CCing to the Handspring forum for the benefit of folks there... Serial cradle is probably going to be the best solution for you. It is closest to the way things work with other PalmOS Devices (not perfectly identical, but very close)... As far as using the USB port goes, there are some things you can do depending on your problem (warning: slightly outside of my area of expertise here). However, most of them would involve a lot of work. There is a way to emulate (from an programming perspective) a plain-old serial connection between the device and the desktop. However, there is nothing (that I know of) written for Windows that provides this functionality in a manner that could be used by Hyperterminal. Actually though, I have heard of a project for Linux. There's a whole bunch of info at: <http://usbvisor.sourceforge.net> Yet another alternative is to get a diagnostic module, which includes a full UART and serial port on it (and is just generally cool). For this info, check out: <http://www.efig.com/SP_products.html> Good luck! --- --On Monday, May 22, 2000 4:57 PM -0400 John Corelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's probably not a great suggestion, but you could use the serial cradle > plugged directly into one of the COM ports. > > (Yes, I know you probably didn't get one shipped with your Visor Deluxe > otherwise you wouldn't have posted in the first place :) ) > > As far as using the USB cradle with HyperTerm, or Procomm et.al. you're > not going to find any configuration item within the desktop to somehow > route data from the USB port to the UART that is on the com board. I > think, however, there is a way to put the Visor in somekind of debugger > mode that will enable its serial port. How you connect to it, (without > the aforementioned serial cradle) I cannot be sure of. > > Hang in there, though. These folks are sharp and will be able to give > you some positive direction. > > John > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Akshay Shende [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2000 6:23 PM > To: Palm Developer Forum > Subject: USB problem > > Hello. > > I was recently trying to use the example serial I/O application included > in "Palm for Dummies". The book reommended that Windows Hyper Terminal be > used to receive the text that is sent from the application on the Palm OS > device. I tried setting up the Hyper Terminal to receive data at COM1, > but then I realized that my handspring is connected to the desktop via a > USB connection. However, in the settings of Hyper Terminal, I can't find > anywhere to specify that the terminal should receieve at a USB port? Is > there any other desktop application similar to Hyper Terminal that'll > allow me to specify it to receive at USB port? Would appreciate any help. > > regards, > > Akshay Shende > > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, > please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, > please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
