| LAN
For those of you that thought PsiWin was bad.
Wait and play with this Pro.
I have tried the
following "wired" PCMCIA NIC cards without success:
IBM Ethernet II, 3Com Megahertz (3CCE589ET), 3Com
Megahertz (3CCFE574BT), 3Com
Megahertz (3CXFE575BT), Xircom CreditCard
Ethernet+Modem Global Access (CEM33). Even with the
latest CE drivers.
Again spending
time on the phone with helpdesks (including PT's) no
solutions for
either the (according
to PT supported) Avaya Silver WIFI card or the
Linksys WPC11 (ver. 2.5 & ver.3) with the latest CE
drivers. Therefore I have not been able to get
connected to either my network email or the
internet. |
| COM Port
Connecting with the serial cable worked after a
lot of trial and error. You can not, CAN NOT use any
other Psion cable, the pin-outs are different. Again
working with the PT helpdesk I finally got my laptop
to connect using the latest version of ActiveSync.
Here is the trick, timing is everything. You have to
connect your Pro. Start ActiveSync on the PC. Go to
Start, Programs, ActiveSync, Direct on the Pro. It
is crucial to start it a couple of times to see the
timing. The PC version of ActiveSync will start to
scan all ports available for the Psion to connect.
The issue is that as soon as you start ActiveSync on
the Pro it will only send a handshake for exactly 5
seconds. Therefore if the PC is scanning the ports
you have to make sure that in the when it is
scanning the right COM port that you are in your 5
seconds handshake from the Pro otherwise it will not
connect! I have the most success when I have both
machines ready to connect, use both hands, start the
PC with one hand and within 1 second start the Pro
with the other hand. |