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You can sync with a Pocket PC using SynCE (http://synce. sourceforge .net/synce/). If SynCE is not available with your distribution, follow the excellent instructions at the SynCE site for installing and configuring the software. After it's installed, you can generally start SynCE with synce-serial-config ircomm N (where N is the number of your infrared device, usually 0) and then use synce-serial-start (run these as root): # synce-serial-config ircomm0 You can now run synce-serial-start to start a serial connection. # synce-serial-start Once synce-serial-start is running, you should run the dccm utility as the mortal user who wants to play with the Pocket PC (this utility communicates with the synce process that you started as root): bjepson@linux:~> dccm Now, align your Pocket PC's infrared port with that of your Linux system, and launch ActiveSync. Click Tools Connect via IR, and your Pocket PC should make an ActiveSync connection, as shown in Figure 8-24. Note that the progress bar never goes anywhere . It's just a live link between the two; it's not actually syncing. Figure 8-24. Never-ending ActiveSyncTo move data between your Linux system and your Pocket PC, you can use commands like pls to list files on the Pocket PC and pcp (may be Pcp on some systems) to copy files to and from the Pocket PC. Note that you must prefix the root of the filesystem with ":" when you use pcp . bjepson@linux:~> pls /My\ Documents/ AC-------- 57727 Thu Jul 31 20:00:02 2003 000013a8 Sample4.jpg AC-------- 67617 Thu Jul 31 20:00:02 2003 00001393 Sample3.jpg AC-------- 45053 Thu Jul 31 20:00:02 2003 00001386 Sample2.jpg AC-------- 64168 Thu Jul 31 20:00:02 2003 00001374 Sample1.jpg Directory Thu Jul 31 20:00:02 2003 0000134a Business/ Directory Thu Jul 31 20:00:02 2003 00001349 Personal/ Directory Thu Jul 31 20:00:02 2003 00001287 Templates/ bjepson@linux:~> Pcp ":/My Documents/Sample1.jpg" File copy of 64168 bytes took 0 minutes and 7 seconds, that's 9166 bytes/s. The SynCE site includes a number of other tools, such as Orange (extract .cab files from Pocket PC installation packages) and a plug-in for MultiSync (http:// multisync .sourceforge.net/). |
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