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Date:      Mon, 2 Jul 2001 16:12:01 +0300
From:      Panagiotis Astithas <past@netmode.ntua.gr>
To:        Dinesh Nair <dinesh@alphaque.com>
Cc:        Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com>, Richard Johnson <raj@cisco.com>, Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Nokia 8210
Message-ID:  <20010702161200.E93988@netmode.ece.ntua.gr>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107020019280.472-100000@prophet.alphaque.com>; from dinesh@alphaque.com on Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 12:20:26AM %2B0800
References:  <20010701103945.52418@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107020019280.472-100000@prophet.alphaque.com>

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On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 12:20:26AM +0800, Dinesh Nair wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 1 Jul 2001, Scott Mitchell wrote:
> 
> > of it -- it looks just like any other serial port device.  Most of these
> > handsets will also talk IrDA.  My Nokia 7110 is an example of such a
> > handset.  Older models, like the 5110, don't have the modem emulation and
> 
> question is, has anyone managed to get freebsd to talk irda thru the ir
> port ? i see my ir port is recognized as sio2 upon bootup, but cant seem
> to speak to anything. 

IrDa is not supported in FreeBSD, but you can use the infrared adapter as a 
serial port to communicate with the phone. Some phones (e.g. Nokia 6110) use
a subset of IrDA (IrCOMM) that makes this possible. You have to use gnokii
though to connect to the phone.

-past

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