Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:07:50 -0700 From: Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Palm sync over bluetooth? Message-ID: <42D57496.2050102@savvis.net> In-Reply-To: <42D55D5D.8030604@centtech.com> References: <42D558B3.1060603@centtech.com> <42D55B3D.50605@savvis.net> <42D55D5D.8030604@centtech.com>
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Eric, >>> Does anyone have a cookbook, or howto on this? I think I'm missing a >>> piece somewhere.. >> >> depends on what do you mean by "sync" :) intelligent sync, i.e >> something like syncml etc. is not supported at the moment. its not >> really a bluetooth fault, its just no one wrote a tool (or at least i >> do not know of any) that properly does syncml over obex over bluetooth >> (or whatever palm supports). i'd like to add syncml support to >> obexapp(1), but not have much free time at the moment. >> >> it should be possible to transfer files/etc. from/to palm using obex >> with obexapp(1) from ports (comms/obexapp). > > :) ok, I'll try to state more clearly.. > > I'd like to get my palm t5 to sync (using the 'hotsync' in the palm) > over bluetooth, instead of serial cable, or even usb, using jpilot (or > pilot-xfer which jpilot uses I believe). pilot-xfer can use a serial > port (/dev/something) or network (net:any for ip). > > I was thinking that since my palm supports syncing over bluetooth (uses > it like a serial port), I should be able to make my FreeBSD box connect > the bluetooth to a pseudo tty device, which I could then have pilot-xfer > use. Does this seem reasonable? man rfcomm_sppd(1) thanks, max
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