Ever wanted to link your Psion to your Zaurus? Well, now you can.
plptools is a linux project (
plptools Sourceforge site) which allow you to access Psion organisers over serial or Irda links.
I've built plptools 0.13 for the Zaurus - here it is -
UPDATED [Fixed problem where Z wouldn't boot after using plpnfsd
Also fixed ncpd to use Irda as default ]
To use it, line up your Psion and Zaurus infra red ports, copy the ipk onto the Z and do the following:
[root Install_Files]# ipkg install plptools_0.13_arm.ipk
Unpacking plptools...Done.
Configuring plptools...Done.
[root Install_Files]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/irda start
Starting IrDA: 1.1 Tue Nov 9 15:30:55 1999 Dag Brattli
On the Psion, from the Shell, hit CTRL+L to get the link dialog, and set it to Irda, any baud rate. Wait 10 seconds, then:
[root Install_Files]# ncpd
[root Install_Files]# plpftp
PLPFTP Version 0.13 Copyright © 1999 Philip Proudman
Additions Copyright © 1999-2002 Fritz Elfert <felfert@to.com>
& © 1999 Matt Gumbley <matt@gumbley.demon.co.uk>
PLPFTP comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under GPL conditions; see the COPYING file in the distribution.
FTP like interface started. Type "?" for help.
Connected to a Series 5 at 38400 baud, OwnerInfo:
Psion dir is: "C:\"
> ls
drw------- 0 Fri Jan 1 10:10:00 1999 System
drw------- 0 Fri Jan 1 10:10:00 1999 Documents
> cd Documents
> ls
-rw--a---- 17684 Fri Jan 1 13:20:26 1999 Welcome to Series 5mx
-rw--a---- 548 Fri Jan 1 10:10:04 1999 Word
-rw--a---- 413 Fri Jan 1 10:10:06 1999 Sheet
-rw--a---- 676 Fri Jan 1 10:10:08 1999 Data
-rw--a---- 1108 Fri Jan 1 10:10:12 1999 Agenda
-rw--a---- 133 Fri Jan 1 10:10:22 1999 Sketch
-rw--a---- 768 Fri Jan 1 10:10:22 1999 Jotter
-rw--a---- 219 Fri Jan 1 13:13:18 1999 Comms
-rw--a---- 97 Fri Jan 1 13:09:36 1999 Comms.nam
> bye
As well as simple FTP access it comes with the ability to mount the Psion:
[root Documents]# mkdir Psion
[root Documents]# plpnfsd -d /home/zaurus/Documents/Psion/
Owner set to zaurus.qpe
[root Documents]# ls Psion/
C: proc
[root Documents]# ls Psion/C\:/
Documents System
[root Documents]# ls Psion/C\:/Documents/
Agenda Data Sketch
Comms Jotter Welcome to Series 5mx
Comms.nam Sheet Word
[root Documents]#
Now, even better, you can browse the Psion using the Files tab from the Z home screen - see [ Invalid Attachment ] .
Of course, you can't do much with the file formats, unless you build and install some of the file conversion tools, but for Psion owning Zaurus freaks out there it's a start!
