Using PsiWin with IrDA

(Or how to get your EPOC device to link to your PC using Infrared)

Last Update: 14th May, 2003


Have you ever wondered why - in this supposedly wireless world in which we live - you have to use a serial cable to connect your Psion to your PC?   Well you don't!  All recent Psions (Series 5, 5mx, revo, mako, Series 7, netBook, etc.) come equipped with an Infrared port (sometimes called 'IR' or 'IrDA') which you can use to link to your PC or laptop if it has an Infrared port too. The articles below describe how you can set this link up on your machine and configure PsiWin to work over the link as though you had the standard cable connected... 

'Look Ma - no wires!'

 

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