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Setting up
for the Internet
Setting up your Series 5
for Email & Web
Version 2.00
May 1999
English

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  • Page 1 Setting up for the Internet Setting up your Series 5 for Email & Web Version 2.00 May 1999 English...
  • Page 2 © Copyright Psion Computers Plc 1997-1999 Reproduction in whole or in part, including utilisation in machines capable of reproduction or retrieval, without the express written permission of the copyright holders is prohibited. Reverse engineering is also prohibited. The information in this document is subject to change without notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction to setting up ....................5 Memory requirements ................................ 5 Before setting up.................................. 6 Overview of setting up ....................... 7 Connecting your Series 5 and modem ..........................7 Quick set up for advanced users ..................7 Quick set up for Infrared Mobile phones ................8 Setting up the Control panel sections and Email ............
  • Page 4 Appendix: The scripting language .................. 19 Overview of creating connection scripts ......................... 19 When to use scripts ................................19 How to use scripts ................................19 Creating a script for your Internet Service Provider..................... 20 Scripting language commands............................26 Index ..........................28 Setting up for the Internet...

  • Page 5: Introduction To Setting Up

    Introduction to setting up This manual contains information about setting up your Series 5 so that you can connect to the Internet, and set up Email to send and receive fax, email and SMS messages. This section starts with a list of the information that you need to collect about your modem, phone line and Internet connection.

  • Page 6: Before Setting Up

    Before setting up... Before you start setting up your Series 5, ensure you have all the information in the table below. Information you need: Where to find it: Write the information in here for reference: The make and model of your modem. On the modem itself, or in the modem’s documentation.

  • Page 7: Overview Of Setting Up

    Overview of setting up Before connecting your Series 5 to the Internet, you need to set up your machineusing the information you gathered in the previous section. This consists of five stages: 1. Connecting the Series 5 to a modem and phone line. 2.

  • Page 8: Quick Set Up For Infrared Mobile Phones

    • Internet section of Control Set up your Internet service provider. • panel and select whether you want to base the service you are setting up on standard settings or settings from a ‘template’ file on your Series 5. • Enter the your access number (dial-up number) on the page, Service...

  • Page 9: Setting Up The Control Panel Sections And Email

    Setting up the Control panel sections and Email This section provides detailed information about how to enter the setup information in the Control panel sections and in Email. Specifying the type of modem you use Once you’ve connected your Series 5 and modem, the next stage is to specify your type of modem. Your Series 5 has a number of pre-defined modem settings to make this easier.

  • Page 10: Specifying Your Internet Service Provider

    If your location doesn’t correspond to any of the pre-defined locations, you can create a new one using the button. 3. Select to change any of the settings for the . Make sure that: Edit Current location • In the line of the page, you select your current country.

  • Page 11: Entering Your Email And Fax Settings In Email

    Entering your email and fax settings in Email The final stage of the setting up process is entering your email and fax details in Email. To start Email: • Tap on the Email icon. Entering email settings To enter the email settings: 1.

  • Page 12: Setting Up To Send Sms Messages

    World Wide Web Open web page File page, e.g. “www.psion.com”. Tap 3. A connection dialog will appear showing the settings you entered earlier: 4. If all the details are correct, tap to connect. Web will then connect to the Internet and retrieve the page you want.

  • Page 13: Sending A Test Sms Message

    Sending a test SMS message To do this: 1. Open Email, tap on the Toolbar and select 2. Enter the number of the phone you want to send the message to, followed by your message, then use Save to outbox on the Toolbar.

  • Page 14: How Do I

    How do I…? …add a new modem? You can add a new modem if your modem is not on the list of pre-defined modems. To do this: 1. Open the Modems section of the Control panel in the System screen. 2.

  • Page 15: Use An Infrared Modem

    …use an infrared modem? If you have a suitable infrared-enabled modem, it can communicate with your Series 5 via the infrared port instead of the serial port. To set up your Series 5 to use an infrared modem: 1. Set up the modem and Series 5 so that their infrared ports are facing each other. 2.

  • Page 16: Change The Dial Out Code

    …change the dial out code? To change the dial out code set for the current location: 1. Open the Dialling section of the Control panel in the System screen. 2. On the page, select your and tap Location Current location Edit 3.

  • Page 17: Change The Length Of Time I Stay Connected For

    You can create a new Internet service based upon a file (called a template) which contains settings for your Internet Service Provider. You may be able to get a suitable template from your service provider, from the PsiWin CD ROM or from our Web site at ‘www.mobile.psion.com’. To do this: 1.

  • Page 18: Remove A Internet Service From The List

    …remove a Internet service from the list? To remove any items from the list of Internet services: 1. Open the Internet section of the Control panel in the System screen. 2. Select the Internet service you want to remove in the line and tap Current Internet service Delete...

  • Page 19: Appendix: The Scripting Language

    Appendix: The scripting language Overview of creating connection scripts section of the Control panel in your machine’s System screen provides a simple and easy-to-use scripting Internet language. This enables you to automate your connection if your Internet Service Provider requires a text-based login. You can use this scripting language to create a script that sends details such as your username and password to the service provider’s machine automatically when you connect.

  • Page 20: Creating A Script For Your Internet Service Provider

    Creating a script for your Internet Service Provider Creating a script for connecting to your Internet Service Provider consists of two stages: Recording the process of logging in, so that you have something to base your script on. Writing the script based on the record of your logging in. Recording the logging in process Recording the process of logging in to your Internet Service Provider is best done using the Comms program, rather than Email.
  • Page 21 You can now stop the capturing. To do this: • Remove the tick from the Capture to file command on the Transfer menu. You should now also disconnect from your Internet Service Provider. To do this: • Select on the menu.
  • Page 22 In addition, you should split the different parts of your script into procedures (a procedure is a section of script that begins with a name that you can then use to jump to the commands it contains from anywhere else in the script). •...
  • Page 23 On a new line, type the command that you want to be carried out if your machine does not receive the prompt you have specified. E.g. waitforlogin: WAIT 15 “ogin:” sendlogin GOTO failure will make the script jump to the procedure named if the characters are not received within 15 seconds.
  • Page 24 Using the READ command to send text: Use the command in place of the command when the user is required to enter details every time they login. READ SEND For example, you may wish to use the READ command when the user connects to a ‘challenge response’ system which displays a code, and then expects to receive a corresponding password to match that code.
  • Page 25 Making the script report errors You can instruct the script to report any problems experienced during logging in. There are two useful ways of doing this: At the point in the script where you think there could be a problem, use the command, together with one of the EXIT pre-defined error strings, e.g.:...

  • Page 26: Scripting Language Commands

    Scripting language commands This section contains a list of all the commands in the scripting language. Each entry in the list is laid out as follows: The syntax for the command, showing how The script it should be used. command itself. An explanation of what the command does.
  • Page 27 SET VariableName$=expression$ Defines the variable VarName$ as the expression expr$. You can use variables to represent text. E.g., if at the start of your script you had the line: set login$=“fred15” then at any point later in your script you could use: SEND login$ which would send the characters ‘fred15’.

  • Page 28: Index

    Index ! in the scripting language, 26 the machine’s IP address, 18 POP3 server, 11 access numbers, 10 EXIT command in the scripting pulse dialling, 16 adding language, 26 READ command in the scripting a new location, 15 language, 24, 26 a new modem, 14 settings, 11 removing...

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