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Sinchronizing Magigian on Linux with Synce

I followed both steps (usb and bluetooth) with no success...
are there any brave persons that are able to sync this device on Linux?
http://synce.sourceforge.net/synce/howto.php (USB)
If yes, could you please tell me which kernel did u use and yours secret tips? :wink:

What's exactly the problem you encounter? I use Raki and synce on one debian machine, but just to connect, show the magicians screen on the pc's screen and copy files between them, not to sync any data (appointments, etc.).
Greetings,
BGK

Which guide did you follow to set it up?
The device is recorgnized by dmesg but i can't connect to it with pppd
Have you tried multisync? It should be the bridge between synce and evolution

I have also successfully used RAKI on KDE desktop (Debian Testing) to connect to the Magician. It transfers files back and forth, with the right iptables masquerading entry (done manually) I can use the Internet, but I cannot sync anything either
I forget exactly what I installed, but everything should b plug&play.
Kernel 2.6.10, Hotplug, Synce-KDE...kernel installed manually, the rest from the Debian dselect program. There are certain things you have to set up with the kernel config.
What distro are you using? Any other details?
Re Multisync; I really do want to get synch'ing going like ActiveSync. I installed it, tried various configs, but I do not get anything in the program... Can anyone else help?

uau, could you please post your software version?
did you pass some arguments to modprobe ipaq ?

uau, could you please post your software version?
did you pass some arguments to modprobe ipaq ?
If you made raki work you should install multisync and the evolution plugin..
it's already in http://www.multisync.org/files/multisync-cvs-snapshot.tar.gz

Hi metnik, sorry for the late reply.
My device is an O2 Mini (aka Magician), information at Settings => System => About, is
Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition
Version 4.21.1088 (Build 14235.2.0.0)
I did not have to pass any arguments to ipaq module. It did everything auto; I guess it is because of the 2.6.10 kernel.
I have installed Multisync from Debian Testing, and it has SynCE and Ximan Evolution 2 plugins. I have created the synchronization pair with these, but NOTHING happens when I press the "Sync" button.
Raki, on the other hand, works nicely with the USB cable; even the KCeMirror works very nicely (window of the device on your desktop).
The only problem with Raki is the synchroniztion setup errors with "No Synchronizer found for (Contact)..."; i.e. I don't know how to get synchronization working with that either... It really would be nice to have a copy of my address book on my Linux partition somewhere. So far it is only on MS Outlook, which I don't use...:-(
Also, I have bluetooth transfers working between the Mini and my laptop, however, I havent figured out how to get bluetooth working with Raki. It would be rather nice.
Any clues?

USB sync protocol for connection to Linux

I'm trying to get my HTC Universal to talk to Linux. Until now, the synce project in sourceforge provided the ability to view an PocketPC filesystem but synce doesn't work with WM2005.
My current problem is getting Linux to recognise the device. Has anybody had any luck with Linux and an HTC Universal ?
Peter

Use Universal under Linux as UMTS modem

I would like to use my MDA pro as Modem under Linux (Ubuntu 5.10).
I tried it with USB connection and with Bluetooth, both with no luck.
My Question is, wether someone got this working and if yes, I would like to ask then also for a kind of howto, please.

umts modem
HI, I connect my universal via bluetooth under linux to /dev/rfcomm0 by using rfcomm tools. Next I run pppconfig tool to create a new connection, dialed number is *99# username and password - none..
On universal
1] start wireless modem over bluetooth
On linux box
1] # pon connectionname
tail -f /var/log/messages -- look at this for debug
connection may works fine for me..
at first can you pair your device with linux of course
sorry for my bad english..

hi!
i'm a linux newbie and have some problems to get my mda connected via usb to an ubuntu 5.10 distribution.
could someone please explain me how to use rfcomm? when i connect the mda, how can i find out name, port and mac adress of the device?
is there a tool out there, which shows me some informations for attached usb devices?
it would be very nice if someone could give me a step-by-step instruction for connecting my mda correctly to my pc and connecting both via umts to the internet.
on windows i got the usb-modem dialer which allows me to enter an apn. how do i handle this under ubuntu?
sorry for the newbie questions and my bad english. anyhow i hope someone would help me.
many thanks and best regards
sebone

umts
If your bluetooth is working correctly, you have to set a rfcomm device.
# hcitool scan
this show you mac address of your bt device
# rfcomm connect 0 MAC channel
this can make a node rfcomm0 in /dev
instead of channel you can type number from 1 to x
I don't remember exact number of channel..
right number can test for example with minicom.

thanks for your reply but i need to get it working via usb connection.
is anybody able to help me in this case?
thank you very much.

usb modem
However, I'am didn't find any usb modem linux drivers for universal ..
BT is best choice for now.

sebone said:
i need to get it working via usb connection.
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serial over USB did not work for wince5 last time i have checked.
http://synce.sourceforge.net/synce

Universal as USB modem on linux

Hi,
There are plenty of posts related to this, but I cannot find one exactly dealing with this particular problem: I have linux installed on my laptop, and I would like to use my universal as a USB modem (UMTS modem would be great, but Gprs should be just fine). I do not really care about bluetooth, I just want to make it work with the usb cable, this would already be great.
Thank you,
Buzz.

Here's a cliff notes version of what worked on my tmobile MDA under linux...not sure how different the universal is.
Turn on modem link on the universal with USB as the type connection.
Run the following (and if this works you will want to have it run each time the pc boots up)
modprobe usbserial
modprobe ipaq vendor=0x0BB4 product=0x00cf
When you connect the universal to the linux box you should be able to run "dmesg" and see what the vendor and product #'s should be.
Once these have been ran the universal should map to /dev/ttyUSB0 (you will see it say so in dmesg)
You then setup a normal gprs type connection to your provider..dialing *99# etc....

Thanks for hint! The following commands:
"modprobe usbserial
modprobe ipaq vendor=0x0BB4 product=0x00cf"
really got my Himalaya to be detected as modem.
The modem is being succesfully queried with KPPP.
But I still can't connect to GPRS. There are 3 leds in WModem (connection, input, output), and noone flashes when i start to connect.
The modem is being initialized, then "Modem is ready", then "Dialing *99#...".
I use the following initialization string: AT+cgdcont=1,"IP","Internet",""
System is ALTLinux 3.0 Sisyphus, kernel 2.6.18.
What I did wrong?

Linux and USB

I've been trying to get my trinity to work as an USB modem to Ubuntu Linux not succeeding in it. I've gotten the phone say connecting but nothing. Can anyone help me?
I'm sorry if this has been gone through already but I'm surfing with my PDA and trying to find info is killing me with this screen..
BTW I also don't have gps under the settings.. I've upgraded the official ROM. Should I have it?
Thanks to everyone.

I've got the same your problem...
I can't understand ... usually I do it by a rfcomm connection next I use the dev /dev/rfcomm1 like a modem device
con this windows mobile it doesn't work

solution is here....
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-564041-highlight-.html
you should have pand and have to activate remote connections on the phone
so you will be able to navgate by phone trought bluetooth
this is a simple script that I have configured
#!/bin/bash
MACTELEFONO="xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx"
echo "connessione a $MACTELEFONO"
pand --connect $MACTELEFONO
dhcpcd bnep0