P*Wcal 1.2 documentation

The NetSync application

To allow HotSync your Palm using the network, you have to install the NetSync application on your Palm. A copy of NetSync.PRC comes with P*Wcal.

After installing NetSync, you will have extra menus in the HotSync application of your Palm. Two menus are useful to do a Network HotSync:

The LANSync Prefs menu allows you to switch between network and local HotSync. By default, your Palm is configured for a local HotSync. You have to switch to LANSync to allow network HotSync. After the change, the screen looks like: The Primary PC Setup menu allows you to specify the name and IP address of the Wcal server in your networks. If the Wcal server is called wcal.my.org and has the address 192.168.0.10, the screen looks like:
LANSync Preferences
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LANSync Local HotSync
 
  OK  
  Cancel  
Primary PC Setup
Primary PC Name:
wcal.my.org
Primary PC Address:
192.168.0.10
Subnet Mask(optional):
 
 
  OK  
  Cancel  

Now you are ready for a Network HotSync.


On the Wcal server, be sure that pwcald and pi-csd are running:
> pi-csd
> pwcald .

If your client PC is a unix machine (Linux, for example), your can run pi-nredir that comes with the pilot-link package to redirect Network HotSync to the Wcal server:
> pi-nredir /dev/pilot

If your client PC is a Windows machine,
check the network option in the HotSync menu
(click on the Hotsync icon in the SysTray):
*Local
Modem
*Network


Then you can press the HotSync button on the Palm craddle to start the Network HotSync.
After a successful Network HotSync with a Windows client, you can check your configuration in the HotSync Setup menu:
*Local
Modem
*Network

 Setup...

Custom...
File link...
View log...

About...
Help...

Exit...
Setup
X
General Local Modem Network
Checked users make this their Primary PC for performing a
Network Hotsync operation
Joel

 

 

TCP/IP Settings
Primary PC Name:
Primary PC Address:
Subnet Mask(optional):

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