Mark, do not worry about the debug software. There may be a possibility of the beam being interupted as I have to hold the PDA about 1/2" away to get it to function and if you move it a little bit maybe the beam looses "focus". It does take up to 30 seconds to connect sometimes, which creates some difficulties driving sometimes without a passenger. But most of the problems have been at night... mostly at parties... sometimes with the car standing still. After the third or fourth beaming the empeg stops responding to the PDA.

Yeah, it sounds like the beam is interrupted or just diffused somehow so that it is getting low transfer rates. With my Palm Vx, I had to hold it within 3 inches of the Empeg, but with my newer Tungsten C, it can beam from a few feet away. Check the transparant lens on your ir port on the Clie, it may be scratched, or a combination of the lens on the Clie and the lens on the Empeg could be giving you data transfer errors. The 30 seconds to connect tells me that you've got physical ir issues.

Maybe there is a way to get it to function through USB port to the serial port also?

This has been asked for before, it's easily doable, I just haven't gotten around to implementing it yet. I've been thinking of making other transport methods available (like 802.11 or BT) also. It just makes things more complex, and I like to keep it simple.