Ericsson R380, User Manual

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216 R380 Communications Suite
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If you change a phone number in your computer scheduler, it
will be amended in the contacts database of your R380.
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You and other colleagues can synchronize your work
Calendars with the same master scheduler on a networked
computer using different account names.
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You may have an e-mail and personal account on your
computer at home or at work. Both can be synchronized with
your R380 using different account names. See the online help
for more information on how to set account names.
Connecting your R380 to your computer allows you to manage
information that you want to keep up-to-date on both your
computer and R380, such as calendar appointments, contact
information, e-mail messages or notepad entries. Also it allows
you to backup the contents of your R380 to the computer and to
restore the information if you should encounter problems with
your R380.
Before you can connect your R380 to a computer, you need to:
1.
Make sure your computer meets the requirements
described below.
2.
Disable/Turn off any active synchronization software.
Warning!
If you do not do this first, you will encounter problems
synchronizing the R380 to your PC.
3.
Install the R380 Communications Suite on your computer.
4.
Prepare for connection by connecting the serial connection.
5.
Connect to your computer using the serial cable.
Note: The term ‘computer’ is equivalent to PC.
System Requirements
Before you can connect your R380, your computer should have:
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Windows 95/98/2000/NT 4.0 (at least service pack 3.0)
installed.
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A Pentium processor, 166 Mhz or above, including 50 MB of
free hard drive space and a CD-ROM drive.
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Serial port capability set up for communication.
Connecting your R380 to your Computer