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Software Installation Overview for Palm PDA

Important:

The installation of this software requires administrative rights on the workstation. If you do not have admin rights, please contact your LAN coordinator. A list of LAN Coordinators is available at the ITS Service Desk website by selecting “Support Contacts by Department”.

There are two basic strategies for setting up your PDA to connect to your Cal Poly email, calendar, contacts and tasks.

Wired Strategy and Wireless Strategy


Wired Strategy –

This strategy will require that you use the HotSync Manager and a cable between your computer and pda to transfer data. This strategy uses the software program Oracle Calendar Sync for synchronizing your PDA to the information stored on the Cal Poly Calendar Server. Your Events, Contacts, and Tasks will sync with your PDA when using the Oracle Calendar Sync program. Syncing your Contacts can be confusing as the Oracle Calendar Sync program will only sync the Contacts that are stored on the Cal Poly Calendar Server.

If you are using the program Oracle Connector for Outlook (OCFO) then your Contacts in OCFO will sync as they are stored on the Calendar Server. The Oracle Calendar Sync program will not synchronize your email.

Installation Overview For Palm PDA In Conjunction with Oracle Connector for Outlook (OCFO) Using the Wired Strategy

  1. Grant user administrator rights. This only applies to workstations that are in Active Directory. If your workstation is not in the Cal Poly Active Directory system then you can skip this step.
  2. Install the Palm Desktop software on workstation.
  3. Download and Install Oracle Calendar Sync for Palm on workstation.
  4. Configure the HotSync program using the HotSync Manager.
  5. Synchronize Device using HotSync —This will copy data from the Oracle Calendar system and make it available on the device.
  6. Remove user administrator rights.

Wireless Strategy-

This strategy will use the data network on your cell phone to transfer data to your PDA.

  1. Grant user administrator rights.
  2. Install the Palm Desktop software on workstation.
  3. Create a VText profile.
  4. Install VersaMail.
  5. Install SyncML.
  6. Configure the HotSync program using the HotSync Manager.
  7. Synchronize Device using HotSync — This will transfer Versamail and SyncML to your PDA.
  8. Configure and sync VersaMail.
  9. Configure and sync SyncML.
  10. Remove user administrator rights.

For assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk at 756-7000.