PC sync for Windows Version 3.
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User's Guide Personal Computer Link PC sync for Windows from Version 3.
Contents 4 Contents 1. General Comments 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Note on the Documentation 1.3 List of Symbols 1.4 Minimum System Requirements 2. Connecting a CASIO BN/PV Unit to a PC 5 5 6 6 6 7 3. Working with PC sync 3.1 Installing PC sync on Your PC 3.2 First Steps 3.2.1 Running the Program 3.2.2 Receiving Data from a CASIO BN/PV Unit 3.2.3 Saving Data 3.2.4 Loading Data 3.2.5 Entering New Records into the Personal Contacts 3.2.6 Entering New Scheduler Items 3.2.7 Finding Records 3.2.
General Comments 5 Chapter 1 – General Comments 1.1 Introduction Congratulations on having purchased PC sync for Windows – a powerful program package that links your CASIO Digital Diary to a personal computer and opens up a whole world of opportunities. The PC sync works from Microsoft Windows 95 upwards, making your data management extremely easy.
General Comments 6 1.2 Note on the Documentation The documentation comes in two parts - this User's Guide and the on-line help system. The User's Guide gives you all the basics required for working with PC sync. However, your main source of information will be the on-line help system. Any context-oriented questions that come up while you're working with PC sync can be answered at the press of a button. You will find a detailed description of the Help System in Chapter 4, "How to Use On-line Help".
Connecting a CASIO BN/PV Unit to a PC 7 Chapter 2 – Connecting a CASIO BN/PV Unit to a PC To find out how to operate the Pocket Viewer (PV), consult the User's Guide for the Pocket Viewer. Important! Be sure to turn off the power of both your BN/PV Unit and computer before connecting them. Failure to do so can result in damage to the BN/PV Unit, your computer, or the cradle (cable). To connect the cradle to your computer 1.
Connecting a CASIO BN/PV Unit to a PC 8 PV-100, PV-200, PV-200A, PV-250X, PV-400A, PV-450X, PV-750, PV-750Plus To insert the PV Unit into cradle 1. Make sure the PV Unit is off. 2. Place the PV Unit onto the cradle. 3. Gently but firmly press the PV Unit into the cradle, as far as it will go. To remove the PV Unit from cradle 1. Make sure the PV Unit is off. 2. Press the Release button and keep it down while carefully pulling the PV Unit out of the cradle.
Connecting a CASIO BN/PV Unit to a PC 9 PV-200e To connect the PV Unit to the cable 1. Turn off PV Unit power. 2. Insert the cable into the cable connector at the bottom of the PV Unit as shown bellow. To disconnect the cable from the PV Unit 1. Turn off PV Unit power. 2. While pressing the release buttons on either side of the cable plug disconnect the cable.
Connecting a CASIO BN/PV Unit to a PC 10 PV-400Plus, PV-S250, PV-S450 To connect the PV Unit to the cradle 1. Turn off PV Unit power. 2. Place the PV Unit onto the cradle. 3. Gently but firmly press down on the PV Unit to ensure that it is inserted into the cradle as far as it will go. To detach the PV Unit from the cradle 1. Turn off PV Unit power. 2. Angle the PV Unit forward as shown in the illustration and then lift it straight up.
Connecting a CASIO BN/PV Unit to a PC 11 BN-10, BN-10A, BN-20, BN-20A, BN-40A To connect the cradle to the CASIO BN Unit 1. Make sure that the power of both the BN Unit and your computer is turned off. 2. Open the cradle port cover on the left side of the BN Unit as shown in the illustration. Open 3. With the side marked CASIO facing up (so you can see it), plug the cradle connector straight into the BN Unit port.
Connecting a CASIO BN/PV Unit to a PC 12 To disconnect the cradle from the CASIO BN Unit 1. Make sure that the power of both the BN Unit and your computer is turned off. 2. While squeezing the buttons on both sides of the connector, pull it straight out from the cradle port to remove it. Squeeze here 3. Close the BN Unit's port cover. Connecting the conventional models to PC Please refer to Chapter 3.
Working with PC sync 13 Chapter 3 – Working with PC sync 3.1 Installing PC sync on Your PC Run Windows and insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive. Go to the Start menu and select Run. Enter "d:\setup" into the dialog window that is presented and click [OK]. If your CD-ROM drive has a different letter, enter this letter instead of "d:". If the installation program is not on a CD-ROM, but on some other data medium, enter the complete path required for running the installation program (e.g.
Working with PC sync 14 After start-up, press the [Schedule] button at the right side: Title Bar Menu Bar Toolbar Area Tabs Status Bar List Windows View Windows The title bar, next to the program name, contains the file name under which your current data has been saved to disk. The menu bar underneath the title bar allows you to call up all the functions of the program. The name and content of the third menu depends on the current database area. We shall refer to it as the "area-specific menu".
Working with PC sync 15 The top edge and – under Scheduler – the right-hand edge of the display window contains the area tabs to determine which database area you are in at the moment. To display a different area, simply click on the relevant tab. If you have large amounts of data, you can scroll up and down in the database area with the slider. Either click on the relevant scroll arrow or place the scroll box in the desired position.
Working with PC sync 16 3.2.2 Receiving Data from a CASIO BN/PV Unit In this example we want to transmit the entire content of your BN/PV Unit to your PC and then save it to disk. If you have not done so yet, link up the two units with the cradle, as described in Chapter 2. Setting the CASIO Digital Diary Model This setting tells the program which model you are using, so that it adjusts itself exactly to the specific qualities of your Digital Diary.
Working with PC sync 17 To start transmission, select [OK] on your PC, followed by the Start button on the cradle. If you are using a PV-200e unit, tap the PC sync icon in the lower left corner of its screen. During reception a status box is displayed, telling you how far transmission has progressed. To stop transmission on the PC, choose [Abort]. After the BN/PV Unit has succesfully ended transmitting data, the data is displayed in PC sync. 3.2.
Working with PC sync 18 3.2.5 Entering New Records into the Personal Contacts Note: The CASIO PV Units have several contact areas summarized in the area tab called "Contacts". The sub-areas are accessible through the vertical area tabs at the right side. Mail and SMS (Short Message Service) can only be sent or received. Display, editing and deletion not supported. In this example we are going to create/edit Personal Contacts data with the Editor.
Working with PC sync 19 To save the current record and immediately create a new one, select 'Item': 'New' in the Editor. If the Editor menu item entitled 'Options': 'Query Before Saving' is selected (i.e. ticked), you are given a query before the record is saved. Otherwise a new record is created without asking for confirmation. Again, fill this record with data. This time, however, conclude with 'Item': 'Exit Editor'. The record is then saved (possibly after a query) and the Editor Window is closed.
Working with PC sync 20 The drag-and-drop function allows you to move/copy the following types of records: • From one file to another but within the same database area (e.g. from one file window to another), • From all database areas into the Memo area, If the mouse pointer takes this form during a drag-and-drop attempt, then the relevant records cannot be pasted to their intended destination.
Working with PC sync 21 available for further processing. They can be selected and then placed into other programs via the Clipboard, and they can be printed or marked (i.e. via 'Edit': 'Toggle Mark Flag'). To display all the records of the current area again, choose 'Search': 'Discard All Search Results'. 3.2.8 Deleting Certain Records In this example we want to eliminate all doubles from the Personal Contacts, i.e. all records that are totally identical.
Working with PC sync 22 globally to the entire program. Password input and confirmation are not case-sensitive, i.e. no distinction is made between small and capital letters. You can change the password for a file via 'File': 'Password'. As we mentioned above, the only difference between a secret and open area is the password query. All other functions are identical.
Working with PC sync 23 All four fields have now been transferred to the right-hand side and the newly created field mapping can be saved with [OK]. This brings you back to the field mapping menu. If you now select the field mapping you have just created, you can start the export process by pressing [OK]. The exported data are now ready to be transferred to other programs.
Working with PC sync 24 The BN/PV Units can be synchronized with an PC sync file, i.e. the PC file and the BN/PV Unit can be brought up to an identical data state. New records existing on both units in an identical state will be filtered automatically, to avoid creating doubles (cf. 3.3.1 'Synchronization Setup'). Therefore a synchronization has big advantages in contrast to the conventional "Send" and "Receive" functions.
Working with PC sync 25 The check box titled Detect Automatically Synchronization Start is activated by default. If you have connected the BN/PV Unit to the PC and start the synchronization on the BN/PV Unit by pressing the Start button on the cradle (If you are using a PV-200e unit, tap the PC sync icon in the lower left corner of its screen) – during PC sync is running (also in the background) – the synchronization program will start automatically on the PC.
Working with PC sync 26 If a file exists that has already been used during a synchronization with the selected BN/PV Unit, a corresponding dialog box appears. Then you can use this file again or select another one via the [Browse] button. In order to keep always the same data stock on both units, you should always use the same PC sync file for the synchronization with your BN/PV Unit.
Working with PC sync 27 If the text is longer than 2,048 characters, it is automatically divided up into several memos. PC sync attempts to respect the ends of words, lines and sentences. The title is formed from the first ten characters. If you want to make manual changes before sending the text, choose 'Casio': 'Quick Data Copy': 'Edit' to call up the following dialogue: In this dialogue you can edit the text and its title and define its destination (Memo 1 - 5).
Working with PC sync 28 3.4.2 Quick Data Copy as a stand-alone application (option ) "Quick Data Copy" in the program group "PC sync for Windows" is a stand-alone application, i.e. it can be run without the main PC sync program. The functions are identical with the ones in the menu item 'Casio': 'Quick Data Copy': 'Edit' in the main PC sync program.
Working with PC sync 29 When you run Quick Data Copy for the first time, it automatically takes over your serial port settings from the main PC sync program. However, you can change the setting any time you like. The separate program Quick Data Copy can also be executed while the main PC sync program is running. 3.4.
Working with PC sync 30 The menu items have the same functions as in the menu 'Casio': 'Quick Data Copy' in the main PC sync program: 'Send' is for sending Clipboard text without any further queries, and 'Edit' opens the dialogue window shown earlier. Tip: Copy the program 'Add Quick Data Copy to Taskbar' or a shortcut to the 'StartUp' folder, so that the icon will be available every time you start Windows. To find out how this is done, read the relevant section in your Windows user's manual.
Working with PC sync 31 Choose [OK] to confirm your settings. Now select the Destination Digital Diary in the right list (this is the BN/PV Unit to which the data will be transferred finally) and click on [OK]. As we want to transmit all the available database areas, click on the [All] button in the right-hand section of the dialog box. Under "Scope" select [All Items], and under "Mode" [Append].
How to Use On-line Help 32 Chapter 4 – How to Use On-line Help The on-line help system will enable you to use the program more efficiently within a very short time. After reading this manual you will have learnt the most fundamental basics of the program. Stage two will be to extend your knowledge step by step with the on-line help system as your most important source of information. Later, the help system will come in handy as a memory aid and reference tool for the various program functions.
How to Use On-line Help 33 This overview is also accessible from the [Contents] button of the toolbar in the Help window. To choose a topic, click on the relevant picture with the mouse or press followed by . This opens up a list of subtopics. The text also contains key words with detailed help that can be viewed with a mouse click or plus . The key words are underlined and in a different colour.
Appendix A – Keyboard Assignment 34 Appendix A – Keyboard Assignment When we wrote the PC sync, we made sure that it conformed as much as possible with existing Windows applications. Our keyboard assignment therefore follows standard Windows conventions. The following list shows all the control keys we have implemented. 1.
Appendix A – Keyboard Assignment 35 2. Keyboard Assignment in the Editor The Editor uses similar keyboard conventions as other well-known editors, so that it will not take you long to get used to it.
Appendix A – Keyboard Assignment 36 • Marking Text Shift + ← Shift + → Shift + ↑ Shift + ↓ Shift + PgUp Shift + PgDn Shift + Home Shift + End Shift + Control + ← Shift + Control + → Shift + Control + Home Shift + Control + End 3.
Appendix B – The Toolbars 37 Appendix B – The Toolbars The most frequently used functions from each menu bar can also be found on a toolbar, where they are conveniently accessible at the click of the mouse. The following list gives you the meaning and function of each icon. 1. The Toolbar of the Main Window This button is the same as the menu item 'File': 'New'. Click here to create a new file. This button is the same as the menu item 'File': 'Open'. Click here to load in a new file from disk.
Appendix B – The Toolbars 38 2. The Toolbar of the Editor This button is the same as the menu item entitled 'Item': 'Abort'. Click here to reject your edits. A query is presented first. This button is the same as the menu item entitled 'Item': 'Exit'. Click here to close the Editor Window and save the current record. A query may be presented. This button is the same as the menu item entitled 'Item': 'New'. Click here to save the current record and create a new one.
Appendix C – Setting-Up the Various Digital Diaries 39 Appendix C – Setting-Up the Various Digital Diaries This section lists the key combinations required to access certain menus of the various stands for any area key. Digital Diaries. Please note that The models SF-4300/4300A/4300B/4300R/4400/4600/4600B/4600C/4700C/4700L/4900C/ 4900ER/4900L/4980ER/4985ER, SF-5100/5300/5300B/5300E/5500B and SF-6300 Some models support transmission only at 2400 Baud.
Important Notes 40 Important Notes We strongly recommend making several copies of all important data, preferably also in the form of print-outs, and to store these in different places. Under certain conditions data can be lost or changed in virtually any transmission cable and on nearly all electronic storage media. CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
