KNOPPIX & SIGMATEL STI 4200

[cladix]

Can i use my usb-irda dongle (Sigmatel STI 4200) with knoppix??

The linux driver can be found at http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=677208&forum_id=174804

Is this dongle automatically configured??

[Xalbat]

Hello
I am sorry I can't help you.
But perhaps you can help me, did you succeded in your research since your question ?
If yes could you share your experience ?
Thanks a lot
Xalbat

[stukennedyuk]

I'd like to be able to use this too! I bought one of these USB-IrDA devices cheaply on eBay. It seems that 'all' the cheap dongles are based on this chip.

The driver is reported to work in the sourceforge forum mentioned at the link in the first post. With statements like "I've compiled.... works.... thanks....." but no further information on how-to!

Help!

Stu.....

[stukennedyuk]

I've made a bit of (stumbling) progress. The first thing is to download the .tgz file from:-

http://wetlogic.net/stewart/stir4200/

Then extract (I did all this download/extract Mozilla and KDE (used 'ark')).

This gives you:-

Makefile
stir4200.c
stir4200.h

Then modprobe irda - if you don't do this, when you do the 'make' in the next step, you'll get shedloads of errors ('shedloads' = lots of errors).

Then from the shell 'make stir4200.c'

This gives you the driver 'stir4200.o'

I didn't know where to put this so I added a line to one of the module config files (I forgot, like an idiot straight after I did it).

Then 'insmod stir4200'

So, plugging in the IrDA/USB dongle now gives the following message in dmesg

hub.c: new USB device 00:10.2-1, assigned address 7
SigmaTel STIr4200 IRDA/USB found at address 7, Vendor: 66f, Product: 4200
IrDA: Registered SigmaTel device irda0

This looks like progress!

Any idea how I can check it's doing something? (I have a Palm IIIc with IrDA) - or my daughters Sagem my-x6 mobile?

Cheers, Stu.....

[stukennedyuk]

I added a line to /etc/modprobe.conf' to add a 'local directory'

Not sure if this was needed.

Also copied the stir4200.o to /lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/kernel/drivers/usb

Not sure if this was needed

Stu.....

[stukennedyuk]

You also need:-

ircomm
ircomm-tty

....and somehow this makes ircomm0 available. 'chmod' so that it's r/w

I've managed to sync the palm using this port, but does anyone have a suggestion for receiving files from the mobile?

Stu.....

[stukennedyuk]

.....and you need to use:-

ifconfig irda0 up (or down to switch it off)

(Thanks rickenbacherus)

Stuart.....