Campbell Scientific PConnect Software for Palm™ OS PDAs - Manual (Page 8)

PConnect for the Palm Handheld
PConnect does not support collection from Campbell Scientific
Storage Modules or Card Storage Modules. NOTE
1.1 Contents of Shipment
The following items are shipped with PConnect:
• PConnect software CD
• PDA to CS I/O connector (for communication via a datalogger’s CS I/O
port)
• PConnect/PConnectCE PDA to RS-232 cable (for communication via a
datalogger’s RS-232 port)
2. Software Installation
PConnect requires a Palm OS based handheld running Palm OS version 3.3 or
higher and a PC computer running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, or XP and
Palm HotSync Manager software version 3.0 or later.
The PDA must be capable of serial communication, and a PDA
to 9-pin male serial cable must be available to connect directly to
the datalogger. Some less expensive PDAs are not capable of
serial communication. Alternately you can communicate via IR
using an SC-IRDA purchased from CSI or via Bluetooth using a
third party Bluetooth serial port adapter. NOTE
If you are upgrading from PConnect Version 1, you must first uninstall the
PConnect software both on the computer and the Palm device, then run the
new installation. If you are upgrading from Version 2 or 3, you may install the
software without uninstalling.
Log on to your computer system as a user with administrative rights. Make
sure that you have already installed the Palm Desktop software on your PC (it
must also have been installed by the same user with administrative rights).
Then, insert the PConnect compact disk into your CD-ROM drive and run the
Setup.exe program from the disk (if Autorun is enabled on your computer it
will start automatically). Follow the instructions on the screen to install the
software. During the installation, you will be prompted for “Destination
Location” for the software (the default is c:\program
files\campbellsci\pconnect). You will then be prompted to “Choose Working
Folder” (default is c:\campbellsci\pconnect) which will be the directory on the
PC for the palmname folder where the data files retrieved by PConnect will be
saved when you synchronize your Palm with the PC after data has been
collected from a datalogger. This will also be the directory into which you will
copy any files that should be transferred to the Palm for use with the
datalogger, such as a new program file.
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