Setting up the serial connection on Windows 2000:
Directions for using a serial cable for
synchronization. Please logon as an Administrator.
1. Open the
Control Panel.
2.
Double-click the “Phone and Modem Options” icon.
3. If you are configuring for the first time, a “Location
Information” pop-up box will appear. Enter any number for the area code (It is
not used for Zaurus).
Note that “Phone and Modem Options” may appear
instead of “Location Information”, if a modem has already been installed on the
PC. Then click [Add...] in the Modems tab.
3. Check
the "Don't detect my modem; I will select it from a list" option,
then click [Next]
4. Select
“Standard Modem types” in the manufacturers group and select “Communications
cable between two computers” in the models group and then click [Next].
5. Select
the COM port that you Zaurus is connected to, and then click [Next].
6. After successfully
completing the installation of a new modem click [Finish].
7. Select
the installed “Communications cable between two computers” from the list, and
then click [Properties].
11.
Select the proper connection speed (in this case 115200). Click [OK] and
[OK].
12. Open the
“Network and Dial-up Connections” in the Control Panel.
13. The
following dialog box will appear, then click [Next].
Note: If the dialog box does not appear,
double-click the “Make New Connection” icon.
14.
Select “Connect directly to another computer”, then click [Next].
15.
Select “Guest”, and click [Next].
16.
Select “Communications cable between two computers (COM#)”, and click
[Next].
17.
Select “For all users” and click [Next].
18. Enter
“PDA PPP” as a connection name and click [Finish].
19. Then a
Connection dialog box will appear, then click
[Properties].
20. Click
[Configure...] in the General tab.
21. Make
sure that the Maximum speed is 115200, and Un-check “Enable hardware flow
control” in the Hardware features group. Then click [OK].
22.
Un-check “Prompt for name and password, certificate, etc.” in the Options
tab.
23. In the “Networking” tab, un-check “File and Printer Sharing
for Microsoft Networks” and “Client for Microsoft Networks” options. Only
select the “TCP/IP” option. then click [Properties].
24. Click
[Advanced...].
25.
Un-check “Use default gateway on remote network in the General tab. Then click [OK] and [OK].
26. PDA
PPP will automatically be connected.
