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Can you get an external HDD for XDAII?

HI,
I've just recently got myself an XDAII and have found that I run out of storage memory easily. Is there an external hard drive available that I'd be able to hook up to the XDAII?
Also, can the XDAII act as a USB host to other peripherals (like an ext HDD or camera)? For example would I be able to download a pic from my camera via the USB to store on the mem card?
I appreciate any advice you can give me!
cheers
P

Also, can the XDA II act as a USB host to other peripherals
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nop it's a peripheral itself and that cant be changed
of cause if you buy the backpack and then get the usb CF card it may be able to host

Thanks Rudegar,
I figured as much in regard to the USB host. I'll look into the backpack option though.
cheers
P

Check this out... So far I don't think the unit is shipping. I am hoping it will not disappear into the vaporware albums.
http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/archives/000291.php
You would of course need a SDIO WiFi card too if you don't have one already.

other usb devices

hi
I enjoyed ur intresting article. Do u think is this possible we connect other usb devices such as usb wirless network cards to XDA in this manner?
Thanks alot
Masoud

the xda2 is a usb device not a usb master so it cant use usb devices
maybe if one get the backpack and then get a cf to usb card it's possible

VGA output?

Hi there,
I'm wondering how the "backpack for Himalaya" is working.
It has a VGA/TV output, whereas the bottom pins on the Himalaya don't have VGA out.
What do you think? How does the screen information "leave" the XDA, if there are only USB, RS232 and audio pins on the connector (according to http://wiki.xda-developers.com/wiki/Connectors )?
All help and tips are welcome!
Cheers,
Tomiki

Hi
Are you sure such thing exists ?
I know that you can pipe-out video from Ipaq H5550 through special expansion slot.
Himalaya doesn't have such connectors (only standard charge/audio/usb/serial).
The only way to get video out from it is to encode it and send via USB.
Just like Microsoft's rdisp does. (crappy.. about 10 fps, and is hard on device's CPU)

Ugh, come ON people.
Take the back OFF your device, and wonder! wonder at the extra connector I just gave your in all its goodness!
That will be £5 for pointing out the bleedin' obvious thank you.
The backpack connects here, you remove the existing back panel to fit it.
And yes, there IS a vga out on it.

Hi Pyrofel,
The thing is: I have a Blue Angel, so I'm looking for something like that on my Blue Angel ) I thought the VGA is converted into USB and leaves the XDA II on the USB, so that the same could be done on the Blue Angel as well.
What do you think?
Otherwise thanks for tlling me the obvious, sorry I couldn'T check it out without an XDA II
Cheers,
Tomiki

i dont think the backpack connector under the back cover of himalaya
are usb
for the himalaya to have 2 usb connectors you could use at the same time it
1 would have to have an usb hub
2 would have to be usb master which it's not

No, the connector under the cover isnt usb
No, vga doesnt come out over USB.
No, ive not seen the vga for Blueangle.
This is a special port, like the expansion port on the old Ipaq models.
I dont ever remember hearing about a vga backpack for anything other than xda II, obviously it sold so well they didnt bother with it on other models.
I think there is an SDIO card with vga out. I dont know where I saw it, but im sure it exists.

well i have seen usb to vga box's
but that would require
1 the pda being able to act as USB host
2 drivers for the box for pda's
i would not hold my breath

Maybe I could take the Blue Angel apart to check out if there's video out or not.
Otherwise Margi used to sell SDIO VGA cards, but it's discontinued.
I think only the Universal can act as a USB host, not the Himalaya, Blue Angel.
Well, I don't know, if somebody finds out something, let me know

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BA_Technical
nude BA
and people dont even seem 100% sure that universal support host

HP VGA-Out PC card with iPAQ h5550
robal: "I know that you can pipe-out video from Ipaq H5550 through special expansion slot."
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Hi robal...where did you get this information from?
I'm trying to modify the driver for the HP VGA-Out card for use with my iPAQ h5550 with PC-Card expansion pack plus.
The card came bundled with driver for WinCE2.1 only & meant for Jornada 600 series handheld PC using Hitachi SH3 CPU.
Anyone in this forum thread got any clue how or where I can begin doing that?
Any advice in the right direction is appreciated.
Thanks!

Re: HP VGA-Out PC card with iPAQ h5550
konker said:
robal: "I know that you can pipe-out video from Ipaq H5550 through special expansion slot."
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Hi robal...where did you get this information from?
I'm trying to modify the driver for the HP VGA-Out card for use with my iPAQ h5550 with PC-Card expansion pack plus.
The card came bundled with driver for WinCE2.1 only & meant for Jornada 600 series handheld PC using Hitachi SH3 CPU.
Anyone in this forum thread got any clue how or where I can begin doing that?
Any advice in the right direction is appreciated.
Thanks!
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Well I have a h5500 and I can stick in a vga card (about $120 incl ir remote) and that gives me RCA as well as svideo outputs upto 1024x768. There are both cf cards (large supply) and pccards (I have the dual pccard adapter for my 5500 along with extra battery pack).
google around for a "pocket pc" "vga card" you will find many. But you need to get the "expansion sleeve" to make it work as the 5500 does not come with any cf/pccard slots by default. There *might* be a SD vga card out there, I havent looked as I have had a 1GB sd card in there for over a year and refuse to remove it

Rudegar said:
well i have seen usb to vga box's
but that would require
1 the pda being able to act as USB host
2 drivers for the box for pda's
i would not hold my breath
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you can make anything a USB host if its a USB client, it just takes a little bit of hardware. More than a null modem however (which is what some people sell). and yes the drivers would have to be there, all in all I dont know that it would be worth it unfortunately :/
The USB host is also supposed to supply the operating voltage for the clients, that is why the wizard charges (I presume others too) that way. If you dont you violate the spec and your devices may not work. This would put a lot of load on the battery and possibly make it run considerably hotter than it needs to.

Re: HP VGA-Out PC card with iPAQ h5550
trixter said:
Well I have a h5500 and I can stick in a vga card (about $120 incl ir remote) and that gives me RCA as well as svideo outputs upto 1024x768. There are both cf cards (large supply) and pccards (I have the dual pccard adapter for my 5500 along with extra battery pack).
google around for a "pocket pc" "vga card" you will find many. But you need to get the "expansion sleeve" to make it work as the 5500 does not come with any cf/pccard slots by default. There *might* be a SD vga card out there, I havent looked as I have had a 1GB sd card in there for over a year and refuse to remove it
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Hi trixter!
Thanks for the reply...I have the PC Card Expansion Pack Plus & the HP VGA-out PC Card but dun have the right drivers to get them to work.
Any idea if the bundled driver(meant for WinCE2.1 running on Jornada 600 series H/PC) can be modified to work on the WM2003?
Please advice.
Thanks!

Is this possible to connect to Uni?

Hi all
Perhaps I´m being noob with this quiestion, but it´sbetter to try
Is possible to connect this speakers to my Uni?
Any adapter for USB to mini USB exists? and if so, does the power will be enough to feed the speakers and work?
(Nominal power 100mA / power tension 5 Vcc)
Thanks a lot for any help

if it's normal usb speakers extusb is not really a factor
as usb speakers dont use analog signals but have a kind of
usb soundcard integrated into them
so it comes down to drivers which works for universal if it
support usb host that is pretty sure it don't in which case it would
never work
if I were you I would try taking the question the universal forum
where owners of the same device as you will be more likely to
read it

Rudegar said:
if it's normal usb speakers extusb is not really a factor
as usb speakers dont use analog signals but have a kind of
usb soundcard integrated into them
so it comes down to drivers which works for universal if it
support usb host that is pretty sure it don't in which case it would
never work
if I were you I would try taking the question the universal forum
where owners of the same device as you will be more likely to
read it
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Thanks a lot mate
PD. Is possible to move this thread to Universal forum as Rudegar suggests?
Cheers,

Micro USB works on Touch Pro...!!!

Hi guys...!!!
I got a bit excited seeing my normal micro usb cable works with the touch pro. I just plugged it in for fun but it actually detected the cable and even my pc recognised the touch pro...
Did you guys know about it???
Just thought of sharing this piece of info with you all...

akash_nu said:
Did you guys know about it???
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yes... lol
thanks anyway!

Worked with all of the HTC devices I've used so far (Universal, Kaiser, Artemis, and Raphael) - still good to mention, though.

ROFL!!
And BTW: It's MiniUSB, not MicroUSB.

this must be a joke..seriously lol
the htc usb plug (the 3 way audio/charger/tvout) isc alled a "non standard mini usb" and your normal mini usb is a "standard" the only function the non standard plug utilizes is all the audio/headset controls (the bottom 5 pins) while he top 4 (associated with the standard mini usb functions) control the + and - voltages and data transfer. so one would naturally assume and realize that ANY mini usb would work And the fact that the wall charger that comes with any htc device utlizes the standard mini usb design so its a no brainer..

Sorry, dint know that you all knew about it... Lol...

is this your first htc device?

It's the simple things we take for granted...

Yeah this is my 1st HTC device... I am still learning and just reading and getting to know this beast slowly... Lol...

HTC has a different name for it, they call it: HTC ExtUSB™!
Besides the PRO, the other PDA that I had was the Qtek S200 and it had a "normal" miniUSB connection.

n00b.
hey, guess what...I can press buttons on the screen with my finger!
(sorry dude, don't mean to offend you or anything really......its just that such posts are hard to come by and its beyond my ability to control the evil side in me)

Akash,
I can understand your surprise. I remember just a few HTC devices ago, (maybe the SX66), you had to know the pinout for the cable for the exact device. To make matters worse, many different cables with the same looking connector, had opposing pinouts. So you could actually fry your device plugging in a lookalike cable.
So remember, don't be afraid to jump in on any topic here.

I'm trying to get mini-USB cables from monoprice... how many pins does the mini-B connector have?
monoprice has 4 pin, 5 pin, 8 pin, 14 pin usb->mini b cables.