Overview
ADVANTECH™ Commercial Laundry Products
Whirlpool® ADVANTECH™ commercial laundry products allows the use of a Palm™ handheld device, also referred to as a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), for washer and dryer installation, setup, setting special vend prices, washer and dryer software upgrades, and transferring data to and from a personal computer (PC). This information is setup on the PC using ADVANTECH™ Management Software, which is then used to download ADVANTECH™ Handheld Software to the Palm™ handheld. The Palm™ handheld uses an infrared light beam to communicate information contained in the Management Software to the washer and dryer. See Information Flowchart on page 3.
Before downloading the Handheld Software to a PDA device running the Palm™ operating system, ADVANTECH™ Management Software must be installed and running on your PC. Passwords, machine setup, and Handheld Software are available within the Management Software package. This software instruction manual details the initial setup of the ADVANTECH™ Management and Handheld Software and its use with the PC, the Palm™ handheld (or other PDA), and the ADVANTECH™ commercial laundry products.
It is assumed that you are familiar with the basic operation and use of the Palm™ handheld and the PC, and that you have followed all installation instructions that came with the Palm™ handheld for the setup of the Palm™ software, including the HotSync® Manager, and its cradle. See the Palm owner’s manual for more information. Setup of the Palm™ software and a successful HotSync® between the PDA & the PC should be accomplished prior to the installation of the ADVANTECH™ Management Software onto the PC.
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