On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Ken Wittmer wrote:
> How can I send and receive bytes directly through the Infrared Port?
>
> I want to communicated with a microcontroller-based module than doesn't
> have the memory or processing power to implement the protocol layers of the
> IrDA standard as done in the Palm III. I need to send small messages
> between the Palm and the microcontroller-based module.
>
> Essentially, does the Palm have BIOS level calls like MS-DOS?
Yes/No. This is different for an upgraded PPro (with 2 uarts).
Normally you can open the serial port normally and do:
SerControl(OpenRef, serCtlIrDAEnable, 0, 0);
And the UART will talk IrDA (the standard narrow pulse SIR).
