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Summary of Contents for Manager for Dana

Page 1: ...The Palm Powered wireless laptop alternative D a n a W i r e l e s s S e t u p G u i d e ...

Page 2: ...Dana Wireless Setup Guide AlphaSmart Inc www alphasmart com wireless book Page i Friday August 1 2003 12 33 PM ...

Page 3: ...n permission from AlphaSmart Inc Be sure to make backup copies of all important data on other media to protect against data loss Important Please read the End User Software License Agreement with this product before using the accompanying software program s Using any part of the software indicates that you accept the terms of the End User Software License Agreement AlphaSmart is a registered trade...

Page 4: ...PC 13 Installing Dana Internet Solutions Pack on a Macintosh 14 DanaWeb 15 Visiting a web page 16 Changing Browser Settings 18 Transferring text from a web page to Memo Pad and AlphaWord 19 VeriChat 21 Setting up VeriChat 21 Adding a contact 25 Sending a chat message 25 Mark Space Mail 26 Setting up Mark Space Mail 27 Creating an email message 30 Receiving mail 31 Appendix A Wi Fi Terms and Dana I...

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Page 6: ...school or corporate or a service plan with a network service provider sold separately by third party vendors You must also have proximity to a wireless access point Tip If you are unfamiliar with Wi Fi terminology or the Dana interface we recommend you refer to Appendix A It contains definitions of commonly used Wi Fi terms as well as a description of Dana interface elements Wi Fi terms defined in...

Page 7: ...es However if you want to use a specific access point by default Dana Wireless tries to connect to the first access point it can find a static fixed IP address or encryption please see Advanced Wi Fi setup on Dana Wireless on page 4 for detailed setup procedures 1 Press the apps key repeatedly until you see All in the top right corner of the Applications Launcher 2 Tap the Prefs icon 3 Tap the pic...

Page 8: ...home 7 Generally when using DHCP you will not need to make changes to DHCP Addressing However if your network administrator told you to change DHCP Addressing see Changing DHCP Addressing on page 4 for more information 8 Tap OK in the Profile Preferences dialog Tap Done in the LAN Details dialog 9 Tap the Connect button to connect to the wireless network now Tap here to select a different profile ...

Page 9: ...r told you to change DHCP addressing tap on the Addressing selector field 2 Tap the Primary DNS Secondary DNS or Gateway selector field then enter the information obtained from your network administrator Tap OK 3 Tap OK in the Profile Preferences dialog Tap Done in the LAN Details dialog Tap here to change settings for Primary DNS Secondary DNS or Gateway Enter values obtained from your network ad...

Page 10: ...from the Access Point pick list Dana Wireless defaults to Use first available which allows it to connect to the first access point it can find 3 Enter the Network ID SSID for the access point you want to connect to Important The Network ID you type in is case sensitive and must exactly match the name assigned to the access point for the connection to work Tap here to select a specific access point...

Page 11: ...g Tap OK in the Profile Preferences dialog Tap Done in the LAN Details dialog 5 Tap the Connect button to connect to the wireless network now Using a Static IP Address After completing steps 1 6 for Basic Wi Fi setup on Dana Wire less on page 2 continue with the following steps to use a static fixed IP address 1 If your network administrator told you to use a Static IP address tap on the Addressin...

Page 12: ...dministrator Tap OK 4 Tap OK in the Profile Preferences dialog Tap Done in the LAN Details dialog 5 Tap the Connect button to connect to the wireless network now Setting up Encryption After completing steps 1 6 for Basic Wi Fi setup on Dana Wireless on page 2 continue with the following steps to setup Dana Wireless to work with a network that uses encryption Tap here to select Static IP Enter info...

Page 13: ...ty 1 Tap the 802 11b button 2 Tap the Security selector field 3 Choose Open Encryption from the Security pick list 4 Choose 40 Bit 64 Bit or 128 Bit from the Encryption pick list based on your network administrator s instructions Tap here to change security settings Select which key will be active Enter key values here Tap here to turn on encryption Tap here to select the type of encryption wirele...

Page 14: ...d by other programs The optional Dana Internet Solutions Pack includes soft ware to enhance your Internet experience For more information see Chapter 2 Dana Internet Solutions Pack WiStat WiStat is a diagnostic tool that provides status information about your Wi Fi connection For the current connection it will show signal strength Network ID SSID encryption status and more WiStat is the only easy ...

Page 15: ...he Applications Launcher 2 Tap the WiStat icon See below for illustration of WiStat To Ping an address If you are having trouble with your Wi Fi connection you can use Ping to narrow down the source of the problem If you can successfully Ping your Gateway but not the AlphaSmart web site included in the Ping target list then your gateway is having problems connecting to the internet If you cannot s...

Page 16: ...ddress you want is not in the Target pick list select Enter Address and then type in the appropriate address Tap OK 5 Tap the Ping button to Ping the address Wi Fi HotSync Operations You can also use your Wi Fi profile created when you completed the Wi Fi setup procedure described earlier to perform HotSync operations The HotSync process automatically synchronizes that is exchanges and updates dat...

Page 17: ...ng Started with Dana guide For more information on setting up and performing a Wi Fi HotSync operation refer to the online Dana Internet Solutions Guide To open that guide double click DanaInternetSolutionsGuide pdf located in the Dana Internet Solutions Pack folder inside the Palm folder on your computer wireless book Page 12 Friday August 1 2003 12 33 PM ...

Page 18: ...To open that guide double click DanaInternetSolutionsGuide pdf located in the Dana Internet Solutions Pack folder inside the Palm folder on your computer Installing Dana Internet Solutions Pack Installing Dana Internet Solutions Pack on a PC Important The version of Palm Desktop Software that comes with Dana must be installed before installing the Internet Solutions Pack For more information on in...

Page 19: ...ble 6 Press function sync hold down the function and sync keys simultaneously on Dana 7 If the Users dialog box appears select the user name you selected when you installed the Internet Solutions Pack 8 Wait for a message on Dana indicating that the process is complete before disconnecting Dana from the USB cable Installing Dana Internet Solutions Pack on a Macintosh Important The version of Palm ...

Page 20: ...omplete before disconnecting Dana from the USB cable DanaWeb DanaWeb provides full access to the internet from your Wireless Dana DanaWeb includes many of the features of a standard PC or Macintosh browser including support of images and tables saving and offline viewing of web pages downloading and saving certain files and program types including Palm OS applications prc files Palm OS database fi...

Page 21: ...p OK 5 DanaWeb connects and downloads the web page DanaWeb uses the connection you setup in Network Preferences For Tap here to change browser settings Tap the address bar or tap Visit Web to go to a web site Tap here to create or edit Bookmarks Tap here to view previously visited web sites To keep web page in memory for offline browsing leave box checked Tap a button or select from the pick list ...

Page 22: ... exclamation point may appear to the left of the Navigation Bar Tapping on the icon will bring up a warning message explaining the problem DanaWeb has encountered Visit Web Refresh reload current page Forward go forward one page Stop stop page from loading Magnifying glass zoom views Backward go back one page Home go to homepage Browser Activity shows browser is downloading web page Signal Strengt...

Page 23: ...ownloads DanaWeb comes with PDA Content if Available turned on and Load Images with Page turned off Tip When Load Images with Page is turned off you can still download an image by tapping the image placeholder indicated by an outlined box If there is not enough memory available to decode the image file a small x will appear in the upper left hand corner of the image placeholder 1 Tap the DanaWeb i...

Page 24: ...e under the Navigate menu 4 Choose MemoPad from the File Type pick list Tap the Save button Note Memo Pad will use the first line of the web page as the Memo Pad file name Tap checkbox and then type in URL for new homepage Tap checkbox to turn on Wrapping view Tap checkbox to enable JavaScript Tap checkbox to view images on page Tap checkbox to down load regular content Tap here to save the web pa...

Page 25: ...under the Edit menu Tip The alert Clipboard limit exceeded might come up if too much text is copied at one time Instead select smaller blocks of text and repeat the copy operation as many times as necessary 9 Press the memo key on the keyboard to launch AlphaWord Choose the AlphaWord file where you want the text from the web page to go Tap the memo containing the web page content Select the text t...

Page 26: ... of VeriChat included in the Dana Internet Solutions Pack is a trial version It entitles you to a 60 day free trial use of the product Setting up VeriChat To use VeriChat you must first sign up for one or more free Instant Messaging Accounts like Yahoo Microsoft Messenger or AOL IM For more information about signing up for an Instant Messaging Account refer to the providers respective web sites 1 ...

Page 27: ...p 5 Otherwise tap No and skip to step 7 5 To set up paging mode you will need to know the text messaging e mail address of your cell phone and must subscribe to the text messaging service from your wireless service provider This e mail address typically looks like your phone num wireless phone carrier domain e g 4085551212 messaging sprintpcs com If you are using a wireless book Page 22 Friday Aug...

Page 28: ...tered in the previous step Tap Continue If you did not receive the code tap Start Again and reenter the email address 7 VeriChat can automatically connect to Instant Messaging IM services when Dana is turned on This enables VeriChat to receive a message and prompt you even when you are in another application To enable this feature tap Yes otherwise tap No wireless book Page 23 Friday August 1 2003...

Page 29: ...ur user id and password Tap the checkbox to automatically connect to this IM service when you launch VeriChat Tap OK 10 If you didn t tap the checkbox to automatically connect in the previous step you can connect now Tap the checkbox next to the IM service you want to connect to then tap Connect Tap here connect to IM service at launch Tap here to connect to IM service s wireless book Page 24 Frid...

Page 30: ...d tap the checkbox next to the IM service you want to connect to then tap Connect 3 Choose Add Contact under the Messaging menu 4 Choose the IM service the recipient is on from the Protocol pick list Type in the Contact ID and tap OK 5 If the contact is online then their Contact ID will appear in the Online list on the left Otherwise it will be listed under Offline Sending a chat message 1 Tap the...

Page 31: ...ype in a message Tap the Send button Mark Space Mail Mark Space Mail is a full fledged POP3 email application that lets you check or send mail via multiple accounts use powerful filtering capabilities to flag important messages or auto delete spam mail securely with support for SMTP AUTH and APOP quickly address messages using Palm OS address book lookup and much more Tap to select a contact wirel...

Page 32: ...n the program by choosing Accounts under the Options menu 1 Press the apps key repeatedly until you see All in the top right corner of the Applications Launcher 2 Tap the M S Mail icon 3 Tap Setup Accounts 4 Tap the New button 5 Enter the information for your email account Account Name Naming the account profile is for your reference this information is not sent to your email server Tap here to se...

Page 33: ... on your computer s email client or you can request the information from your email service provider Often the POP3 Host information will look similar to pop yourserver com or mail yourserver com POP3 Password For security reasons the default password is Unassigned This means that you will have to enter your password each time you want to check or send messages from Mark Space Mail If you prefer t...

Page 34: ...3 to go to the third page 9 The port information on Page 3 defaults to the standard POP3 and SMTP port information If your email service provider requires different settings you would have been given this information with your account POP3 Port The default is 110 If your email server is setup to use a different port enter that number here SMTP Port The default is 25 If your email server is setup t...

Page 35: ...MTP Username and SMTP Password Your SMTP Password like your POP3 Password is Unassigned by default 10 Tap OK 11 Tap Done Creating an email message 1 Tap the M S Mail icon Note Mark Space Mail uses the connection you setup in Network Preferences For information on setting up a connection see Basic Wi Fi setup on Dana Wireless on page 2 wireless book Page 30 Friday August 1 2003 12 33 PM ...

Page 36: ...m tap the Insert pick list and choose the item you want to insert 6 Tap the Send button Receiving mail 1 Tap the M S Mail icon Note Mark Space Mail uses the connection you setup in Network Preferences For information on setting up a connection see Basic Wi Fi setup on Dana Wireless on page 2 2 Tap the Send Receive Mail button Tip Once you complete the Register Now form you will no longer be prompt...

Page 37: ... Mail will connect and retrieve any new mail 4 Tap on an email to read it Tap on an email to read it Tap New to create a new email message Tap to change show options Tap to retrieve any new mail wireless book Page 32 Friday August 1 2003 12 33 PM ...

Page 38: ...ogs onto the network it automatically gets an IP address assigned to it Encryption WEP Wired Equivalency Protocol Basic wireless security provided by Wi Fi to protect Wi Fi networks from unauthorized access WEP is available in 40 bit also called 64 bit or in 108 bit also called 128 bit encryption modes Since 108 bit encryption provides a longer algorithm that takes longer to decode it usually prov...

Page 39: ...specific IP address is accessible It works by sending a packet to the specified address and waiting for a reply Ping is used primarily to troubleshoot Internet connections SSID Service Set Identifier A unique identification number up to 32 characters associated with a wireless network A SSID is basically a network name that identifies a wireless network Wi Fi Wi Fi short for Wireless Fidelity is a...

Page 40: ...o the pick list name to display a list of choices and then tap an item in the list to select it Text fields are areas in which you can enter information Tap the field and then type in your information Selector Fields open a dialog where additional selections can be made or entered They also display the selected value from the dialog Text field Command buttons Pick list Selector Field wireless book...

Page 41: ...36 Wi Fi Terms and Dana Interface wireless book Page 36 Friday August 1 2003 12 33 PM ...

Page 42: ...vision reception which can be determined by turning the equip ment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the deal...

Page 43: ...es that the Industry Canada technical specifications were met EC Declaration of Conformity This product complies with the requirements of the EU directives by meeting the following standards EN55024 IEC61000 4 2 Immunity EN55022 CISPR 22 Emissions EN 300 328 Electromagnetic Compatibility EN 60950 Safety Geographical Limitations of Use France Limited to channels 10 11 12 and 13 2457 2462 2462 and 2...

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