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>4. Synchronization Software</H1
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>4.1. General</H2
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> There are two software packages which communicate with your
Visor. The first is <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>coldsync</SPAN
>,
and the second is <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>pilot-link</SPAN
>.
These programs are command-line based, and do "low-level"
synchronization of the actual databases. They provide
[different] interfaces for conduits. I assume you know
how to download and install programs yourself.
If not, learn. (I suppose you could cheat and install a
pre-compiled package, but I don't support that ;-).
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>4.2. coldsync</H2
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> <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>coldsync</SPAN
> can be found at
<A
HREF="http://coldsync.org/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://coldsync.org/</A
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>4.3. pilot-link</H2
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> <SPAN
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>pilot-link</SPAN
> can be found at
<A
HREF="http://www.pilot-link.org/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.pilot-link.org/</A
>.
If you plan on using a Palm Desktop Equivalant, you'll want to use
this package.
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>4.4. Time to Sync</H2
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> At this point we should be able to test to make sure things
are working. Of course, the visor needs to be in the
cradle, and the cradle needs to be plugged into your USB
port. The proper modules should be
<A
HREF="kernel.html#USINGMODULES"
>loaded</A
>.
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> NOTE: you MUST press the hotsync button BEFORE
running the software. The visor driver will make an entry
in syslog, and, eventually (ie, in newer drivers), to
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/proc/drivers/visor</TT
>. Assuming the
driver connects to <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/dev/ttyUSB0</TT
> and
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/dev/ttyUSB1</TT
>, you may run your program
to backup the visor (chose the appropriate program):
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>cd ~
mkdir visorbackup
coldsync -p /dev/ttyUSB1 -mb visorbackup
pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSB1 -b visorbackup </PRE
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> If you get an error such as "unable to bind to the port",
you probably need to re-read the previous paragraph.
With any other errors, please refer to the
<A
HREF="troubleshooting.html"
>Troubleshooting Guide</A
>.
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>4.5. Palm Desktop Equivalents</H2
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> There are a few Palm desktop equivalents. I haven't had
time to test them. I intend, at some
point, to put something about them in here. If you want
to write up something to have it included here, please
feel free to send it in. To my knowledge, all of them use
the pilot-link libraries to talk with the Visor.
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> Here is the list that I know of:
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><A
HREF="http://www.jpilot.org/"
TARGET="_top"
>J-Pilot</A
></P
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><A
HREF="http://www.slac.com/pilone/kpilot_home/"
TARGET="_top"
>KPilot</A
> (KDE)</P
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><A
HREF="http://www.gnome.org/gnome-pilot/"
TARGET="_top"
>Gnome-Pilot</A
> (GNOME)</P
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>4.6. Your Done!</H2
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> At this point, you are done! You are able to install,
backup, and syncronize your information. Congratulations!
I would appreciate an email of gratitutde! The next
sections talk about setting up a PPP connection
and Hotplug support.
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