Re: [NTLK] MP 2100/OSX Connection FRUSTRATIONS!

On Aug 26, 2006, at 10:51 AM, Sam Jacobson wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I appreciate all of tyhe help that everyone has afforded to me
> before, and I am sorry to keep nother you all. However, I seem to
> be running into intermitted communication problems with my MP 2100
> and OSX on my G5.
>
> In the past I have been able to get my MP 2100 and G5 to talk via
> NewTen, Esclae and NewtSync, but never with Newton Connection
> Utilities (NCU), with use of a Keyspan US-19HS USB-serial adapter.
> I noticed that when I shut down my G5 that NewTen, Esclae and
> NewtSync would all stop working and, even if I re-downloaded the
> programs, only NewTen would work again.
There is no reason to reload the programs. This is a red herring.
>
> I was wondering if anyone knew what the probelm might be that
> stops my G5 from always being able to talk to my MP2100? Why does
> turning off my G5 take away the abilities of NewTen, Esclae and
> NewtSync to work? As a note, I have never been able to get Escale
> to sync with my G5, just download packages.
Escale doesn't actually have any sync capability, it just has the
button. Also Escale can screw up the connection, so that can break
things.

Is is possible you have your machine set (in System Preferences/
Classic) to automatically start classic at boot time? That in
combination with the OS9 Keyspan drivers installed could bee hogging
the serial connection. Make sure the start classic automatically is
OFF.
>
> I would prefer to use NCU and NewtSync for my syncing needs but,
> as mentioned, NCU has never worked and NewtSync only one time. I do
> not undferstand this. As for NCU, I have tried to run it under OS 9
> classic but, even with every reasonable manipulation I can think of
> of the settings I just cannot get the MP 2100 to be recognized.
Don't know. I think another poster suggested that there is no OS9
driver for that Keyspan device? That could certainly be a problem if
true.
>
> One last question, I have a Lucent Gold WaveLAN WiFi card on the
> way for my MP 2100, yet with all of the connection difficultues I
> have already experienced I am not sure even where to begin to get
> my Newton to see my wireless system. Any suggestions?
Use Newten to install the needed components (check the Wiki), that
should help you get NCU working as you won't need the Keyspan driver
and it will work faster also.

<snip>

Good Luck,
Marty

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