Advanced Hotsync Operations; Selecting Hotsync Setup Options - Palm Treo 270 User Manual

Chapter 8
Advanced HotSync
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HotSync Manager enables you to synchronize data between one or more Palm OS
Palm™ Desktop software. To synchronize data, you must connect your Treo™ 270 communicator
and your desktop software either directly, by connecting your communicator to the HotSync cable
attached to your computer or using infrared communication, or indirectly, with using the built-in
wireless modem.
This chapter describes how to select HotSync options and perform a HotSync operation via the
infrared port, the built-in wireless modem, or a network. See page 76 for information about
performing your first and subsequent local HotSync operations.

Selecting HotSync setup options

You can choose when you want HotSync Manager to run. If necessary, you can adjust the local
and modem HotSync settings as well.
To set the HotSync options:
1. Open Palm Desktop software.
2. From the HotSync menu, choose Setup.
3. Click the HotSync Controls tab and adjust the following options:
Enabled
Disabled
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Prepares your computer to synchronize with your communicator.
Serial Port Monitor controls the serial port you specified, prevents
you from using the port for other operations, such as printing, faxing
or AppleTalk networking.
Turns off the Serial Port Monitor and makes the serial port available
for use by other applications.
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