New FS-Plugin: Serial transfer to other PC or Palm

[zonkius]

Hi,
many thanks for this great palm-plugin!
Is it possible to make a little addon?
If the file extension field either contains "prc" or "pdb" I wish me additional information - the Palm Creator-ID.
So it would be possible to filter/sort for that extensions (with the strg-F4 or strg-F12 functions).
Perhaps it could look like this:
\\\Serial port\0:\FilePc2Pda.prcPMTR
\\\Serial port\0:\MemoDB.pdbmemo
\\\Serial port\0:\GolemNews.pdbPlkr

Perhaps configurable with a checkbox, like "with rom yes/no".

If you send fileinformation to TC from sdcard, the information is only
necessary if the extension is prc or pdb (e.g.from /palm/launcher directory)

Klaus

[ghisler(Author)]

This is an interesting idea - I will add it to my wish list. Btw, the plugin is open source, so if you have any programming experience, you can easily modify the plugin yourself.

[damjang]

Hi!

I'm new here, but have a problem with filepc2pda v1.1 on my Handera330. When I work with palm memory all goes right, but when I work on my flashcard (\\Serial port\1:\) the filepc2pda app freeze (99% of times) and I must reset the palm. Eg I want to copy a pippo.prc on my CF card and the palm freeze. When I reset I have a file with pippo.prc name but with 0 byte on the CF.

Thanks for the help
damjang

[Olaf]

Hi!

I've got the same problem with my handera 330. Reading from CF-Card works fine, trying to write the app freeze. I do not know if it works with SD-Card.
My System: Win98SE, TC 5.51, Palm OS 3.5.3, filepc2pda 1.0

Olaf

[Olaf]

Correction:
filepc2pda v1.1 is installed. palm system-information, version indicates v1.0?

Olaf

[ghisler(Author)]

filepc2pda writes in blocks of 63k, which is the fastest way to write to an SD-Card on my own Palm (Tungsten T). I have no information about the Handera, it may dislike that particular block size...

[damjang]

Same as above

[damjang]

I don't know if this can help, but is the only thing that I found in Handera SDK Programming companion manual:
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The HandEra 330 includes two expansion slots. The smaller slot supports Secure Digital (SD) cards and Multimedia (MMC) cards. The larger slot supports CompactFlash (CF) cards.

The HandEra 330 provides compatibility with the Palm OS 4.0 system extensions for expansion slots. It fully implements the VFS API as documented in Chapter 51: Virtual File System Manager of the Palm OS API Reference in the Palm OS 4.0 SDK, with the exception of the following functions:
• VFSInstallFSLib() returns expErrNotOpen unless creator is ‘ffsd’ in which case returns errNone.
• VFSRemoveFSLib() always returns errNone.
• VFSCustomControl() returns expErrUnsupportedOperation.
• VFSVolumeFormat() does not support alternate file systems.
• VFSVolumeMount() does not support alternate file systems.
• VFSDirEntryEnumerate() does not support nested directory searches.
The HandEra 330 fully implements the Expansion API as documented in Chapter 30: Expansion Manager of the Palm OS API Reference in the Palm OS 4.0 SDK, with the exception of the following functions:
• ExpSlotDriverInstall() returns expErrUnimplemented.
• ExpSlotDriverRemove() returns expErrUnimplemented.
• ExpSlotLibFind() if slot is valid, returns errNone and passed back a dummy library reference, otherwise returns expErrInvalidSlotRefNum.
• ExpSlotRegister() returns expErrUnimplemented.
• ExpSlotUnregister() returns expErrUnimplemented.
• ExpCardInserted() returns expErrUnimplemented.
• ExpCardRemoved() returns expErrUnimplemented.
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Also this page ( http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.r.wells/VFS_Tut.htm )
can be usefull...

If I can help I'm here...
damjang

[ghisler(Author)]

Thanks, I will have a closer look at it. At a first look, I don't seem to use any of these functions...

[damjang]

Thanks, I will have a closer look at it. At a first look, I don't seem to use any of these functions...

Something new?

damjang

[ghisler(Author)]

No - the only function of the above which I use is VFSDirEntryEnumerate, but I'm not calling it recursively (nested directory searches), so there should be no problem...

[Koreus]

Hi,

It doesn't work for me.

I'm using the Treo 600 (Hansdspring) Palm OS 5.2.1H
I have installed "filepc2pda" on the Treo.
I have configured with USB connection
Transfer History :
Ready
Using Handspring USB call
1 volumes found
Conf. Port: USB
ROM version: 0x05213000

And when i click to connect button i have this error message :
"Could not open com port"

I have run the plugin in Total Commander using USBh (tried also USB and USBI) and it does nothing. There is just a progress bar which appear 1 second.

This plugin sounds great ! I need help

Thanks