>SO...Does anyone have any hints or  clues on how to get the Palm to talk
>plain serial over the IR port? (I have seen a utility program for the

Yes.  I do it all the time.  I've been meaning to send it in as a Design
Idea to one of the mags.

Try something like this:  (the SerControl() call is the important bit)

   // start by opening the serial library--return if lib error
   if (SysLibFind("Serial Library", &serial_lib))
      return;

   // open port 0 at 9600 baud--return if port error
   if (SerOpen(serial_lib, 0, 9600))
      return;

   // switch to IR port
   SerControl(serial_lib, serCtlIrDAEnable,     0, 0);

That should result in the serial port open, with the IR module connected to
the UART.  It'll only work on OS 3 or later, and only on IrDA capable Palms.


newell

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