Infrared connection and file transfer

David, thanks for your suggestions. I will try and make one of the local
user group meetings. I'll email you separately on that.

On the IR connection problem, there isn't really a way to initiate the file
send from the C-Pen; it just constantly seeks other IR (or cable connection)
sources, and if it connects it's supposed to trigger a response on the other
device.  When connected with the desktop it pulls up the C-Pen program,
which allows browsing on the C-Pen, transfering of files, cut and pasting,
editing, etc.  I've looked on the C-Pen site (made by C Technologies), and
there is no install program required for a PPC.  In the help files on the
website it just states that it should happen automatically.

If I don't start the IR program on the PPC first, nothing happens on either
side. If I turn on the "infrared" program, the C-Pen immediately indicates
that it's first seeking another device, then finds and connects with the
other device, but the connection never gets completed on the PPC side.  The
Infrared program in the PPC indicates that it's "Establishing connection
with CPen..." but never goes any further.

Any other recs?

Rob

At this point I don't have a suggestion since I don't have one of the
C-Pens myself.

Is this a personal quest, or are you working on a development project?
If you are testing the pen for a business application, you might want
to also try the Ericsson Chatpen which uses Bluetooth instead of IrDA.
Unfortunately, I don't have one of those yet either, but I expect one
soon.

David Shier
www.shier.com
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