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IPAQ Accessories with XDA II

Before I dust off my Volt meter, can anyone advise whether I can use my cradle, PSU and PC to IPAQ USB cable, Cigarette charger etc with my XDA II. The accessories belonged to a IPAQ 5450 which was stolen and would be useful if compatible with XDA II. PSU appears to be, but less clear with other accessories. TIA David

The ipaq and the xda/xda2 are wired differently, however I have heard of a cable that will convert the lines and allow the use of certain ipaq accessories, alternatively you could do make one using the pin out info on this site. You can damage your xda if you plug an ipaq power lead into it.

Any update on this cable? Anyone know where I can get 1? I've heard it talked about a lot but I cant find 1 anywhere....

If any of your iPAQ accessories have the plug in dongle then just throw away the iPAQ dongle and replace it with an XDA II dongle (one came in your kit) as the voltage and current settings are the same only the connections in the actual USB dongle are different.
I'm using the AC charger and car charger from my iPAQ H550 (now sold) and they work fine. I also bought a couple of extra XDA II dongles so now I dont have to swap the one from my XDA II kit anymore.
I don't thing you can use the cradle or the sync charge USB unit as they will have fixed wiring and not sorth the effort of trying to modify.
Ed

Got it iMate JASJAR :)

Hi, I just got the HTC Universal in the form of the i-mate JASJAR.
I toyed with, it connects great on my wireless LAN. It works great at picking up wifi hotspot signals and connecting to wifi networks. Great TFT screen. Great browsing experience.
I tried to connect it to my LaCIE ext. hard-drive with mini-usb to usb converter, but did not pick it up, it does not pick up usb mem. sticks either, either one needs extra drivers, or the mini-usb port is only meant to be used for syncing functions (although it is claimed that the mini-usb can also do host/client functions with extra software, maybe they will include that in a firmware upgrade in future). I am happy with the device, as I was happy with the i-mate pda2k, with in this case all the extra functionality and great ergonomics designs, it is fabulous...
Nabil H.

any chance it can be install with widcomm bt stack?

I'm getting mine on Wednesday. Can you verify that it can charge over usb? That is when you plug in you data cable supplied to your computer with the computer running.
Thanks,
Mike

iMate Jasjar
Any luck to use our backpacks from xda2? Is it compatible?
:wink:
Victor

it can charge over usb
and they include a pouch for it...

Pinouts for the xda mini / imate

Hi guys, my 1st post here ,: here goes :, can anyone help me out on the pinouts for the imate jam / xda min . what i want to do if its possible is to sync via a serial cable from my laptop ( does not have usb on it ) to my imate, i know the 5v charging wont be ther but just want it for syncing , hope that make sense
cheers

webtronix said:
Hi guys, my 1st post here ,: here goes :, can anyone help me out on the pinouts for the imate jam / xda min . what i want to do if its possible is to sync via a serial cable from my laptop ( does not have usb on it ) to my imate, i know the 5v charging wont be ther but just want it for syncing , hope that make sense
cheers
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The connector is a standard mini-usb port:
it has only four pins +V USB+ USB- GND.
It does not carry serial port signals.

Could you use wireless instead?
V

yup, you can sync via wireless or over bluetooth....

Bluetooth might be a problem if he's got no usb. But he might be able to get a usb pcmciacard or bluetooth or wireless card.
V

You could add USB ports to your laptop pretty cheaply.
eg http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=3V5S is £14 and has firewire too. (by the looks of it, the description is somewhat lacking!)
Jamie

USB GPS, Universal and USB Hub - is the following possible?

Hi,
I have a USB GPS receiver that is powered via the USB cable wired into my car which I occasionally use with my laptop.
I would like to connect this to my universal, but am worried about it draining the battery.
I have a small Belkin USB hub that has external power (which I can provide from a transformer in the Cig lighter socket) that has one mini USB socket which is usually used to connect to the PC and then 4 standard USB ports.
If I connect the GPS to one of the USB ports and then Universal to another they should both be powered, but will the Universal be able to 'see' the GPS?
I know I could go and just try it, however it would be useful to know before hand incase it doesn't work when it is supposed to due to some driver issues or something similar.
Any thoughts appreciated.

To My understanding this is not possible, the mini usb port on the uni is not capable....there is a word to describe it but cant remember at the moment. The port can onl charge and sync.

it won't work
Sadly this won't work as the uni does not support usb host - it can charge and sync but thats all as far as i'm aware.

that was it "usb host" :lol:

THanks. That's a shame, I'll have to get a BT one now.

Or look for a cradle that will act as the host for both devices. Sadly when I searched on google, most of the returned results are blocked by my work firewall, so I can't see for sure that one exists for recievers with usb plugs.
edit* Although thinking about it, the price of a cradle could well equal a new bluetooth receiver, and bluetooth would be vastly more practical use of your cash.

Thanks, already trying to track down a BT receiver.

Why not?
What makes me wonder is that when my MDA Pro is connected via activesync with my PC, I can browse with my MDA over my PC-Internet connection into the Internet. Why should it not be possible to use the usb connection of the MDA with other hardware? :roll: Isn't it just a driver problem?
Any ideas???

hm
My thought on that would be that your MDA is acting as the slave device when attatched to your PC, not the host.

Hey, here's a market opportunity for you USB GPS manufacturers - add USB Host capability and TCP/IP protocol to your USB GPS device... What? Can't hear you. Ah, Too expensive?. Ah, ok :-(

GPS Feed via the Min USB?

Anyone reckon this is achievable?
Coudl be possible to get USB to RS232 conversion for the mini USB socket?
Surely there must be some software that does such thing!

I don't think it's that easy - usb is slave, not host, so it limits what you can connect it to.
Why would you not use bluetooth? Irda would even be an option. But USB, I don't think it's going to happen (easily).
V

I know there use to be serial GPS receivers for the old iPaqs, before they had bluetooth. They connected through the devices USB port (HP proprietary plug) which acted as serial (not USB host).
However, I never heard of one with min USB connection.

Thanks for the reply guys.
I do remember finding a company that had software that turned the mini usb into a usable RS232 interface with the help of some software installed on the PDA but I can't find it anymore!

vijay555 said:
I don't think it's that easy - usb is slave, not host, so it limits what you can connect it to.
Why would you not use bluetooth? Irda would even be an option. But USB, I don't think it's going to happen (easily).
V
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Oh What I wanted to do is integrate a hardwired GPS solution in with a in-car cradle so people can just place their PDA in the cradle and away they go!
With Bluetooth it is much more difficult because for each user that uses that vehicle they will need to keep pairing devices up!

did you have any luck with this? I was looking to make up mini usb connector for Holux cr 100 - sounds as though it won't work though.

Has anyone managed to get a GPS feed from a SGS to their laptop, via the USB?
I have Marine Navigation software on my laptop, but not a GPS dongle. If I can use the SGS to supply the laptop with a GPS feed it would be very handy.
Any ideas anyone?