Just in case anyone is interested, I have found that disabling the second serial port on the keyspan adapter has revived the dead IR port on my powerbook.
Paul PS: Thanks for the help Angus. "Angus & Sue & Jordan Russell (Phuket)" wrote: > Hi Paul > > I running the same m/c & OS been using my IRdA with a Nokia 6210 for quite a > while. If I remember correctly I had the same problem until I turned on the > extensions - go to your apple menu - extensions manager - extensions & make > sure the extensions are switched on. > > Once you've done that you will need to open modem control panel and chose > the correct modem option in if you want to use to as a modem - in my case > Nokia Infra-red. > > Next is the TCP/IP control panel & from "connect via" choose infra-red port. > > once you've done this you need to activate the IRdA device & then open the > IRdA control panel which should tell if it is in range. > > Admittedly this all about using the IRdA as a modem, if not then you need to > go to the AppleTalk control panel & chose infra-red port from "connect via" > if you are only transferring data such as address book info from a mobile. > > I think that is it, I'm sure if it isn't some one else out that will point > out any errors or omissions :-) > > Cheers > > Angus > > > Im using a Powerbook G3 333 with a bronze keyboard and 9.2.1. > > > > When I try to open the Infrared control panel, I get the following message: > > > > The Infrared control panel cannot run on this Macintosh because IrDA is not > > available. > > > > It looks like the port is not being recognized. > > > > Any ideas on why this fault would occur? > > > > I am using a Keyspan usb to serial adapter but I can't see how this would > > interact with the infrared port. > > Got a Question? Try searching the WAMUG list archives first at > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wamug/messages/> > > To unsubscribe from the WAMUG e-mail list, send e-mail from this account to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
