Talking to a Windows Mobile PDA from Fedora 10

I've just been trying to talk to my Binatone X.350 PNA from Fedora 10
without success. Here's what I see in /var/log/message:

kernel: usb 5-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 34
kernel: usb 5-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
kernel: ipaq 5-2:1.0: PocketPC PDA converter detected
kernel: usb 5-2: PocketPC PDA converter now attached to ttyUSB0
kernel: usb 5-2: New USB device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=00ce
kernel: usb 5-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
NetworkManager: <info> (ttyUSB0): ignoring due to lack of mobile
broadband capabilties
kernel: usb 5-2: USB disconnect, address 34
kernel: ipaq ttyUSB0: PocketPC PDA converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
kernel: ipaq 5-2:1.0: device disconnected

which repeats continuously while the PNA is connected and switched on.

I tried connecting to ttyUSB0 with minicom. It connected automatically
but that didn't stop the loop. It just caused the connection to persist
for a few seconds longer before it was dropped and the loop continued.

Some Windows Mobile PNAs, e.g. the HP 314, have a control panel that
allows them to be switch from using the USB serial connection mode to a
storage device mode, but the X.350 doesn't offer this facility. If I
could stop the

connect--> no mobile broadband--> disconnect

cycle I might have a hope of running its support application under WINE.
Alternatively, if I could somehow switch it to mass storage mode I can
shift files between my F10 box and the PNA using bash scripts
So, I'd like to know:
- what the PocketPC PDA converter and its config files are called

- There used to be a SynCE package, so is this PocketPC PDA converter
anything to do with SynCE?

- how to stop the PDA converter from looking for mobile broadband
since the X.350 doesn't have it.

- how to configure the PDA converter so it switches the PNA into
mass storage mode

Any help along these lines would be most appreciated.


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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
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Martin Gregorie wrote:
> I've just been trying to talk to my Binatone X.350 PNA from Fedora 10
> without success. Here's what I see in /var/log/message:
>
> kernel: usb 5-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 34
> kernel: usb 5-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> kernel: ipaq 5-2:1.0: PocketPC PDA converter detected
> kernel: usb 5-2: PocketPC PDA converter now attached to ttyUSB0
> kernel: usb 5-2: New USB device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=00ce
> kernel: usb 5-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
> NetworkManager: <info> (ttyUSB0): ignoring due to lack of mobile
> broadband capabilties
> kernel: usb 5-2: USB disconnect, address 34
> kernel: ipaq ttyUSB0: PocketPC PDA converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
> kernel: ipaq 5-2:1.0: device disconnected
>
> which repeats continuously while the PNA is connected and switched on.
Have you tried unloading and hiding ipaq since that seems to be closing
the USB connection? I know it's the driver but if usb is making a
connection to ttyUSB0 then you might be able to talk to it.
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Keith Blow