User's Manual Chapter 5

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Making the Connection
To establish the IR connection between your notebook and another system,
you will use the IR as if it were a direct cable connection between the systems.
The other machine will also need to have the software to support this
connection. If the other machine is not set for Direct Cable Connection, please
repeat the steps above with the other machine.
Start the IR software as described above. Once the machines alert you that
they have recognized the presence of another IR system, launch the Direct
Cable Connection program (
Start/Programs/Accessories
) and set up the
connection between the two machines.
If this is the first time you are suing this connection, you will be asked if the
machine will be serving as a host or guest. You will need to set the machine
that will be receiving files or sending information to the printer as the guest.
The machine that will be sending files or allowing printer access should be set
as the host.
When you have selected the status of the machine, you will be asked to
designate a port for the connection. For a connection between machines, you
should select Serial cable on COM2. When you select a machine as the host,
you will be asked to establish wherever or not a password should be required
of the guest machine before completing the connection.
When both machines have established a connection via the IR, you will
receive information on the connection.
In subsequent sessions, your notebook will default to the host/guest status that
it had in the last session. You can change this by clicking on the
Change
button. You will then be asked to establish the port for the connection. If you
want to maintain the same status as the last session, just click the
Listen
button, if your notebook is the host, or the
Connect
button, if your notebook is
the guest.
When the connection is in place, the guest machine will have an open window
showing the folders on the host machine that are available for sharing. You
can copy the files in those folders as you would any files in any drive window
on your notebook.
Printing
You can use your IR port to print by connecting to a printer with built-in IR, a
printer with an IR adapter connected to its parallel port, a network printer
available via an infrared network node, or printer connected to a computer
with an IR port.