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ISO 9001 Certified
Quality Management System

netpad

EPOC User Manual

August 26, 2002

Part No. A6122 0005 0001 REV A

Summary of Contents for netpad 1000 Series

Page 1: ...ISO 9001 Certified Quality Management System netpad EPOC User Manual August 26 2002 Part No A6122 0005 0001 REV A...

Page 2: ...is not to be reproduced or copied in whole or in part except for the sole purpose of promoting the sale of Psion Teklogix manufac tured goods and services Furthermore this document is not to be used a...

Page 3: ...y products to the factory call the Customer Services Group for a Return Authorization number Support Services Psion Teklogix provides a complete range of product support services to its customers In N...

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Page 5: ...ng Started 2 1 Features Of The netpad 17 2 2 Preparing The netpad For Use 18 2 2 1 Power 18 2 2 1 1 Power Management 18 2 2 1 2 Fitting The Battery 19 2 2 2 Fitting The Antenna 20 2 2 3 Installing The...

Page 6: ...4 2 Selecting Data To Transfer 45 4 3 Transferring The Information 46 4 3 1 When The Transfer Is Complete 47 4 3 2 Cancelling The Transfer 47 4 3 3 If The Transfer Fails 47 Chapter 5 Configuring The...

Page 7: ...6 9 Managing Folders 74 6 10 Checking Memory Use 75 6 10 1 Which Files Use The Most Memory 76 6 10 2 Additional Memory And Programs 77 Chapter 7 Connecting netpad To A PC 7 1 Introduction 81 7 2 Abou...

Page 8: ...4 Synchronizing Your netpad With Lotus Organizer 108 7 7 4 1 Software Compatibility 108 7 7 4 2 Creating New Synchronizations 109 7 7 4 3 Creating The Synchronization 111 7 7 5 Synchronizing With Orga...

Page 9: ...ing Up The Printer 145 9 2 1 Printing Using Infrared 146 9 2 2 Printing To A Serial Printer 147 9 2 3 Using PsiWin To Print Via A PC 147 9 2 4 Printing To A File 147 9 3 Selecting The Printer Model 14...

Page 10: ...Windows95 98 NT 4 0 174 12 2 1 Tips When Installing PsiWin 2 3 174 12 2 2 Basic Troubleshooting For Your netpad 175 12 2 3 Basic Troubleshooting For Your PC 176 12 2 4 Device Conflicts 177 12 2 5 Fax...

Page 11: ...10 Lotus Organizer Cannot Find xxxx Section Name 196 12 3 11 Lotus Organizer Unable To Open xxxx Section Name 196 Appendices Appendix A Support Services And Worldwide Offices A 1 Technical Support A 1...

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Page 13: ...4 5 2kV Common 1kV Differential mode EN 61000 4 6 3VRMS 150 kHz 80 MHz EN 61000 4 11 AC Mains Ports EN 61000 3 2 EN 61000 3 3 EN 60950 1992 A1 A2 A3 A4 A11 Manufacturer PSION TEKLOGIX INC 2100 Meadow...

Page 14: ...V Differential mode EN 61000 4 6 3VRMS 150 kHz 80 MHz EN 61000 4 11 AC Mains Ports EN 61000 3 2 EN 61000 3 3 EN 60950 1992 A1 A2 A3 A4 A11 EN 60825 1 AM 2 2001 Laser Safety Manufacturer PSION TEKLOGIX...

Page 15: ...Erlanger Kentucky 41018 USA Telephone No 859 371 6006 Equipment Type Environment Use Computing Devices for Home and Office Use Trade Name Model No netpad Year of Manufacture 2002 Standard s to which C...

Page 16: ...essenziali della Direttiva Europea R TTE 1999 5 CE Dichiarazione disponibile sul sito www psionteklogix com Este equipo cumple los requisitos principales de la Directiva 1995 5 CE de la UE Equipos de...

Page 17: ...nd found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reason able protection against harmful interference in a resid...

Page 18: ...quency energy emitted by FCC regulated transmitters The design of this product complies with the FCC guidelines and those standards To maintain compliance with the FCC RF exposure guidelines if you we...

Page 19: ...Do not stare into the Infrared beam Do not view directly with optical instruments No parts in the device may be serviced by the user INTEGRATED SCANNER SAFETY For your own safety it is critical that y...

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Page 21: ...C User Manual 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 1 About This Manual 3 1 2 Text Conventions 4 1 3 Applications Installed On The netpad 4 1 4 Displaying Help 5 1 5 Caring For The netpad 7 1 6 Additional Programs And T...

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Page 23: ...pad specific hardware that supplies power communications and removable storage Chapter 4 Using Infrared describes data transfer and printing using netpad s Infrared feature Chapter 5 Configuring The n...

Page 24: ...particularly important instructions or additional information that is critical to the operation of the computer and other equipment Warning These statements provide important information that may pre...

Page 25: ...andard netpad programs including the System screen Help information is contained on a series of Help cards Help is specific to the program that you are using wherever you are you can just type a clue...

Page 26: ...as before To use one of the last five search words again tap on the button next to the Find box or press Tab and select the word you want to use To return to the program you were using tap the Go bac...

Page 27: ...ly You can use PsiWin to back up your netpad to your PC or you can make backups to a multimedia card See Things To Do Next on page 54 for more information To clean the screen switch the netpad off and...

Page 28: ...and reliable way to manage your mobile devices Easy to install and integrate into your current infrastructure Afaria lets you quickly implement systems management for mobile devices to reap the benef...

Page 29: ...her algorithms that can add competitive and performance value to a wide variety of vertical applications as well as document and transaction based applica tions Developers use InkTools to add electron...

Page 30: ...ndred mobile applications for a wide variety of different vertical applications FieldWorker is designed to be handheld PC independent operating system indepen dent communications infrastructure indepe...

Page 31: ...s to be viewed on the EPOC OS by quickly converting the presentation into a Java applet that can be viewed with the mobile computer s web browser The impaticised presentation can either be stored and...

Page 32: ...ace eliminating the differences between platforms hardware and software offered by IT and telecommunications vendors MPS works in a complementary way with the machine s native operating system and it...

Page 33: ...ompliant Personal Java applications very fast and in addition exploit a rich set of Multimedia features to complement those AWT functions associated with the Java Virtual Machine Intent enables Java a...

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Page 35: ...Off 23 2 4 Finding And Using The Stylus 23 2 5 The Screen Command Icons And Toolbar 24 2 6 How To Reset The netpad 25 2 7 The Scanner 26 2 8 First Steps 28 2 8 1 Aligning The Touch Screen 28 2 8 2 Na...

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Page 37: ...areas including field service field sales transport health care hospitality manufacturing and insurance It is available in variants with inter nal 802 11B radios and scanners Figure 2 1 netpad Front F...

Page 38: ...when the main battery charge is low For complete details about battery safety and details of how to change the main battery see Chapter 10 Powering The netpad Note You can also power the netpad from...

Page 39: ...n on the internal disk You can take steps to help prolong your battery s life Turn the screen brightness down Set the automatic switch off in the Power control panel to automatically turn the netpad o...

Page 40: ...wn in Figure 2 5 below To install the antenna turn it counter clockwise to remove the antenna turn it clockwise Figure 2 5 Antenna Insertion And Removal 2 2 3 Installing The SIM Card A netpad fitted w...

Page 41: ...entation as shown Once inserted the SIM card can only removed using a pair of tweezers or long nosed pliers If the SIM card is inserted incorrectly the unit will not connect to the GSM network If the...

Page 42: ...POC User Manual Figure 2 6 Insertion Of SIM Card Figure 2 7 Location Of SIM Card And MMC Figure 2 8 Removal Of SIM SIM Card MMC Card Slot Door screen side up Orientation of netpad MMC Orientation of n...

Page 43: ...located in a holder at the right To remove it slide the stylus out of the top of the netpad To replace it push it back in Tap lightly on the screen using the stylus It s OK to use your fingers to tap...

Page 44: ...n and are stored indepen dently for each application Keyboard Displays the Psiboard the on screen keyboard System command icon When you are in a program the System command icon displays the System scr...

Page 45: ...at the batteries are good especially if the contrast adjustment still appears to work but the screen is other wise blank To perform a soft reset gently press the stylus onto the reset button This is l...

Page 46: ...anner the netpad may be used to read industry standard bar codes To scan a bar code point the scanner window at the bar code ensuring that the scanner window is not obstructed and that you are between...

Page 47: ...that emits less than 1 2 mW average radiant power at a wavelength of 650 nm This product complies with 21 CFR 1040 10 1040 11 and DIN EN 60825 1 January 2001 and is classified as a Class 2 laser produ...

Page 48: ...he Documents folder on the C Internal drive You can have as many folders as you wish and create folders within other folders Folders can contain files created in a variety of programs they are not res...

Page 49: ...8 3 Starting Programs When you open or move to a file the correct program for this file is started automat ically You can also start programs by tapping on the appropriate program icon If necessary ta...

Page 50: ...ated and the current file will be closed and saved at the same time You can start entering your information You can also use this command in the System screen to create a new file Usually this creates...

Page 51: ...he keyboard preferences for example if you re using a program such as Word in which you need to type a lot of text you may want to set Always on top to prevent the Psiboard from disappearing every tim...

Page 52: ...with a or press the right arrow key to see further commands Note You can press the shortcut key combinations shown next to the commands as a quick way of selecting them e g Ctrl M means hold down the...

Page 53: ...the checkbox or press the left and right arrow keys to add or remove a check Radio buttons where you make one choice from a number of options Just tap on an option or use the left and right arrow keys...

Page 54: ...buttons on the top line or further presses of the Tab key to display a three month or twelve month calendar Use the dog ears to move between the pages of the calendar You can also display a calendar f...

Page 55: ...els and titles to the graph in Sheet before insert ing it in the Word file keep a map of how to find a restaurant as a sketch perhaps attached to an Agenda entry for the day that you re going there cr...

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Page 57: ...Psion Teklogix netpad EPOC User Manual 37 DOCKING STATION AND MMC 3 3 1 Using The Docking Station And An MMC 39 3 1 1 Docking Station 39 3 1 2 Multimedia Cards 40 3 1 3 Communications Settings 41...

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Page 59: ...s data and application storage capabilities 3 1 1 Docking Station The netpad docking station provides a permanently connected holder for the netpad The power jack is on the front and the serial commun...

Page 60: ...m in the other Lift the top part to release it and rotate through 90 When you let go of the top part it will click into place 3 1 2 Multimedia Cards Multimedia cards MMCs are non volatile memory cards...

Page 61: ...tions are Off Cable or Infrared Cable specifies using the RS232 communications port on the left hand side of the machine Docker specifies using the RS232 communications port on the right hand side of...

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Page 63: ...User Manual 43 USING INFRARED 4 4 1 Introduction 45 4 2 Selecting Data To Transfer 45 4 3 Transferring The Information 46 4 3 1 When The Transfer Is Complete 47 4 3 2 Cancelling The Transfer 47 4 3 3...

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Page 65: ...if you want to transfer more than one file If the information is an object already inserted from another program e g a graph displayed in Word just select the object If the inserted object is dis play...

Page 66: ...e or program to which the selected information is to be transferred and move the cursor to the appropriate point in the file 2 On the receiving machine select the Infrared receive command from the Too...

Page 67: ...the folder on the receiving machine already contains a file of that name then the receiving machine displays a dialogue where you can rename the received file or move it to another folder or disk driv...

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Page 69: ...te And Home City 53 5 2 4 Power and Power Saving Mode 57 5 2 Things To Do Next 54 5 2 1 Connecting netpad To The PC And Using PsiWin 54 5 2 2 Backing Up To Multimedia Cards 55 5 2 3 Exploring The Cont...

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Page 71: ...ation as owner information so that if you lose your netpad it can be returned when found 1 Select the Passcode icon from the Control Panel in the System screen and tap the Owner info button in the dia...

Page 72: ...m the Control Panel in the System screen 2 Check the Ask for passcode box so that your netpad requests the pass code when you switch the machine on 3 Type the passcode twice for confirmation Choose a...

Page 73: ...home city and summer times around the world Tap the Time date button Move the highlight in the Time and Date lines by tapping on the part you want to change or by using the arrow keys Type the date or...

Page 74: ...t for installation instructions When you have installed PsiWin on the PC the My Psion icon will appear on the Windows Desktop Just click the right mouse button on this icon to see menu options for the...

Page 75: ...slot To back up the files and folders copy them from the internal disk to a multimedia card using the Copy and Paste commands in the System screen 1 Select the files and folders you want to back up th...

Page 76: ...he currency and date formats Use the Power icon to control how and when the netpad switches on and off For example you might like it to switch on when you tap the screen and off when you haven t used...

Page 77: ...g Mode 5 2 4 Power and Power Saving Mode 1 From the Control Panel select the Power menu 2 The following menu appears Selection of Screen tap switch on places a checkmark in the white box When this ite...

Page 78: ...Switch off after box is reached if there has been no user action on the netpad for that time period No The netpad will not switch off automatically If no external power This option will automatically...

Page 79: ...he radio unit to switch it on for an incoming transmission from the radio network Selection of the Screen only mode allows the user to select Beep on screen off and Clicks when screen is off These fun...

Page 80: ...and other X rays There are several things that you can do to secure your files against other hazards You can Make your files read only For more information see Chapter 6 Files Folders and Programs Ba...

Page 81: ...t of a picture select the area 2 Select Save as System wallpaper from the More commands on the File menu 3 Type a name for the wallpaper file Sketch keeps the files that contain wallpaper separate fro...

Page 82: ...e from the list Note You cannot delete or modify the built in netpad alarm sounds 5 3 3 Customizing The System Screen In the System screen you can use the commands on the View menu to change how the S...

Page 83: ...tions To display the Program icon bar where you can set this press the System icon once if you are in the System screen or twice if you are in an application To display the dialogue in which you set t...

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Page 85: ...ograms 68 6 4 Closing Programs Files 69 6 5 Creating New Folders 69 6 5 1 Creating New Files 70 6 6 Browsing Folders 71 6 7 Finding Files And Folders 72 6 7 1 Using Passwords 73 6 8 Changing File Attr...

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Page 87: ...s the screen the icons beside their names represent the programs that are used to open them Displaying Online Help To display online help select the Help option from the Tools menu from the System scr...

Page 88: ...a program tap the relevant program icon Tap the System command icon to display the Program icon bar with more program icons If the program is file based e g Data or Word the program displays the last...

Page 89: ...rt to Saved from the program s File menu in the More option before exiting in the normal way Some applications like Agenda and Data always save your entries as you enter them and therefore do not prov...

Page 90: ...rogram to use the settings that are in use in the file currently open e g labels in a Data file To create a file from the System screen 1 Move to the folder where you wish to keep the file 2 Select th...

Page 91: ...using different programs If you save a file with the same file name as a file already existing in that folder the original file will be deleted and replaced with the new file 6 6 Browsing Folders A q...

Page 92: ...on the Name line leave it blank to find all files and folders To search only for files used with a specific program select the program name on the Program line select Any to search for all files used...

Page 93: ...OK button and the file is saved immediately with the password When you want to open the file you will be asked to type in the password Important Don t forget your password If you have forgotten the p...

Page 94: ...s folders in the current folder use the Select all command on the Edit menu To deselect items press the Esc key 2 Select the Cut move command from the Edit menu A dotted line appears round the file fo...

Page 95: ...om the Disk menu To rename a single file or folder highlight it select Rename from the File menu and then type in a new name To rename a disk select Name disk from the Disk menu To remove one or more...

Page 96: ...ree memory If you find that the amount of free memory is suddenly reduced it is a good idea to check the size of any Record files Agenda files can also become very large You should tidy your Agenda pe...

Page 97: ...ert the disk They will be removed when you take out the card To delete all the files on a multimedia card put it in the slot and then select the Format disk command from the Disk menu select D a s the...

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Page 99: ...6 Backing Up Your netpad With PsiWin 89 7 6 1 Performing Your First Backup 89 7 6 2 Scheduling Regular Backups 90 7 7 Synchronizing Your netpad 90 7 7 1 What Is Synchronization 90 7 7 2 Synchronizing...

Page 100: ...d With Lotus Organizer 108 7 7 4 1 Software Compatibility 108 7 7 4 2 Creating New Synchronizations 109 7 7 4 3 Creating The Synchronization 111 7 7 5 Synchronizing With Organizer 97 GS 117 7 7 5 1 Mu...

Page 101: ...Link to desktop on the Tools menu Make sure that the Link line is set to Cable If you are having problems connecting to your netpad please see General Trouble shooting Tips on page 167 or if docked c...

Page 102: ...on icon You can copy your netpad files in most of the ways you can copy any normal PC file The two methods outlined in this chapter are representative of ways that you might use Explorer but are not t...

Page 103: ...as backup to find topics containing information about how to back up your netpad From the Find page you can search for an exact word or phrase contained within a topic such as serial port to find all...

Page 104: ...expand a branch by clicking on the symbol next to it or close the branch by clicking on the symbol The right hand side of Explorer shows the contents of the folder selected on the left 2 Use the scro...

Page 105: ...isks on your netpad 7 On your netpad browse to the folder that contains the file you wish to convert to the PC Do this by opening the appropriate disk icon and then the relevant folder name s 8 Open t...

Page 106: ...the mouse pointer over the right hand pane of the Explorer window 11 Drop the file over this area by releasing the left mouse button 12 When the Select type of conversion dialogue appears select from...

Page 107: ...hin Windows 95 98 or NT4 clicking the right mouse button often displays a context sensitive pop up menu a range of commands relevant to the object which you right click on In Explorer you can use thes...

Page 108: ...elect an alternative type if you use a different file type on your PC 7 Select the Convert button to copy the file from your netpad to the PC and automatically convert it into the chosen file type Not...

Page 109: ...cation PsiWin saves the edited file back to your netpad A dialogue box appears which allows you to select the file type for the edited file Select the appropriate file type for your netpad and then se...

Page 110: ...utomatic backups at regular intervals so you do not need to remember to back up your netpad It is a good idea to schedule automatic backups because it means you will always have up to date copies of y...

Page 111: ...ronization tasks can be used in a number of other ways for example You and other colleagues could synchronize their work Agendas with the same master scheduler on a networked PC You may have a work Ag...

Page 112: ...Information Before creating your synchronization note the locations of the Agenda Data or Contacts files you want to synchronize The synchronization needs to know which particular files you want to us...

Page 113: ...t is optimized for use with your Outlook con tacts The synchronization can only create a Data file if you have select the option to synchronize a Data file 1 Make sure that your netpad is connected to...

Page 114: ...files that you want to synchronize with a To synchronize an Agenda file make sure that the Synchronize My Agenda box is checked off Then specify the Agenda file to be synchro nized Either type in the...

Page 115: ...s for Microsoft Outlook To synchronize the standard Outlook folders leave all the Use Default boxes checked off To synchronize custom Outlook folders uncheck the relevant Use Default box and enter the...

Page 116: ...r this information into the Applications dialogue of the Synchroni zation wizard Uncheck the relevant Use Default box in this example Use Default Calendar Folder and type the path into the box in this...

Page 117: ...lick the Next button when you have selected the entry types 12 To specify the time period to synchronize click the Set date range button select the period required and click the OK button To specify h...

Page 118: ...ion in the Contact information column and in the Psion label column you can match these to their equivalents if any in your netpad Data file To match labels a Find the Outlook label whose function is...

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