Palmone IIIx Handheld Handbook
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Chapter 7 Page 163 Connecting to your service After you set your Modem and Network Preferences, establishing a connection to your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or your company’s network (dial-in server) is easy. Note:If you are connecting to an ISP, you need a third-party application, such as a web browser or news reader, to take advantage of this connection. For information about third- party applications that support TCP/IP, check the web site http://www.palm.com. To establish a connection: nTap Connect to dial the current service and display the Service Connection Progress messages. Tip:To see expanded Service Connection Progress messages, press the lower half of the Scroll button. To close a connection: nTap Disconnect to terminate the connection between your organizer and your service. Creating additional service templates You can create additional service templates from scratch or by duplicating existing templates and editing information. After you create a new or duplicate template, you can add and edit settings. To add a new service template: 1. Tap the Menu icon . 2. Tap Service, and then tap New. A new service template (called Untitled) is added to the Service pick list. To duplicate an existing service template: 1. Tap the Service pick list. 2. Tap the predefined service template you want to duplicate. 3. Tap the Menu icon . 4. Tap Service, and then tap Duplicate. A copy of the service template is added to the Service pick list.
Page 164 Setting Preferences for Your Organizer Adding detailed information to a service template If you are using one of the predefined service templates, you probably only need to enter your user name and telephone number. If you are creating a new service template, you may need to provide additional information to your ISP or dial-in server. You use the Details dialog box to add additional information to a selected service template. To select a connection type: 1. Tap the service field. 2. Tap Details. 3. Tap the Connection type pick list and select one of the following connection types: Note:If you are not sure, try PPP; if that doesn’t work, ask your Internet Service Provider or your System Administrator for the correct connection type. Idle timeout The Idle timeout setting defines how long your organizer waits before dropping the connection with your ISP or dial-in server when you switch out of a TCP/IP application. To set the Idle timeout: 1. Tap the Idle timeout pick list and select one of the following options:PPP Point-to-Point protocol SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol CSLIP Compressed Serial Line Internet Protocol Select connection type
Chapter 7 Page 165 2. Tap OK. Defining primary and secondary DNS The Domain Naming System (DNS) is a mechanism in the Internet for translating the names of host computers into IP addresses. When you enter a DNS number (or IP address), you are identifying a specific server that handles the translation services. Each IP address has four sections, separated by periods. In the Details dialog box, you enter each section separately. Each section of an IP address is made up of a number from 0 to 255; numbers are the only allowable characters in this field. Ask your Internet Service Provider or System Administrator for the correct Primary or Secondary DNS IP numbers. Tip:Many systems do not require that you enter a DNS. If you are not sure, leave the DNS field blank. To enter a primary and secondary DNS: 1. Tap the Query DNS check box to deselect it. 2. Tap the space to the left of the first period in the Primary DNS field, and then enter the first section of the IP address. Note:Each section must be a number from 0 to 255. 3. Repeat step 2 for the second, third, and last sections of the Primary DNS field. 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the Secondary DNS number. 5. Tap OK.Immediate Drops the connection to your ISP immediately when you switch to another application. 1 minute Waits one minute for you to open another application before it drops the connection. 2 minutes Waits two minutes. 3 minutes Waits three minutes. Power Off Keeps your PPP or SLIP connection until you turn off your organizer (or until it times out). This option works best with the Palm Modem accessory.
Page 166 Setting Preferences for Your Organizer IP address Everyone who logs on to the Internet needs to have a unique identifier (an IP address), whether permanent or temporary. Some networks dynamically assign a temporary IP address when clients log in. The IP Address field lets you identify whether your network provides automatic (dynamic) temporary IP addressing. Note:If your IP address is permanently assigned, you need to get that information from your System Administrator. If you are not sure, select Automatic. To identify dynamic IP addressing: nTap the IP Address check box to select it. To enter a permanent IP address: 1. Tap the IP Address check box to deselect it and display a permanent IP address field below the check box. 2. Tap the space to the left of the first period then enter the first section of the IP address. Note:Each section must be a number from 0 to 255. 3. Tap and enter the remaining sections of the IP address. 4. Tap OK. Tap to select automatic IP address
Chapter 7 Page 167 Creating a login script A login script is a series of commands, similar to an autoexec.bat file, that automates logging into your ISP. You can create login script files by selecting commands from the Command pick list in the Login Script dialog. Some commands from the Command pick list, such as Send, require you to supply additional information. Those commands have a parameter field so that you can add the necessary data. Note:You can also use non-ASCII and literal characters in your login script. See Appendix D for more information. To create a login script: 1. Tap Script. 2. Tap the End pick list. 3. Tap the command you want from the Command list. If the command requires additional information, a field appears to the right of it for you to enter the information. The following commands are available: Wait For Tells your organizer to wait for specific characters from the TCP/IP server before executing the next command. Send Transmits specific characters to the TCP/ IP server to which you are connecting. Send CR Transmits a carriage return or LF character to the TCP/IP server to which you are connecting. Tap here
Page 168 Setting Preferences for Your Organizer 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the login script is complete. 5. Tap OK. Deleting a service template There is only one way to delete a service template: use the Delete command from the Service menu. To delete a service template: 1. Tap the Service pick list. 2. Tap the service template you want to delete. 3. Tap the Menu icon . 4. Tap Service, and then tap Delete. 5. Tap OK.Send User ID Transmits the User ID information entered in the User ID field of the Network Preferences screen. Send PasswordTransmits the password entered in the Password field of the Network Preferences screen. If you did not enter a password, this command prompts you to enter one. The Password command is usually followed by a Send CR command. Delay Tells your organizer to wait a specific number of seconds before executing the next command in the login script. Get IP Reads an IP address and uses it as the IP address for your organizer. This command is used with SLIP connections. Prompt Opens a dialog box and prompts you to enter text of some kind (for example, a password or a security code). End Identifies the last line in the login script.
Chapter 7 Page 169 Network preferences menu commands The Network Preferences screen includes menu commands to make it fast and easy to create and edit service templates. TCP/IP application menus are show here for your reference. See “Using menus” in Chapter 1 for more information about choosing menu commands. Service menu Options menu TCP/IP troubleshooting If you are having a problem establishing a network connection using TCP/IP, check this section and try the suggestions listed. Displaying expanded Service Connection Progress messages It’s helpful to identify at what point in the login procedure the connection fails. An easy way to do this is to display the expanded Service Connection Progress messages. Expanded Service Connection Progress messages describe the current stage of the login procedure. Press the lower half of the scroll button at any point during login to display these messages. Viewing the Network Log If viewing the expanded Service Connection Progress messages does not give you enough information to find out why you cannot connect to your ISP or dial-in server, take a look at the Network Log. The Network Log lists all of the communication that occurs between your modem and your dial-in server during the login procedure. The information in the Network Log can help your ISP or your System Administrator pinpoint where the login procedure communication fails and why.
Page 170 Setting Preferences for Your Organizer To view the Network Log: 1. Tap Options, and then tap View Log. 2. Tap the up and down arrows of the scroll bar to see the entire Network Log. 3. Tap Done. Adding a DNS number If your ISP or dial-in server requires a DNS number and you did not enter that information in the Network Preferences screen, it will appear that you successfully logged into your network. When you try to use an application or look up information, however, the connection fails. If this occurs, try adding a DNS number. Ask your ISP or your System Administrator for the correct Primary and Secondary DNS IP numbers.
Chapter 7 Page 171 Owner preferences The Owner Preferences screen enables you to record a name, company name, phone number, or any other information that you want to associate with your organizer. If you use the Security application to turn off and lock your organizer with a password, information that you put in the Owner Preferences displays the next time you turn on your organizer. See Chapter 1 for more information. To enter the Owner preferences: nEnter the text that you want to associate with your organizer in the Owner Preferences screen. If you enter more text than can fit on one screen, a scroll bar automatically appears on the right side of the screen. If you assign a password with the Security application, the information in the Owner Preferences screen cannot be changed. In this case, an Unlock button appears at the bottom of the screen. To unlock the Owner Preferences screen: 1. Tap Unlock. 2. Enter the password that you defined in the Security application. 3. Tap OK.
Page 172 Setting Preferences for Your Organizer ShortCuts preferences The ShortCuts Preferences screen enables you to define abbreviations for entering text with Graffiti strokes. This section describes how to create, edit, and delete a ShortCut. See Chapter 2 for more information on the use of ShortCuts. Creating a ShortCut You can create a ShortCut for any words, letters, or numbers. All ShortCuts you create appear on the list in the ShortCut Preferences screen. All the ShortCuts are available in any of your organizer applications and are backed up on your computer when you perform a HotSync operation. To create a ShortCut: 1. Tap New. 2. On the ShortCut name line, enter the letters you want to use to activate the ShortCut. 3. Tap the ShortCut Text area and enter the text that you want to appear when you write the ShortCut characters. Tip:You may want to add a space (space character) after the last word in your ShortCut text. This way, a space automatically follows the ShortCut text. 4. Tap OK. Tip:To use a ShortCut, draw the ShortCut stroke followed by the ShortCut characters. When you draw the ShortCut stroke, the ShortCut symbol appears at the insertion point to show that you are in ShortCut mode. Tap New