Visor: Problemi s sinhronizacijo

Visor: Hotsync Problems

Nekaj mesecev po zamenjavi Visorja (zaradi znanega DRAM hrošča), je moj Visor nenadoma začel zavračati vsako sinhronizacijo s katerimkoli od računalnikov.

Da bi rešil problem, sem že poskusil:

• Mehki reset
• Trdi reset
• Sinhronizacijo z drugim operacijskim sistemom (Win98 in Win2000)
• Sinhronizacijo s serijskim in USB ležiščem
• Čiščenje konektorja

Žal sinhronmizacija še vedno ne dela, zato sumim, da je problem v komunikacijskem delu glavne plošče. Zanimivo pa je, da Visor lepo sprejema beam aplikacije. Za sinhronizacijo Visorja preko IR pa seveda potrebujem ustrezno programsko opremo, kot je npr. IR Link. Vprašanje, ki ga moram razrešiti je, če se da IR Link inštalirati skozi drug PalmOS računalnik (in ga potem poslati preko žarka v Visorja) in pri tem upoštevati vse registracijske pasti.

Ne vem še točno, kaj mi je storiti. Pri servisu za Visorje v Sloveniji (JAE d.o.o.) so mi rekli, da bi bilo verjetno potrebno zamenjati celotno glavno ploščo, kar bi prišlo približno 200 eurov in še delo seveda. Z malce smole bi mi morali zamenjati tudi zaslon.

To je seveda preveč in razmišljam o tem, da bi Visorja dal v kot in se obrnil k Palmu. Palm IIIxe je trenutno v Sloveniji celo cenejši kot Visor DeLuxe.

After few months after Visor swap (because of DRAM bug) my Visor suddenly stops to synchronise with both computers (one on serial and the other on USB port).

To resolve the problem I have tried to do:

• Soft reset
• Hard reset
• Syncing with another OS (Windows 98 and Windows 2000)
• Syncing with Serial and USB craddle
• Cleaning connector

Unfortunately hotsync still does not work. I'm suspecting, there is some problem with communication part of main board. It is however interresant, that Beam does work without a problem. To hotsync Visor via IR, the apropriate software as IR Link should be installed. The question I have to resolve is wheter it is possible to install IR Link through another PalmOS computer or not with all the registration stuff needed?

I do not know what to do. People at Visor service in Slovenia (JAE d.o.o.) have told me, that possibly whole main board should be replaced and that should cost me about 200 EUR plus work to repair ofcourse. In case of bad luck I should also exchange display.

That is much too much and I'm considering to leave Handspring and turn to Palm. Palm IIIxe is momentarily even cheaper (in Slovenia) as Visor DeLuxe.