User Manual Part 4

Dolphin® 9500/9550 Mobile Computer User’s Guide 8 - 1

Synchronizing Your Dolphin 9500/9550 Terminal

Overview

Using Microsoft ActiveSync version 3.7 or higher, you can synchronize information on your desktop computer with your

device and vice versa. Synchronization compares the data on your Dolphin mobile computer with your desktop computer and

updates both with the most recent data.

For example, you can:

• Update the information in Pocket Outlook on your device by synchronizing it with Microsoft Outlook on your desktop computer.

• Synchronize Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel files between your device and desktop computer. Your files are automatically

converted to the correct format

Capabilities

With ActiveSync, you can also:

• Back up and restore your device data.

• Copy (rather than synchronize) files between your device and desktop computer.

• Control when synchronization occurs by selecting a synchronization mode. For example, you can synchronize continually

while connected to your desktop computer or only when you choose the synchronize command.

• Select which information types are synchronized and control how much data is synchronized. For example, you can choose

how many weeks of past appointments you want synchronized.\

Note:

By default, ActiveSync does not automatically synchronize all types of information. Use ActiveSync Options to specify the

types of information you want to synchronize. The synchronization process makes the data (in the information types you

select) identical on both your desktop computer and your device.

Requirements

To synchronize, ActiveSync version 3.7 or higher

must

be on both your desktop computer and your device. ActiveSync 3.7 is

already installed on your device. Therefore, you must install ActiveSync 3.7 on your desktop computer from the Pocket PC

Companion CD.

To install ActiveSync on your desktop computer, insert the Pocket PC Companion CD into the CD-ROM drive of your desktop

computer. Click the yellow arrow, click Start Here, then follow the directions on your screen.