User's Manual

CHAPTER THREE - PL3000 BASICS

possesses the mobile option, that is, the GPRS modem module. However, if a

double-tap on the NID WWAN icon generates a fatal error message on the screen,

it is very likely that your PL3000 device does not incorporate GPRS modem.

A real GPRS connection icon is available in the ‘connections’ window of the

‘Network and Dial-up Connections’ panel, when you have connected to a mobile

operator’s network using the NID WWAN applet. In other words, the icon is a sign

that your PL3000 has received IP-address information from the mobile operators

GPRS network. The icon is named after the GPRS modem that your PL3000

incorporates. A double-tap on the icon reveals the IP-address the PL3000 is using

for networking over the mobile network.

When, for example, either Bluetooth or USB connectivity is used as an

ActiveSync medium, the Network and Dial-up Connections panel shows the

following icons if ActiveSync protocol is in a connected state: ‘COM2 on

<Computer name>’ or ‘COM4:’, respectively. The ‘COM4:’ is a fixed logical port

name of the USB interface on the PL3000. On the contrary, the ‘COM2’ is not a

fixed one in the system but you assign the logical port to ActiveSync connectivity

when you specify ActiveSync connection over the Bluetooth in the Bluetooth

Device Properties applet. As a result of that there is also an ‘ActiveSync on COM2’

icon (COM2 in this particular example) in the ‘connections’ window.

NID AutoStart Settings

Using a NID AutoStart Settings applet you can enable/disable a service having

control over the system when the device is about to be up and running after it has

been powered up. The purpose of the service is to launch your application after the

network connection has been established, while keeping user-friendliness during

the connecting phase. User-friendliness means that the AutoStart hides

unnecessary displayed information on the screen and hinders the user from

interfering with the connection establishment phase by pressing the keys or by

tapping the screen. The applet has the help of its own to instruct you in its use

NID Backlight

The backlight of the screen has two properties that can be adjusted through a

NID Backlight applet. There is a slider for brightness and a mode selector to

choose how the backlight is linked to the working of a power manager. That is,

whether or not the backlight can be on in different power states of the system. Be

aware that you can select the mode ‘Constant off’ which actually disables the

backlight property of the screen.

NID Indicators

A NID Indicators gives two measuring bars on the screen. One bar shows

charge remaining in the battery. The other one displays signal strength which the

PL3000 sees from the wireless LAN access point or from the base station of a

cellular network to which it has attached. Moreover, the applet gives four

possibilities to place the bar (or bars) on the display.