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Solaris 7 User Supplement

Getting Started

The PDA sync application is available as an icon on the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) desktop. It will be activated when you first log in. When you exit the application, you will need to restart it manually in order to perform synchronization again.

If you are synchronizing for the first time after installing PDA sync, a dialog box will appear asking you to name your organizer. If your organizer already has a name, this dialog box will not appear.

If your organizer has a password, a dialog will ask you for it every time you run the application. If your organizer does not have a password, this dialog will not appear.

Installing PDA Sync

Before starting your PDA sync installation, you must become superuser.

If there is a previous version of the PDA sync software installed, remove the SUNWpdas package: # pkgrm SUNWpdas.

To install PDA sync:

  1. Change directories to the directory on the CD-ROM that contains the PDA Sync packages and install the updated version SUNWpdas: # pkgadd -d . SUNWpdas

Synchronizing

If you are synchronizing a new organizer (or one that has been hard reset) for the first time after installing PDA sync, a dialog box will appear asking for a name for your organizer. Refer to your organizer documentation for the procedure to follow to perform a hard reset. The dialog box will not appear if your organizer already has a name.

Note -

Your UNIX\256 user name is what you use to log in to your workstation and your organizer user name is the name that appears in the upper right corner of the PDA screen during a HotSync operation. You can choose to have identical user names or different user names.

Setting the Port

When the Synchronization window appears, the first thing you must do is establish the port setting.

  1. Click the button with a checkmark on it on the lower left side of the Synchronization tab.

  2. Select the port (A, B, or C) to which you connected the PDA.

  3. Press the Sync button on the PDA device.

Accessing the PDA Sync Software

Access the PDA sync software in one of two ways.

The first way to access is by using the following procedure.

  1. Using the desktop icon, open the Applications pull-down menu from the Control Panel (typically at the bottom of your screen).

  2. Click on Applications to open Application Manager.

  3. Click on Desktop_Apps to locate the PDA sync icon.

  4. Click on PDA sync.

    Note -

    In order to make the PDA sync icon more accessible in the future, drag and drop the PDA sync icon from the Desktop_Apps screen into the Install area of the Application pull down menu or into your user space.

The second way to access the PDA sync software is by typing /usr/dt/bin/stdpdasync on the command line.

For more information on the PDA sync application, see the Help information on the PDA sync software.