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Not much better than beta
Authored by: Magic on Mar 29, '02 11:10:01AM

I performed complete deinstall of any Palm software and then installed 4.0 on a TiPB using OS X. I did not install it for use in OS 9 Classic. I use Palm Vx and PalmConnect USB. Palm 4.0 is definitly not ready for prime time.

It took me 40+ attempts including all combinations of plugging, unplugging USB, deleting preferences, IR port attempts, reboots, Classic not running, Classic Running, etc. to get it to work once. Generally it would identify the User on the Palm and then time out before any data transfer. It worked once on the IR port and that was it. It never worked again with the same settings.



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Speed of synch?
Authored by: robg on Mar 29, '02 11:41:42AM

Did you try messing with the synch speed settings? Others have reported that (especially it seems with the Palm USB Connect) that they had best results at 57,600kbps instead of "As fast as possible".

-rob.



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Not much better than beta
Authored by: rselph on Mar 29, '02 02:30:41PM

I'm afraid I'll have to echo Magic's experience. I just had the first two kernel panics I've seen since the public beta. I tried robg's hint to set the speed lower, but still no go.

I'm trying to sync via IR port on a TiPB with 10.1.3.

Oh well. I guess I'll uninstall, and wait for the next rev that mentions "stability improvements."

Sigh.



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Not much better than beta
Authored by: msuper69 on Mar 30, '02 12:16:59PM

I couldn't get my TiPB 500 to IR sync. I check Apple's knowledge base and discovered that the original TiPB's infrared hardware does not work with Mac OS X 10.1. http://kbase.info.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/kbase.woa/129/wa/query?type=id&val=KC.106617



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Not much better than beta
Authored by: Davlin on Jun 11, '02 09:52:05PM

I'm experiencing the same problem. I just got the USB Connection Kit for my IIIc, installed Palm Desktop 4.0 at first and tried to hot sync. Nothing happened. So I started various tests in order to identify the problem, maybe some sort of driver incompatibility.
On Mac OS 9 (working as primary system on a separate partition) and older Palm Desk included in the connector package took me 5 to 10 retries before a sync operation started.
Upgrading to classic Desktop 4.0 improved some performances. Synchronization doesn't run at first (like after reboot) but opening HotSync Setup, switching to "disabled", unplugging the usb connector, plugging it again right after and checking the "enable" command then closing the application finally gave some positive results, maybe after 2 or 3 identical retries.
In conclusion: Desktop 4.0 in mac os 9.2.2 (not classic under OS X) works along with some patience; trying to repeat the same process under OS X 10.1.5 and 10.1.3 (on another G4-AGP) was completely unsuccessful and frustrating.

My personal opinion is that "Transport Monitor" conflicts with last OS release but, most of all, no driver for USB connection kit is working on X. For example: Sys Profiler under OS 9.2.2 report the USB device, its serial number and the driver version. On OS X both informations are missing. Thus HotSync and the system itself do not receive any request from the cradle and no transport starts.

Probably we'll have to wait for some sort of update. As usual.



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