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« on: October 27, 2003, 02:30:13 pm »
I just purchased a 5500 and also have problems synching at first. While I don\'t write code I consider myself more of a moderate to advanced linux user, been in it for a few years now. I found a combo of things can go wrong with the syncing. When I got it I spent the first 3 days flashing my rom and working with the syncing to both try new roms and to learn how the synching works...(I think I must have flashed at least 10 times within 2 days).
Here are the problems I discovered:
Intellisync
1. Newer roms like thekompany.rom and the new sharp rom require the new version of intellisync to work. If the versions are a mismatch then it won’t work. You can download it for free from myzaurus.com
2. New versions of intellisync and newer roms offer a USB I/O option to sync. This is junk for the most part and while it will work other things won’t. If you change this you have to change it on the Zaurus and on Intellisync through the “zaurus managerâ€.
3. The new roms come with USB I/O Defaulted in the pclink program. When you switch it takes an ungodly amount of time to configure after you click ok and can seem like it is hung up. Resist the temptation to soft reset the z. It will eventually get configured. Rebooting the z after is a good idea.
Windows
1. When you sync and it installs the NDIS5 adapter it will assign the network connection a Dynamic ip address. Sometimes this will cause conflicts as it won’t be the right range. I found that changing the ip address to the right range will work, otherwise assigning an ip address of 192.168.129.1 (that one works for me).
2. If you can’t sync drop to command line in windows (start]]run]]type cmd) and ping the zaurus ip address 192.168.129.201 by default. If you get no response it’s configured incorrectly or the windows system may need a reboot.
3. Typically win xp/2000 doesn’t require a reboot after installing new network cards but when it first detects the zaurus it needs a reboot before the network adapter will see the zaurus networking wise.
4. When you flash the rom with a different rom (i.e. Stock sharp to thekompany.rom) then it will install a new adapter and you. You’ll have to fix the ip address again, and reboot to ensure.
Sometimes the Rom just doesn’t get put on correctly. I had an issue synching when I switched to thekompany.rom and couldn’t resolve it. It appeared to work but nothing was seen. I reflashed the rom with a redownloaded image and was able to get it to work.
Getting the synching to work under the stock rom can be painful. I highly suggest updating it.
The openzaurus rom I don’t really remember what I did with it or which version of intellisync I used, I believe it was the older version. I didn’t really like it aside from its visually pleasing benefits. Hope this helps.
Tim
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