Hand Held Products 7900 manual Using ActiveSync, Synchronizing from Your Desktop Computer

Using ActiveSync

Using Microsoft ActiveSync, you can synchronize and transfer information between your desktop computer and Dolphin terminal. The most current version of ActiveSync can be downloaded from www.microsoft.com.

Additional Capabilities

With ActiveSync, you can also:

•Back up and restore your device data.

•Copy (rather than synchronize) files between your device and desktop computer.

•Control when synchronization occurs by selecting a synchronization mode. For example, you can synchronize continually while connected to your desktop computer or only when you choose the synchronize command.

•Select which information types are synchronized and control how much data is synchronized. For example, you can choose how many weeks of past appointments you want synchronized.

Requirements

To synchronize, ActiveSync version 3.7 or higher must be installed on both your desktop computer and the Dolphin terminal. Dolphin 7900 terminals ship with ActiveSync 3.7 already installed. Therefore, you must install ActiveSync 3.7 on your desktop computer from the Microsoft Companion CD that came with your terminal.

To install ActiveSync on your desktop computer, insert the Microsoft Companion CD into the CD-ROM drive of your desktop computer. Click the yellow arrow, then Start Here, and follow the directions on your screen.

!by Hand Held Products, such as the Dolphin HomeBase, Dolphin Mobile Base, Dolphin Net Base, Dolphin Mobile Charger or other Dolphin 7900 Series charging/communication cable. Use of any peripheral not sold/manufactured by Hand Held Products may damage your terminal and will void the warranty.When communicating via ActiveSync, your terminal must be connected to the host PC with a peripheral device sold/manufactured

For more information about communication peripherals, see Dolphin HomeBase, page 13-1,Dolphin Mobile Base, page 14-1,or Dolphin ChargeBase, page 15-1.

Setting Up Your Desktop Computer

When installation of ActiveSync is complete on your desktop computer, the ActiveSync Setup Wizard helps you

•connect your terminal to your desktop computer,

•set up a partnership so you can synchronize information, and

•customize your synchronization settings.

Synchronizing from Your Desktop Computer

Because ActiveSync is already installed on the Dolphin terminal, your first synchronization process begins automatically when you finish setting up your desktop computer in the wizard and your terminal is connected to the host PC.

After your first synchronization, look at Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks on the terminal. Notice that the same information from Microsoft Outlook on your desktop computer is now on the terminal. Simply remove the Dolphin from the communication peripheral and you’re ready to use it.

By default, ActiveSync does not automatically synchronize all types of information. Use ActiveSync Options to specify the types of information you want to synchronize. The synchronization process makes the data (in the information types you select) identical on both your desktop computer and your device.

For more information about using ActiveSync on your desktop computer, open ActiveSync, then open ActiveSync Help.

Synchronizing from the Terminal

ActiveSync must be setup on your desktop computer and the first synchronization process completed before you initiate synchronization from the terminal for the first time.

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