This step-by-step document shows you how to install AvantGo Enterprise software on your Palm-based personal digital assistant (PDA) from a Windows-based Personal Computer (PC) using the AvantGo Enterprise Installer wizard. (Mac users will follow these special instructions.) Please read all of the steps carefully as they are important. If you encounter a problem during installation, please contact the Student Computing Support Desk by filling out an online form.

Summary of Required Steps:
• Step 1: Remove AvantGo Software from Your PDA
• Step 2: Connect Your PDA to Your Windows-Based PC
• Step 3: Install AvantGo Enterprise onto Your Windows-Based PC
• Step 4: Synchronize the AvantGo Enterprise Software & .prc Files to Your PDA
• Step 5: Configure the AvantGo Software on Your PDA
• Step 6: Re-Synchronize & View HMS MyCourses Mobile Site!

 

Step 1: Remove AvantGo Software from Your PDA

Note: For those who have already installed AvantGo Software onto your PDA, Student Computing strongly recommends that you remove previous installations of AvantGo from your PDA. If you have not installed AvantGo onto your PDA, skip this step and move on to Step 2.

1. Turn on your PDA and select the Menu button shown in Figure 1 below:

Figure 1. Palm Application & Menu Buttons

2. Select Delete... from the App menu. Highlight and delete the AvantGo item. Do not delete the AG Connect item.

    
Figure 2. Deleting AvantGo Icon from Your PDA

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Step 2: Connect Your PDA to Your Windows-Based PC

1. After having installed your PDA Desktop Software onto your PC, connect your cradle cable and PDA device to your PC. (Follow the Palm manufacturer's instructions.)

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Step 3: Install AvantGo Enterprise onto Your Windows-Based PC

1. Download AvantGo Client Enterprise v5.3 installer and save it to your desktop.

2. Run the AvantGo Client Enterprise v5.3 installer that you just downloaded by double-clicking AGPalmClientEnterprise.exe. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Figure 3. AvantGo Client v5.3 Setup

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Step 4: Synchronize the AvantGo Enterprise Software & .prc Files to Your PDA

1. After installing AvantGo Enterprise software and .prc files onto your computer, press the HotSync button on your Cradle/Cable.

Figure 4. Cradle/Cable Connection

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Step 5: Configure the AvantGo Software on Your PDA

1. Two applications icons, AG Connect and AvantGo, will appear on your PDA screen as below:

    
Figure 5. AG Connect and AvantGo Icons

2 . Tap the Applications button (Figure 1 above) on your PDA. Tap the AGConnect icon. Click on the Settings... button and the AvantGo Connect Server Settings screen will appear as on the right in Figure 5 below.

    
Figure 6. Server Settings for HMS AvantGo Server

Complete the Server Address/Hostname, Port, User Name, and Password fields with the following information:

Server Addr: mymobile.med.harvard.edu
Port: 8092
User Name: [your MyCourses/eCommons username (case-sensitive)]*
Password: [your MyCourses/eCommons password (case-sensitive)]*
Check off the following: Refresh All Contents

*Note: If you are a new user of eCommons/MyCourses or if you do not remember your eCommons/MyCourses username and password, you must go to either eCommons website (http://ecommons.med.harvard.edu/) or MyCourses website (http://mycourses.med.harvard.edu/) to sign up for or find out what is your username and password for the MyCourses portal. Just click on the link, LOGIN PROBLEMS, and follow the instructions.

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Step 6: Re-Synchronize & View HMS MyCourses Mobile Site!

1. Once you have configured your settings, place your PDA device in its cradle and press the HotSync button. See Step 4 for Sychronization.

2. Tap the Applications icon (Figure 1) on your PDA. Select the AvantGo icon (Figure 2). The HMS MyCourses Mobile channel will appear as below (Figure 7).

Figure 7. MyCourses Mobile Edition

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