Windows Edition
Table Of Contents
- Treo™ 180g Communicator User Guide
- Windows Edition
- Contents
- Introduction to Your Treo™ 180g Communicator
- Getting to know your communicator
- Inserting the SIM card
- Charging the battery
- Turning your Treo on and off
- Using the stylus to get things done
- Elements of the communicator interface
- Customizing your communicator
- Using the headset
- Connecting the HotSync cable
- Using desktop software
- Entering Data in Your Communicator
- Using Graffiti writing to enter data
- Using the onscreen keyboard
- Using your computer keyboard
- Importing data
- Managing Your Applications
- Applications Overview
- Common Tasks
- Application Specific Tasks
- PhoneBook
- To change the PhoneBook view, do one of the following:
- Using the Speed Dial view
- Using the Dial Pad view
- Using the Contacts view
- Using the Call History view
- Using the Active Call view
- Forwarding calls
- Other ways to make a call
- PhoneBook menus
- Date Book Plus
- Scheduling an event
- Rescheduling an event
- Setting an alarm for an event
- Scheduling repeating or continuous events
- Changing the Date Book Plus view
- Working in Week View
- Working in Week View with Text
- Working in Month View
- Working in Year View
- Working in List View
- Spotting event conflicts
- Working with floating events
- Working with To Do items
- Using the Daily Journal
- Using templates
- Date Book Plus menus
- Blazer
- SMS Messaging
- To Do List
- Memo Pad
- Calculator
- CityTime
- Expense
- SIM Book
- SIM Services
- PhoneBook
- Setting Preferences for Your Communicator
- In the Preferences screens, you can do the following:
- Viewing Preferences
- Buttons Preferences
- Connection Preferences
- Digitizer Preferences
- Formats Preferences
- General Preferences
- Network Preferences and TCP/IP software
- Selecting a service
- Entering a user name
- Entering a password
- Selecting a connection
- Adding telephone settings
- Connecting to your service
- Creating additional service templates
- Adding detailed information to a service template
- Creating a login script
- Deleting a service template
- Network Preferences menu commands
- TCP/IP troubleshooting
- Owner Preferences
- Ringer Preferences
- ShortCuts Preferences
- Advanced HotSync® Operations
- Selecting HotSync setup options
- Customizing HotSync application settings
- IR HotSync operations
- Conducting a wireless HotSync operation
- Conducting a HotSync operation via a network
- Using File Link
- Creating a user profile
- Maintaining Your Communicator
- Troubleshooting Tips
- Creating a Custom Expense Report
- Non-ASCII Characters for Login Scripts
- Advanced Call Forwarding Options
- Other Product Information
- Index
Page 176 Setting Preferences for Your Communicator
Connection Preferences
The Connection Preferences screen lets you create configurations for communicating with other
hardware devices: PC, Modem, or Infrared. Configurations, or profiles, once activated are available
to applications on your communicator. The Connection Preferences screen displays a list of
available configurations that you can modify as needed. This list will vary depending on the
software you have added to your communicator.
Connection Types
There are several types of device connections you can choose when configuring Preferences:
Serial
to PC
Defines the direct serial connection between your communicator and your
desktop computer. It is used to perform a local HotSync operation when your
communicator is connected by its serial connector to the cable. The cable is
attached to a serial (COM) port on your desktop computer.
Serial to
Modem
Defines a connection between a modem attached to the serial connector of
your communicator and a modem that is part of your computer or laptop.
Wireless
Modem to
Modem
Defines a connection between your communicator’s built-in wireless modem
and a dial-up service. Use this connection type to access wireless data
services.
Auto Detect
to PC
Defines a dynamic serial connection between your communicator and your
desktop computer. Use this connection type with third-party applications that
need to reconfigure the serial port when communicating with a computer.
Auto Detect
to Modem
Defines a dynamic serial connection between your communicator and a
modem. Use this connection type with third-party applications that need to
reconfigure the serial port when communicating with a modem.
USB/Serial
to PC
Defines a direct serial or USB connection between your communicator and
your desktop computer. When you select this option, your communicator
detects which type of cable you have connected to your computer.
USB/Serial
to Modem
Defines a direct serial or USB connection between your communicator and a
modem. When you select this option, your communicator detects which type
of cable is connected to the modem.
USB
to PC
Defines the direct USB connection between your communicator and your
desktop computer. It is used to perform a local HotSync operation when your
communicator is connected by its USB connector to the cable. The cable is
attached to a USB port on your desktop computer.
IrCOMM to
PC
Defines a connection between the IR port of your communicator and the
infrared device of your computer or laptop.
IrCOMM to
Modem
Defines a connection between the IR port of your communicator and a
modem. The modem can be attached to a computer or some other device
containing an IR port.