MAKE PALM PILOTS MODEM ACCESSIBLE

*****Make certain your phone line is Analog and not digital*****

Turn on Palm Pilot

Select Applications (little house or on earlier models an arrow located ¾” from bottom of the left hand corner of the screen.)

Select Hot Sync icon.

Select the menu icon located in the lower left corner of the screen.

From the drop down menu, called options, choose Modem Setup.

At this point the palm pilot needs to be setup for the type of modem that you have.

1.For aUS Robotics modem, the screen should read:

 Modem: USRobotics Sportster

 Speed: 57,600 bps

Speaker:Low

Flow Ctl: Automatic

String: ( a string of numbers and letters…)

2.If you have a NewCom modem, the screen should read:

 Modem: Standard

 Speed: 57,600 bps

Speaker:Low

Flow Ctl: Automatic

String: ( a string of numbers and letters…)

To change the modem selection:press on the down arrow located right after the word Modem: and select the type of modem from the drop down box,the rest will change automatically.
 

Select Done.

(This puts you back into the hotsync screen.)

If your modem Sync icon readsWindows RAS, with the phone # underneath you are ready to access our database by modem.

Ifyour palm pilot reads select service under modem sync, then press the screen at the select servicebox and at the left of the word Service, press the drop down arrow and selectWindows RAS.

To the right of Username:press to bring up cursor, select the abc button (at lower left of screen) and type inpalmthen press done.

To the right of Password:press the word prompt, select the abc button (at lower left of screen) and type in palm then press done.

If the next screenreads palm then press OK.If not press cancel, return to word prompt and repeat process.

To the right of the word “phone” press the box that says “ tap to enter phone”.

Press the 123 button (located at the lower right of screen) and type in your assigned Phone No.

 

Press “Done”.

At the next screen, press “OK”.

At the Preferences screen press “Done”.

Your modem Sync icon should read Windows RAS, with the phone # underneath.

Your Palm Pilot is now ready to access our database by modem.

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