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  1. An Oracle Calendar account. All faculty and staff in the DND are eligible for an Oracle Calendar account. If you do not have one, send an e-mail message requesting an account to help@dartmouth.edu or to your department's computing support office.
  2. Oracle Calendar software. The College has a site license for faculty and staff to use Oracle Calendar. A copy of Oracle Calendar can be downloaded from the Software Downloads Web page.
  3. Sync software. This software is licensed separately from the Oracle Calendar software you run on your Macintosh or Windows computer. Information about the OracleSync and SyncML software is mentioned in the Introduction.
  4. A network connection. Your computer must be connected to the Dartmouth network via an Ethernet connection, wireless, or over a dial-up line. Note that synchronization over a dial-up connection may be much slower. The sync software actually establishes a network connection between the PDA organizer and the Oracle Calendar server located within the Dartmouth network. Both the calendar and task items on the PDA organizer are synchronized directly with the server, and not with a local copy of the information that may exist on your computer. The PDA address book will be synchronized to your (local) Palm Desktop address book (or similar application software) on your computer.
  5. PDA Desktop software. You will need to install and configure the Desktop software that comes with the PDA organizer. This software needs to be installed before the sync software.
  6. A connection between your PDA organizer and your computer if your PDA does not offer wireless capability. Depending on the type of computer and PDA you have, you may need the appropriate cradle or USB connection cable that came with your PDA. If your PDA offers wireless service, you can connect using the Dartmouth wireless network or through your PDA cell phone network. In the latter case, you will only need the cradle or cable connection to install new software or to synchronize the address book information.

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03/18/08

Last Updated: 3/18/08