using SynCE/Linux-2.6/Axim x30h

tdavis · 11-02-04, 02:00 PM

I'm using centos/RHEL3, with a 2.6 linux kernel. Hotplug version is 2003-08-05

The following assumes you have a working 2.6 kernel, a working USB system, pppd install, ppp modules in the kernel, and the ipaq USB module compiled.

1) Install synce from http://synce.sf.net. do configure and install it according to the documentation. Do not forget to configure the PPP system.

2) Edit /etc/modprobe.conf, and add:

Code:

# dell axim x30h.  for x3, use 0x4002, and x5 use 0x4001
options ipaq vendor=0x431c product=0x4003

3) create /etc/hotplug/synce.usermap

Code:

synce 0x0003 0x413c 0x4003 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00

4) create /etc/hotplug/usb/synce

Code:

#!/bin/bash

export time=`date +"%b %d %X"`
export uname=`uname -n`

echo "$time $uname $0: iPAQ added" >> /var/log/synce
synce-serial-abort >> /dev/null
synce-serial-start >> /var/log/synce

:> $REMOVER
echo "export time=\`date +\"%b %d %X\"\`" >> $REMOVER
echo "export uname=\`uname -n\`" >> $REMOVER
echo "echo \"\$time \$uname $0: iPAQ removed\" >> /var/log/synce" >> $REMOVER
chmod +x $REMOVER

5) chmod a+x /etc/hotplug/usb/synce

6) modprobe ipaq

7) if your running iptables, either

a) stop filtering
b) add tcp port 5679 to your filter list. On a RH distro, you can do this by editing /etc/sysconfig/iptables and adding the following after the icmp line:

-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 5679 -j ACCEPT

and then do:

service iptables restart

7) attach your axim.

8) start 'dccm' as a user.

9) do a 'pstatus' command.

Watch your syslog, it may take several tries for it to connect.

Shep FC3 · 11-03-04, 09:20 PM

Thanks for the write-up, I will have to give this a try.