# Getting Started with PDASync

- The PDASync Application
- Installing PDASync
- Logging In
- Setting the Port
- Accessing the PDASync Software

## The PDASync Application

The PDA Synchronization (PDASync) application synchronizes the data from Sun applications such as Desktop Calendar, Desktop Mail, Memo, and Address, with data in similar applications on your Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). The PDASync software also allows you to install applications and databases from your workstation/server to your PDA.

The applications correlate in the following manner:

Sun Workstation | PDA Applications
Calendar manager | Date Book
Address manager | Address Book
Desktop mail | Mail
Text Note | Memo Pad

PDASync supports most Palm Pilot Computing platform handheld devices, including the Palm V, Palm III and PalmPilot Professional Edition.

## Installing PDASync

  1. If there happens to be a previous version of the PDASync software installed, remove the SUNWpdas package using the command:

  # `pkgrm SUNWpdas`

  2. Change directories to the directory on the CDROM that contains the PDASync packages, and install the updated version of SUNWpdas using the command:

  # `pkgadd -d . SUNWpdas`

## Logging In

The PDA Synchronization (PDASync) application is as an icon on your CDE desktop in the Application Manager. It is activated when you first login. When you exit the application, you will need to restart PDASync manually in order to perform synchronization again.

### Entering a PDA Name

The PDA name is the unique name you give to your PDA to identify it for the system. This dialog appears only once, the first time you log in. If you have already given your PDA a name, this dialog will not display.

### Entering a PDA Password

Enter your PDA password. If your PDA has a password, a dialog asks you for it every time the application runs. If your PDA does not have a password, this dialog does not appear.

PDA sync opens by default to the Synchronization tab in the PDA Synchronization window.

The status line shows that the application is ready to synchronize.

## Setting the Port

When the Synchronization window appears, the first thing you must do is establish the port setting:

1. Click the button (the one with a checkmark on it) on the lower left-hand side of the Synchronization tab.
2. Select the port (A, B, or C) to which you connected the PDA.
3. Press the Sync button on the PDA device.

## Accessing the PDASync Software

Access the PDASync software in one of two ways:

- Using the desktop icon.

1. Open the Applications pull down menu from the Control Panel (typically at the bottom of your screen).
2. Click on Applications to open Application Manager.
3. Click on Desktop_Apps to locate the PDASync icon.
4. Click on PDASync.

In order to make the PDASync icon more accessible in the future, drag and drop the PDASync icon from the Desktop_Apps screen into the Install area of the Application pull down menu or into your user space.
- Entering /usr/dt/bin/stdpdasync on the command line.

For more information on the PDASync application, see the Help information on the PDASync software.