Dana Wireless Setup Guide AlphaSmart, Inc. 973 University Avenue Los Gatos, CA 95032 phone: 530.528.7200 (technical support) www.alphasmart.com support@alphasmart.com The Palm Powered wireless laptop alternative. © 2003 AlphaSmart is a registered trademark and Dana™ by AlphaSmart® is a trademark of AlphaSmart, Inc. Palm and the Palm Powered logo are trademarks of Palm, Inc.
wireless.book Page i Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM Dana Wireless Setup Guide AlphaSmart, Inc. www.alphasmart.
wireless.book Page ii Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM AlphaSmart Sales and Technical Support US.: For technical questions or problems, please contact: Phone: (530) 528-7200 Email: support@alphasmart.com For the latest support information please check www.alphasmart.com/supportinfo To purchase AlphaSmart products, see our online store at: www.alphasmart.com or call (888) 274-0680. For general information or sales questions, please call: (888) 274-0680 or email info@alphasmart.com.
wireless.book Page iii Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM Contents Chapter 1 - Setting up Wireless Connectivity Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Basic Wi-Fi setup on Dana Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Advanced Wi-Fi setup on Dana Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 WiStat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Launching WiStat. . . . . . . . . . . .
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wireless.book Page 1 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM Setting up Wireless Connectivity CHAPTER 1 Dana™ Wireless by AlphaSmart® offers the convenience and affordability of a handheld device. With built-in Wi-Fi (802.11b) technology, wireless connectivity has never been easier. Dana Wireless enables wireless connectivity to Wi-Fi HotSpots - at the office, in the classroom, on campus, at home, or in any of the thousands of public Wi-Fi HotSpots.
wireless.book Page 2 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM Important: When setting up Dana Wireless to connect to a school or corporate network, you will probably need to ask your network administrator for the correct network settings. Basic Wi-Fi setup on Dana Wireless Basic Wi-Fi setup will be sufficient for most public HotSpots, homes or small offices.
wireless.book Page 3 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM 5. Tap the Edit button. Tap here to select a different profile Tip: If you are going to be regularly connecting to different Wi-Fi networks, you can set up a profile for each network (up to 4). For example, you could setup profiles for home, work, and your favorite public access point. 6. Type in an appropriate name for the profile (i.e. Wi-Fi home). Drag your stylus to select the text, and then type in an appropriate name. 7.
wireless.book Page 4 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM Advanced Wi-Fi setup on Dana Wireless Changing DHCP Addressing After completing steps 1- 6 for “Basic Wi-Fi setup on Dana Wireless” on page 2, continue with the following steps to change DHCP addressing. 1. If your network administrator told you to change DHCP addressing, tap on the Addressing selector field. Tap here to change settings for Primary DNS, Secondary DNS or Gateway. 2.
wireless.book Page 5 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM 4. Tap the Connect button to connect to the wireless network now. Choosing a Specific Access Point After completing steps 1- 6 for “Basic Wi-Fi setup on Dana Wireless” on page 2, continue with the following steps to choose a specific access point. 1. Tap the 802.11b button. 2. Choose “Use specific AP” from the Access Point pick list. (Dana Wireless defaults to “Use first available” which allows it to connect to the first access point it can find).
wireless.book Page 6 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM Tip: If your access point needs to know the MAC (Media Access Control) address for each device that connects to it, you can use WiStat to get the MAC address for your Dana Wireless. See “WiStat” on page 9 for more information. 4. Tap OK in the 802.11b Preferences dialog. Tap OK in the Profile Preferences dialog. Tap Done in the LAN Details dialog. 5. Tap the Connect button to connect to the wireless network now.
wireless.book Page 7 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM 2. Tap the IP Address pick list, and select “Static IP”. Tap here to select Static IP Tip: When typing in DNS, IP and Gateway information, typing a period will automatically move the cursor to the next field. 3. Tap a selector field, and then enter the information obtained from your network administrator. Tap OK. Enter information in the displayed fields 4. Tap OK in the Profile Preferences dialog. Tap Done in the LAN Details dialog. 5.
wireless.book Page 8 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM Note: When working with a school or corporate network, you will need to ask your network administrator for the correct WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key settings. WEP settings are associated with network security. 1. Tap the 802.11b button. 2. Tap the Security selector field. Tap here to change security settings 3. Choose “Open Encryption” from the Security pick list.
wireless.book Page 9 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM 5. Select the appropriate encryption key from the Key Index pick list. Then tap the corresponding Key 1-Key 4 selector field, and enter the key value you received from your network administrator. Tap OK. 6. Tap OK in the Security Preferences dialog. Tap OK in the 802.11b Preferences dialog. Tap OK in the Profile Preferences dialog. Tap Done in the LAN Details dialog. 7. Tap the Connect button to connect to the wireless network now.
wireless.book Page 10 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM Security Tip: You can use MAC addresses to limit unauthorized access to your Wi-Fi network. Every Dana has a unique MAC address associated with it that can be seen in WiStat. Your network administrator can setup the Wi-Fi network to only permit access for devices whose MAC addresses it recognizes. Launching WiStat 1. Press the apps key repeatedly until you see All in the top right corner of the Applications Launcher. 2. Tap the WiStat icon.
wireless.book Page 11 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM Wi-Fi connection. Either your connection is incorrectly configured, or you are out of range of the access point and not receiving a signal. 1. Tap the WiStat icon. 2. Tap the Ping Address selector field. 3. Tap the Target pick list, and select an address. 4. If the address you want is not in the Target pick list, select “Enter Address” and then type in the appropriate address. Tap OK. 5. Tap the Ping button to Ping the address.
wireless.book Page 12 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM software on your computer. For more information on installing Palm Desktop Software or the HotSync operation, see the Getting Started with Dana guide. For more information on setting up and performing a Wi-Fi HotSync operation, refer to the online Dana Internet Solutions Guide. To open that guide, double-click DanaInternetSolutionsGuide.pdf located in the Dana Internet Solutions Pack folder inside the Palm folder on your computer.
wireless.book Page 13 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM CHAPTER 2 Dana Internet Solutions Pack The optional Dana Internet Solutions Pack includes: • DanaWeb™ - a wide screen web browser • Mark/Space Mail - an email program • VeriChat™ - an instant messaging program (60-day free trial) This chapter will cover the fundamentals of using these programs. For more detailed information refer to the online Dana Internet Solutions Guide. To open that guide, double-click DanaInternetSolutionsGuide.
wireless.book Page 14 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM 2. When the window showing the CD's contents opens, doubleclick on setup.exe. Note: If a window showing the CD's contents does not appear, click the Windows Start button, choose Run, enter D:\setup.exe, and then click OK. If necessary, replace D: with the drive letter assigned to your CD-ROM drive. 3. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation. 4.
wireless.book Page 15 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Double-click the Internet Solutions Pack CD icon. Double-click the Internet Solutions Installer icon. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation. The Internet Solutions Pack program files have now been transferred to your hard drive, but you must still perform a HotSync operation to install them on Dana. Connect Dana to your computer with the USB cable.
wireless.book Page 16 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM Visiting a web page 1. Press the apps key repeatedly until you see All in the top right corner of the Applications Launcher. 2. Tap the DanaWeb icon. 3. Tap the address bar, type the web address you want to visit, and tap the Go button or tap “Visit Web”. Tap the address bar or tap Visit Web to go to a web site Tap here to change browser settings Tap here to view previously visited web sites Tap here to create or edit Bookmarks 4.
wireless.book Page 17 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM information on setting up a connection see “Basic Wi-Fi setup on Dana Wireless” on page 2. Navigation Bar icons The Navigation Bar on the top right of the screen has seven icons for quickly accessing browser commands. Most of these commands can also be accessed from the menus.
wireless.book Page 18 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM Navigation Keys The keyboard’s F1 to F8 keys also provide a shortcut to some browser commands. These commands can also be accessed from the menus. Visit Web Help Zoom Refresh History Bookmark Forward Backward Changing Browser Settings Browser settings let you set a custom home page, and turn Wrapping View, JavaScript, images, and PDA content on and off.
wireless.book Page 19 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM 3. Check the setting you want to change. Tap checkbox and then type in URL for new homepage Tap checkbox to turn on Wrapping view Tap checkbox to enable JavaScript Tap checkbox to view images on page Tap checkbox to download regular content 4. Tap OK. Transferring text from a web page to Memo Pad and AlphaWord 1. Tap the DanaWeb icon. 2. Tap the address bar, type in the web address you want to visit, and tap the Go button. 3.
wireless.book Page 20 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM 5. Press the apps key repeatedly until you see All in the top right corner of the Applications Launcher. 6. Tap the Memo Pad icon. 7. Tap the Memo created from the web page. Tap the memo containing the web page content 8. Select the text you want to transfer to AlphaWord, then choose “Copy” under the Edit menu. Select the text to copy to AlphaWord Tip: The alert “Clipboard limit exceeded” might come up if too much text is copied at one time.
wireless.book Page 21 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM 10.Choose “Paste” under the Edit menu. Paste the text into the chosen AlphaWord file VeriChat VeriChat is an instant messaging application that works with the following chat networks: Yahoo!, ICQ, MSN or AOL. You don't even have to be in the VeriChat application to chat with your buddies. They will always see you as online, and can send you messages.
wireless.book Page 22 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM 3. Tap the Continue button. 4. If Dana is off, VeriChat can notify your cell phone or pager that there is a message. This is called “paging” mode. To setup paging mode tap Yes and proceed to step 5. Otherwise, tap No and skip to step 7. 5. To set up paging mode you will need to know the text messaging e-mail address of your cell phone, and must subscribe to the text messaging service from your wireless service provider.
wireless.book Page 23 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM pager, you will need to use one that has an email address. Enter the email address and tap Continue. 6. Now enter the 5 digit code that should have been emailed to the address you entered in the previous step. Tap Continue. If you did not receive the code, tap Start Again and reenter the email address. 7. VeriChat can automatically connect to Instant Messaging (IM) services when Dana is turned on.
wireless.book Page 24 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM 8. Now you will configure your IM Account(s). There is a dialog for each of the four supported IM services. When you get to the service you want to configure tap Yes; otherwise, tap No. 9. Type in your user-id and password. Tap the checkbox to automatically connect to this IM service when you launch VeriChat. Tap OK. Tap here connect to IM service at launch 10.
wireless.book Page 25 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM Adding a contact Before you can send a message, you must create a contact record for the person you want to send the message to. If you already have an existing buddy list it should be automatically displayed, so you can skip this procedure. 1. Tap the VeriChat icon. 2. If not automatically connected tap the checkbox next to the IM service you want to connect to, then tap Connect. 3. Choose “Add Contact” under the Messaging menu. 4.
wireless.book Page 26 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM 2. If not automatically connected tap the checkbox next to the IM service you want to connect to, then tap Connect. 3. Tap the contact you want to send a message to. Then tap the Chat button or press the enter key. Tap to select a contact 4. Type in a message. Tap the Send button.
wireless.book Page 27 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM Setting up Mark/Space Mail In order to begin using Mark/Space Mail, you must first go through the Account setup process. The following instructions will walk you through setting up an account from the Welcome Screen. You can also add or edit account information from within the program by choosing “Accounts” under the Options menu. 1. Press the apps key repeatedly until you see All in the top right corner of the Applications Launcher. 2.
wireless.book Page 28 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM Real Name - This is the name that will be listed on your outgoing email messages. Email Address - This is the email address that will be listed on your outgoing email messages. POP3 Username - This is the login ID that your email server knows you by. In most cases, this is simply the part of your e-mail address before the “@” symbol, not your full email address. Tap here to go to the next page 6. Tap on 2 to go to the second page. 7.
wireless.book Page 29 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM SMTP Host - Enter your SMTP Host information. If you do not have this information, you can either get it from the account information on your computer’s email client or you can request the information from your email service provider. Often the SMTP Host information will look similar to smtp.yourserver.com. Signature – Choose the signature file that you want to use for this account.
wireless.book Page 30 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM Allow SMTP Authorization - Check this checkbox if your email server requires SMTP Authorization. Once you check this checkbox, you will be able to enter your SMTP Username and SMTP Password. Your SMTP Password, like your POP3 Password, is -Unassigned- by default. 10.Tap OK. 11.Tap Done. Creating an email message 1. Tap the M/S Mail icon. Note: Mark/Space Mail uses the connection you setup in Network Preferences.
wireless.book Page 31 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM 2. Tap the Compose Message button. 3. Enter the recipient’s name in the To field. Tap Lookup to select an email address from Address Book. Tap here to lookup the email address in Address Book 4. Tap the Subj field and enter the subject of your email. 5. Tap the Body field and type in your email message. Tip: To insert a Memo, Address, or To Do List item, tap the Insert pick list and choose the item you want to insert. 6. Tap the Send button.
wireless.book Page 32 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM 3. Mark/Space Mail will connect and retrieve any new mail. Tap on an email to read it Tap New to create a new email message Tap to retrieve any new mail 4. Tap on an email to read it.
wireless.book Page 33 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM APPENDIX A Wi-Fi Terms and Dana Interface Refer to the table below for definitions of common Wi-Fi terms. TABLE 1. Wi-Fi Terms Access Point A wireless LAN transceiver or “base station” that provides a wireless connection to a Wi-Fi network for one or many wireless devices.
wireless.book Page 34 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM TABLE 1. Wi-Fi Terms 34 Gateway The part of the network that serves as an entrance to another network. In a school or office, the gateway is the computer that routes the traffic from a workstation (i.e. Dana) to the Internet. In homes, the gateway is the ISP that connects the user to the internet. HotSpot A place where you can access Wi-Fi service. This can be free or for a fee.
wireless.book Page 35 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM Dana Interface Pick list Selector Field Command buttons Text field • Command buttons initiate a command when tapped. Command buttons appear in dialog boxes and at the bottom of application screens. • Pick lists display a list of choices. Tap the black triangle next to the pick list name to display a list of choices, and then tap an item in the list to select it. • Text fields are areas in which you can enter information.
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wireless.book Page 37 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM APPENDIX B Product Regulatory and Safety Information FCC Statement Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
wireless.book Page 38 Friday, August 1, 2003 12:33 PM FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment is classified as a portable device and has been tested for Specific Absorption Rate (SAR). The SAR measurement for Dana Wireless (measured from contact with the bottom of the Dana Wireless unit) is 0.0954mW/g. The measurement for Dana Wireless is far below the maximum allowable rating for a unit of this type (maximum is 1.6mW/g).
Dana Wireless Setup Guide AlphaSmart, Inc. 973 University Avenue Los Gatos, CA 95032 phone: 530.528.7200 (technical support) www.alphasmart.com support@alphasmart.com The Palm Powered wireless laptop alternative. © 2003 AlphaSmart is a registered trademark and Dana™ by AlphaSmart® is a trademark of AlphaSmart, Inc. Palm and the Palm Powered logo are trademarks of Palm, Inc.
