Gnokii-Infrared-HowTo: PC-Hardware and Configuration

5. PC-Hardware and Configuration

This is the most cause for some problems. In moment gnokii works only with SIR- equipment and not with FIR-eqipment. One reason for this is, what phone-speed is limited to 115200 bps. If you have any problems with your equipment read the following parts. Adapters can be the following:

Internal Adapters
- Serial Adapters
  - SIR
  - FIR
- Parallel Adapters
  - SIR
  - FIR
External Adapters
- Serial Adapters
  - SIR
  - FIR
- Parallel Adapters
  - SIR
  - FIR

Mosts laptops have an internal infrared-port. Some motherboards - ASUS for example - have also a infrared-connector. On this boards you must buy a little infrared-transmitter to use infrared-connections.

It is very difficult to describe all parts of configuration. On this reason this HowTo list all tested laptops and other hardware in each section.

5.1 Laptops - who work with gnokii

Short list:

DELL Inspiron 7000 A366LT
DELL Latitude LM 166
DELL Latitude D266XT w/ C/Dock
Fujitsu Lifebook B110 'Biblo' Laptop
Gericom (Network) Notebook with SIR-Infrared
IBM Thinkpad 390
IBM Thinkpad 600
Toshiba Libretto 70CT

DELL Inspiron 7000 A366LT

BIOS-Version : Phoenix BIOS 4.0, Release: 6.0
CPU : Mobile Pentium II, MMX, 366MHz, BIOS Rev A10 (037A)
Memory : 256 MByte
Kernel : 2.2.5
Distibution : SuSE 6.1 (german version)
reported from : Thomas Schneider < ts-ml@dev-thomynet.de >
BIOS-Menu : System Devices: Infrared Port: Customized: SIR, 2F8, IRQ3
Configuration : In BIOS you can configure many thinks for the internal-infrared-port. First you have some choices: SIR or FIR or AUTO. All kinds are tested and works - also FIR! For the COM-Port you must set address in hex and irq. For FIR and AUTO you must also DMA. If you have problems with address/irq look in COM-PORT-Table. Tested with all possibillity com-port from 1 to 4 and their default irqs - no problems. DMA was set in all test to: 3.
Known Problems: no problems known yet
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DELL Latitude LM 166

BIOS-Version : Phoenix NoteBIOS 4.0
CPU : Mobile Pentium, MMX, 166MHz
Memory : 40 MByte
Kernel : 2.2.5
Distibution : SuSE 6.1 (german version)
reported from : Thomas Schneider < ts-ml@dev-thomynet.de >
BIOS-Menu : Peripherals: Integrated Peripherals: Infrared: COM2
Configuration : You must enable in BIOS the internal-infrared-port and must setup the COM-Port on which the internal ir-adapter should work. If you want what infrared use COM2 you must set it here for example.
Known Problems: no problems known yet
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DELL Latitude D266XT w/ C/Dock

BIOS-Version : ????
CPU : ????
Memory : ????
Kernel : ????
Distibution : ????
reported from : Stig-Ørjan Smelror < Stig.Orjan.Smelror@winther.net > on 26. July to gnokii-ml
BIOS-Menu : Peripherals: Integrated Peripherals: Infrared: COM2
Configuration : You must enable in BIOS the internal-infrared-port and must setup the COM-Port on which the internal ir-adapter should work. If you want what infrared use COM2 you must set it here for example.
Known Problems: no problems known yet
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Fujitsu Lifebook B110 'Biblo' Laptop

BIOS-Version : PhoenixBIOS v1.09 10/28/1998
CPU : 233 MMX
Memory : 32 MByte
Kernel : 2.2.5-15
Distibution : Redhat 6.0
reported from : Tuomas Salo < tuomas@optinet.fi > on 28. July to gnokii-ml
BIOS-Menu : ????
Configuration : Serial B: Mode IrDA (not FIR), 3F8 IRQ 4
Known Problems: no problems known yet
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Gericom (Network) Notebook with SIR-Infrared

BIOS-Version : SystemSoft SCU For Intel 430TX/440BX
CPU : 233 MMX
Memory : ????
Kernel : ????
Distibution : ????
reported from : Marcel Holtmann < marcel@rvs.uni-bielefeld.de > on 22. July to gnokii-ml
BIOS-Menu : Components/COM Ports
Configuration : COM A: COM1, 3F8, IRQ4 (Standard Serial for Cable or somthing else) COM B: COM2, 2F8, IRQ3 (Bulit in IR Port) Mode for COM B: IrDA (HPSIR)
Known Problems: no problems known yet
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IBM Thinkpad 390

BIOS-Version : V1.0 R01-A7
CPU : 233 MMX
Memory : 32 MByte
Kernel : 2.2.5-15
Distibution : Redhat 6.0
reported from : Mario Viljac < Mario.Viljac@znanost.hr > on 22. July to gnokii-ml
BIOS-Menu : Config->Advanced Setup
Configuration : IR-port must be enabled, set also COM-Address and IRQ. If you have problems with address/irq look in COM-PORT-Table.
Known Problems: no problems known yet
Note : -

IBM Thinkpad 600

BIOS-Version : ????
CPU : ????
Memory : ????
Kernel : ????
Distibution : ????
reported from : Tuomas Määttänen < maattanen@iki.fi > on 06. July to gnokii-ml
BIOS-Menu : ????
Configuration : ????
Known Problems: no problems known yet
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Toshiba Libretto 70CT

BIOS-Version : 6.20
CPU : Intel P120MMX
Memory : 32 MByte
Kernel : 2.0.36
Distibution : Red Hat 5.2
reported from : Patrick Robbe < probbe@mail.dotcom.fr > on 30. July to gnokii-ml
BIOS-Menu : ????
Configuration : Infrared port (COM2) 2F8h / IRQ3, mode IrDA compatible.
Known Problems: no problems known yet
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