nickms
06-28-2004, 02:37 PM
I've read a lot of posts here about using missing sync with Clies for syncing your handheld on Mac OS X with Palm desktop. However, I recently used an application called pdiQue to make Palm Desktop for mac compatible with a Garmin iQue. pdiQue simply adds the USBVENDOR IDs and USBPRODUCT IDs to the property lists inside thenecesarry files in Palm Desktop to allow it to recognize the handheld. This works perfectly for syncing all the basic conduits excluding functions unique to the iQue, it even works with Vindigo. Using a Plist editor pdiQue can be modified to add any USBVENDOR IDs and USBPRODUCT IDs to Palm Desktop.
So my question is has anyone tried this?
From what I've read, excluding multimedia, MissingSync does not even appear to be very active while conductin a basic hotsync. It seems quite possible and even likely that all MissingSync does add the IDs to Palm Desktop and then handle multimedia transfers through its own app.
If anyone has some insight on this please respond I plan on buying a TH55 soon would rather implement this solution myself than pay 30$ for an app that does the same thing (again, excluding multimedia file transfers).
This is a copy of the email I recieved from the developer of the pdiQue application:
Greetings, Nick.
I would say that it is worth a try. You can modify PDiQue to use a
different pair of IDs to have it add them.
I did some searches on the th55 for its ids. Linux seems to use Sony
vendor id as 1356 (0x054c) and device id 324 (0x0144). If you have
Apple's developer tools installed, you can use "USB Prober", the clie
should appear when it tries to sync. If it isn't trying to sync, it
won't appear. The IDs will appear in hex while PDiQue and Palm Desktop
use decimal numbers. The numbers for the iQue are in the
PDiQue.app/Contents/Info.plist file, so if you change them to the Clie,
it will add those values to Palm Desktop's list instead. The file is
XML formatted, and you can use Apple's Property List editor to modify
it also.
So my question is has anyone tried this?
From what I've read, excluding multimedia, MissingSync does not even appear to be very active while conductin a basic hotsync. It seems quite possible and even likely that all MissingSync does add the IDs to Palm Desktop and then handle multimedia transfers through its own app.
If anyone has some insight on this please respond I plan on buying a TH55 soon would rather implement this solution myself than pay 30$ for an app that does the same thing (again, excluding multimedia file transfers).
This is a copy of the email I recieved from the developer of the pdiQue application:
Greetings, Nick.
I would say that it is worth a try. You can modify PDiQue to use a
different pair of IDs to have it add them.
I did some searches on the th55 for its ids. Linux seems to use Sony
vendor id as 1356 (0x054c) and device id 324 (0x0144). If you have
Apple's developer tools installed, you can use "USB Prober", the clie
should appear when it tries to sync. If it isn't trying to sync, it
won't appear. The IDs will appear in hex while PDiQue and Palm Desktop
use decimal numbers. The numbers for the iQue are in the
PDiQue.app/Contents/Info.plist file, so if you change them to the Clie,
it will add those values to Palm Desktop's list instead. The file is
XML formatted, and you can use Apple's Property List editor to modify
it also.