Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 10:14:17 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: caleb <destroyingculture@netspace.net.au> Subject: Re: IrDA question Message-ID: <200507211014.18102.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <42DEA92E.7020705@netspace.net.au> References: <42DEA92E.7020705@netspace.net.au>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thursday 21 July 2005 05:12, caleb wrote: > I have installed birda and can run irs. When I type the follwing irs > starts but when I use my mobile phone to search for a device or send a > file the phone reports 'No device found'. > > irs -v 1 -e -c -y /dev/ptypv -d /dev/cuaa1 > > I do not understand why this is happening as I have specifiede the 'c' > option so irs runs as a COMM server. I also set 'y' to use a psudo > terminal. Do I need a specific application like pilot-link for palm to > communicatate over the Ir link that irs has initiated? Are you sure the port is right? Tried cuaa0? I have gotten my laptop (Dell Inspiron 8600) to talk to my phone (Nokia 8210) and Pocket PC using IRDA. I use ircomm though, ie [inchoate 10:07] ~ >sudo ircomm -d /dev/cuad1 -y /dev/ptypv -v 2 discovered Nokia 8210, address=75a2, hints=PnP, Modem, Fax, Telephony, IrCOMM, IrOBEX query completed 115200 baud LAP connected comm connected Now I can do, say, [inchoate 10:12] ~ >cu -l /dev/ttypv -s 57600 can't open log file /var/log/aculog. Connected atz OK AT+CMGF=1 OK AT+CMGS="0403070726" > testing 123 > ▒ +CMGS: 221 OK One this I have noticed is that my phone is *extremely* sensitive to positioning which is rather annoying.. It has to be 15-20cm away otherwise it won't work (closer is as bad as far away). -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBC3u/i5ZPcIHs/zowRAlJ4AJ9GiPvjnhFymZaZtO5Hdjq1Sy47JgCaAmdN EeNutoae2lKg9wjm2CgRjGA= =VOM3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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