User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- GeoExplorer® 6000 series
- Legal Notices
- Safety Information
- Contents
- Introduction
- Getting Started
- Using the Windows Mobile Operating System
- Connecting to an Office Computer
- Using the GNSS Receiver
- Supported GNSS field software
- Configuring the GNSS field software to connect to the receiver
- Using the GNSS field software
- Improving GNSS productivity using Floodlight satellite shadow reduction technology
- Ensuring the accuracy of your GNSS data
- Activating the Floodlight technology and the NMEA output options
- Differential GNSS explained
- Outputting NMEA data to external equipment
- Configuring NMEA output
- Getting Connected
- Wireless connection information
- Connecting to a cellular network from the modem
- Connecting to a Wi-Fi access point
- Connecting to a Bluetooth-enabled device
- Connecting to a Bluetooth device as a client
- Providing Bluetooth services as a host
- Setting up a Bluetooth connection
- Connecting to a Bluetooth-enabled phone for Internet access or real-time corrections (including VRS networks)
- Connecting to the Internet through a Bluetooth-enabled phone using the Bluetooth PAN profile
- Connecting to a Bluetooth-enabled serial device
- Connecting to an office computer using Bluetooth wireless technology
- Outputting GNSS data to other devices using Bluetooth wireless technology
- Enabling other devices to transfer files using Bluetooth wireless technology
- Beaming files to or from another device
- Accessing a corporate network through your Internet connection
- Connecting to other devices using the USB to serial converter
- Using the Camera
- Troubleshooting
4 Connecting to an Office Computer
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Connection management software
To install software onto a device powered by the Windows Mobile operating system, or
to copy files between the handheld and a computer, you must connect the device to an
office computer. If the computer is running:
• the Windows 7 or Windows Vista
®
operating system, use the Windows Mobile
Device Center (WMDC) to manage the connection.
• the Windows
®
XP or 2000 operating system, use ActiveSync technology to
manage the connection.
Note – You must install the Windows Mobile Device Center or ActiveSync technology onto
the computer before you connect the handheld.
This connection management software also enables you to synchronize office
applications on an office computer with the handheld.
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CAUTION – The available space on the handheld is small compared to an office computer.
To avoid accidentally synchronizing the handheld with a large amount of data on the
office computer, Trimble recommends that you either connect to the handheld without
forming a partnership, or that you limit the information types and amount of data that
is synchronized.
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CAUTION – Synchronizing data is designed to keep the same data on both the office
computer and the handheld. Exercise care when resynchronizing applications after
deleting data from one computer, as resynchronizing will delete the same information
from the other computer.
For more information see one of the following:
• Managing the connection using the Windows Mobile Device Center, page 57
• Managing the connection using ActiveSync technology, page 59.
Installing the Windows Mobile Device Center
The Windows 7 and the Windows Vista operating system include a basic connectivity
driver for devices powered by a Windows Mobile operating system. This driver allows
you to transfer files from the handheld to an office computer.
To install software onto a device powered by a Windows Mobile operating system, you
must install Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 onto an office computer.
A copy of the Windows Mobile Device Center is provided on the GeoExplorer 6000
Series Getting Started Disc. Alternatively, go to
www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/devicecenter.mspx to download the latest
version from the Microsoft website.