Palm Zire 72 and FC2 USB connection

[Dexter Ang]

Mike Burney wrote:
> Dexter,
> 
> I was just dealing with the same issue with a Tungsten T3.  For grins, I 
> downloaded jpilot and it synced just fine.  See if that works for you.

Thanks for the reply! Anyway, the thing is, USB syncing won't even work 
with pilot-xfer (which is what jpilot uses). My Zire 72 keeps switching 
USB ports. It keeps disconnecting then reconnecting for some strange 
reason. Check my pasted /var/log/messages log below. Are you seeing that 
with your Tungsten T3? Anyway, I am able to sync using infrared. But 
would still love to get USB working, as IRDA is really slow.

dex

> Dexter Ang wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm just wondering if anyone else here uses a Palm Zire 72 on FC2? Has 
>> anyone successfully connected and used pilot-xfer using a USB 
>> connection? I've noticed when "tail -f /var/log/messages" that my Palm 
>> keeps alternating connection between /dev/ttyUSB0 and 1 and then to 
>> /dev/ttyUSB2 and 3. Is this simply a strangeness of the Zire 72? Or 
>> something that can be solved somehow in FC2?
>>
>> Specifically /var/log/messages shows:
>>
>> Jun 20 22:38:36 portablepoch kernel: usb 2-2: new full speed USB 
>> device using address 3
>> Jun 20 22:38:38 portablepoch kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: 
>> USB Serial support registered for Generic
>> Jun 20 22:38:38 portablepoch kernel: usbcore: registered new driver 
>> usbserial
>> Jun 20 22:38:38 portablepoch kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: 
>> USB Serial Driver core v2.0
>> Jun 20 22:38:38 portablepoch kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: 
>> USB Serial support registered for Handspring Visor / Palm OS
>> Jun 20 22:38:38 portablepoch kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: 
>> USB Serial support registered for Sony Clie 3.5
>> Jun 20 22:38:38 portablepoch kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: 
>> USB Serial support registered for Sony Clie 5.0
>> Jun 20 22:38:38 portablepoch kernel: visor 2-2:1.0: Handspring Visor / 
>> Palm OS converter detected
>> Jun 20 22:38:38 portablepoch kernel: usb 2-2: Handspring Visor / Palm 
>> OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0 (or usb/tts/0 for devfs)
>> Jun 20 22:38:38 portablepoch kernel: usb 2-2: Handspring Visor / Palm 
>> OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1 (or usb/tts/1 for devfs)
>> Jun 20 22:38:38 portablepoch kernel: usbcore: registered new driver visor
>> Jun 20 22:38:38 portablepoch kernel: drivers/usb/serial/visor.c: USB 
>> HandSpring
>> Visor / Palm OS driver v2.1
>> Jun 20 22:39:11 portablepoch kernel: usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 3
>> Jun 20 22:39:11 portablepoch kernel: visor ttyUSB0: Handspring Visor / 
>> Palm OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
>> Jun 20 22:39:11 portablepoch kernel: visor ttyUSB1: Handspring Visor / 
>> Palm OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1
>> Jun 20 22:39:11 portablepoch kernel: visor 2-2:1.0: device disconnected
>> Jun 20 22:39:11 portablepoch kernel: usb 2-2: new full speed USB 
>> device using address 4
>> Jun 20 22:39:11 portablepoch kernel: usbserial 2-2:1.0: Handspring 
>> Visor / Palm
>> OS converter detected
>> Jun 20 22:39:11 portablepoch kernel: usb 2-2: Handspring Visor / Palm 
>> OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0 (or usb/tts/0 for devfs)
>> Jun 20 22:39:12 portablepoch kernel: usb 2-2: Handspring Visor / Palm 
>> OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1 (or usb/tts/1 for devfs)
>> Jun 20 22:39:22 portablepoch kernel: usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 4
>> Jun 20 22:39:22 portablepoch kernel: visor ttyUSB0: Handspring Visor / 
>> Palm OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
>> Jun 20 22:39:22 portablepoch kernel: visor ttyUSB1: Handspring Visor / 
>> Palm OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1
>> Jun 20 22:39:22 portablepoch kernel: usbserial 2-2:1.0: device 
>> disconnected
>> Jun 20 22:39:23 portablepoch kernel: usb 2-2: new full speed USB 
>> device using address 5
>> Jun 20 22:39:23 portablepoch kernel: usbserial 2-2:1.0: Handspring 
>> Visor / Palm
>> OS converter detected
>> Jun 20 22:39:23 portablepoch kernel: usb 2-2: Handspring Visor / Palm 
>> OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0 (or usb/tts/0 for devfs)
>> Jun 20 22:39:23 portablepoch kernel: usb 2-2: Handspring Visor / Palm 
>> OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1 (or usb/tts/1 for devfs)
>> Jun 20 22:39:28 portablepoch kernel: usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 5
>>
>> Sorry for the long logfile I inserted.
>>
>> dex