24 ActiveSync
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ActiveSync
Introduction
Once a relationship (partnership) has been established with Connect (on a desktop computer),
ActiveSync will synchronize using the radio link, serial port, USB or the infrared port on the
mobile device.
Requirement: ActiveSync version 3.7 (or higher) must be resident on the host (desktop/laptop)
computer. ActiveSync is available from the Microsoft website. Follow their
instructions to locate, download and install ActiveSync on your desktop
computer.
Using Microsoft ActiveSync version 3.7 or higher, you can synchronize information on your
desktop computer with the mobile device and vice versa. Synchronization compares the data on
your mobile device with your desktop computer and updates both with the most recent data.
For example, you can:
• Back up and restore your device data.
• Copy (rather than synchronize) files between your device and desktop computer.
• Control when synchronization occurs by selecting a synchronization mode. For example,
you can synchronize continually while connected to your desktop computer or only when
you choose the synchronize command.
By default, ActiveSync does not automatically synchronize all types of information. Use
ActiveSync Options to specify the types of information you want to synchronize. The
synchronization process makes the data (in the information types you select) identical on both
your desktop computer and your device.
When installation of ActiveSync is complete on your desktop computer, the ActiveSync Setup
Wizard begins and starts the following processes:
• connect your device to your desktop computer,
• set up a partnership so you can synchronize information between your device and your
desktop computer, and
• customize your synchronization settings.
Because ActiveSync is already installed on your device, your first synchronization process begins
automatically when you finish setting up your desktop computer in the ActiveSync wizard. For
more information about using ActiveSync on your desktop computer, open ActiveSync, then open
ActiveSync Help.
