UMCal
This guide was last updated on April 6, 2006
Summary: This guide will show you how to set up UMCal to sync to your Palm devices for Microsoft Windows systems.

Install-PalmWin

Contents:

1. Pre-Install Notes

Things to know:

  • You do not need to install the Oracle Calendar to use the palm synchronization
  • You do need to have the Palm Desktop installed.
  • Do not synchronize your device with the UMCal sync tool from more than one computer.

2. UMCal Palm Sync for Windows Requirements

Microsoft Windows Requirements

  • Support Versions of Windows:
    • Windows 98/ME
    • Windows NT 4.0
    • Windows 2000
    • Windows XP
  • 75 MB disk space
  • 64 MB ram

Palm Requirements

  • Palm Desktop 3.1 to 4.1.4
  • Palm OS 3.5.x, Palm OS 4.x, Palm OS 5.2.x, Palm OS 5.4.x
  • Note: Integration with Franklin-Covey planner software is not supported at this time.

3. Installing UMCal Palm Sync for Windows

Downloading the sync tool

To download the latest version of the software, go to: http://www.umn.edu/umcal/download

Installing the sync tool

  1. Double-click the file umcal-syncpalm-win-<version>.hqx. This will automatically extract the installer OraCalSync_<version>-X.app. Double click the installer icon
  2. The installer will begin. When it finishes, the synchronization settings dialog will open. See Configure the Conduits below.
  3. After you double-click the installer, the following screen will appear. Click next


  4. Click Next after the initiation screen


  5. Choose the destination folder. The default folder is preferred.


  6. Choose your setup type.
    Complete will install all three conduits: Date Book, To Do, Address Book
    Choose Custom if you want to choose which conduits are installed.


  7. If you chose Custom above, click the drive icon next to the conduit and select the appropriate option


  8. In this picture, only the Date Book Conduit will be installed...
    Click next.


  9. Click install


4. Configuring UMCal Palm Sync for Microsoft Windows

Configuring the conduit

  1. On the Sign In category, fill out your user information.

    User Input: UMCal Settings

     
          The Server is the same for all campuses:
          umcal.umn.edu 
     
          Enter the Node number for your campus.
            100 - Crookston
            200 - Duluth
            300 - Morris 
            400 - Rochester
    
          Twin Cities users, see below.

    Twin Cities users should refer to http://www.umn.edu/umcal/nodes to determine their node assignment.



  2. All of the rest of the settings are user customizable. Set them to your own preference



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