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4. Configuration

4.1 General Configuration

Apr  5 06:42:12 ZAPPEL kernel: Linux IrDA v0.1 Sat Dec 13 14:54:04 1997 (Dag Brattli) 
Apr  5 06:42:12 ZAPPEL kernel: IrLPT, $Revision: 1.20 $/$Date: 1998/03/08 15:52:10 $ (Thomas Davis) 
Apr  5 06:42:12 ZAPPEL syslog: Serial connection established. 
Apr  5 06:42:19 ZAPPEL kernel: IrDA Discovered: HP LaserJet 6P 
Apr  5 06:42:19 ZAPPEL kernel:     Services: PnP Compatible Printer <7>Informing LPT service user 

4.2 Printer-Connection Setup

4.3 LAN-Connection Setup

4.4 Dongle Connection Setup

The only supported dongle (serial motherboard adapter) now is the Extended Systems Inc. ESI JetEye. For the Tekram IRmate dongle, technical information is strongly needed. Make sure you have the define ESI_DONGLE uncommented in the Makefile. This couldn't be tested yet, because I don't have an ESI JetEye. So please send me your experiences.

4.5 Palm III Connection Setup

4.6 Window$95 and IrDA

Why this? Unfortenately Linux users are not always supported with necessary hardware information. Sometimes it is possible to look at them in Window$95.

Where to get? At http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/info/irda.htm you will find a support pack "Infrared Transfer 2.0". It is a self-extracting archive W95ir.exe with 331KB.

With some machines e.g. a HP Omnibook 800 it is neccessary to use a vendor specific version of this package (e.g. for the HP Omnibook 800 you may find it at the recovery CD).

Especially the ..\windows\inf\*.inf files and the device manager are of interest to look for configuration details.

There are also some non M$ products available. Note: Some of them use proprietary IR protocols:

Connection between Linux/IR and Window$95 IrDA

For the moment it should only be possible to get a network connection between to PC's (e.g. no ``getty''). If you have setup Infrared Transfer 2.0, you will find an IrDA network device in the <Network Device Section>. But I couldn't get a working connection yet. Maybe it is also possible to use the IrOBEX protocol. But I guess the necessary software is only provided with a Palm III.

4.7 Configuration Tool

If you like you may use my configuration tool for these steps:

How to use the configuration tool:


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