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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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