in at all? >> >> Ward >> >> >> on 10/31/2002 9:48 PM, Alex Whitman at alylex at earthlink.net wrote: >> >>> >>> On Thursday, October 31, 2002, at 05:11 PM, Ward Oldham wrote: >>>> Connectivity seems to be a likely issue. Make sure you have it >>>> connected >>>> directly to a built-in usb port, not a hub for your initial tests. >>> >>> It is plugged into one of the three USB ports on the back of the iMac. >>> >>>> Once >>>> connected, you may want to check to see if the Apple System Profiler >>>> detects >>>> the device. >>> >>> Ah, there's the (first) rub. Under Devices and Volumes, System >>> Profiler shows the keyboard with the mouse branching off from it. One >>> mystery item shows up as a "USB device" ... but that device must be the >>> printer since the printer prints. The results are the same whether the >>> Palm cradle with adapter is plugged in or not. >>> >>>> If not, go find a different adapter. >>> >>> And that's the (second) rub. The PalmConnect USB-serial adapter seems >>> to have been discontinued, as it no longer appears on the Palm store >>> website at all. The I-Concepts adapter (suggested with a shrug and a >>> "maybe?" by the Apple rep at CompUSA) was the only one I could find in >>> an afternoon of driving all over town. The people at Circuit City and >>> Best Buy were not optimistic about getting any (Palm brand or >>> otherwise) in. >>> >>> I'm just about ready to give up and rebuild my Win98 box for the sole >>> purpose of backing up the PDA (is that nuts or what?)... Unless you >>> have other ideas? >>> >>> Thanks for your help, Ward. >>> >>> Alex Whitman >>> alylex at earthlink.net >>> >>> >>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 >>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of >>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. >>> >> >> >> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 >> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of >> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. >> > > >The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 >For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of >activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
