Oracle Calendar/CorporateTime & Palm Pilots

(Faculty/Staff Only)

PalmPilot owners can download the Oracle Calendar Sync program to synchronize their Oracle Calendar/CorporateTime and PalmPilot information. Due to licensing changes, there is now no cost for the Oracle Calendar Sync software for PalmPilots for Notre Dame faculty and staff.

Oracle Calendar Sync works by modifying the HotSync operation: as HotSync is run, the PalmPilot is synchronized with Oracle Calendar/CorporateTime (instead of Palm Desktop). As a result, PalmPilot's Date Book and To Do List entries are synchronized with Oracle Calendar/CorporateTime's events and tasks.

Be sure to read all instructions below carefully!

Installing Oracle Calendar Sync Software

You will need your Oracle Calendar/CorporateTime user name and password that you received from the OIT in an email titled "CorporateTime Registration Confirmation."   The OIT highly suggests that Windows users remove any old CorporateSync software before you start. To remove the old CorporateSync Software, please follow these instructions:

1. Go to the Control Panel and open Add/Remove Programs.
2. Locate Corporate Sync for Palm and remove it.
3. During un-installation, it will ask you if you wish to return the HotSync operations associated with to the original defaults and make Palm Desktop the default. Choose "Yes" and complete the un-installation.
4. It is important that you DO NOT HotSync at this point.

All users should remove CorporateSync application from your handheld:

1. Turn on your handheld and go to the main screen that lists all of the applications.
2. Tap the menu icon to the left of the area you normally use to scribe text. The Application menu should appear at the top of the handheld screen.
3. Select Delete and wait for the list of applications to appear.
4. When the list appears scroll down until you locate an application called CS Setup.
5. Highlight CS Setup and tap the Delete button.
6. Click Yes when asked for confirmation.
7. Click Done.

You have now restored your computer and handheld to the state they were in before you ever installed CorporateSync. To install the new Oracle Calendar Sync client, follow these instructions:

Mac OS X users, please click here for special instructions

1. Make certain that you have Palm Desktop 4.0 or greater installed on your computer.
2. Download the Windows PalmSync installer HERE.
   Download the Mac OS X PalmSync installer HERE.
3. Launch the installer by double-clicking the downloaded file.
4. Click Next at the Welcome Screen.
5. Accept the default installation location by clicking Next.
6. When prompted for the Setup Type, select Custom and click Next.
7. When the Custom Setup window appears, click on the down-pointing arrow to the left of the Address Conduit and select This feature will not be available. The Notre Dame CorporateTime server will not support storage of Address Books, so the address book should be left to Palm Desktop. Click Next.
8. Click Install to complete the installation.
9. At the end of the installation, a window will appear prompting for you CorporateTime Sign-In information. Fill in with the following:

   User: Your Name (e.g. Jane Doe)
   Password: Your CorporateTime password
   Server: corporatetime.nd.edu
   Node: production

10. On Windows, right-click on the Hot Sync Manager icon next to the clock and select Custom.
11. Select Calendar for Palm Desktop to change the action from Synchronize Files to Do Nothing. Click on Change, and then click the radio button to Do Nothing.
12. Select Date Book for CorporateSync to change the action from Do Nothing to Synchronize Files. Click on Change, and then click the radio button to Synchronize Files.
13. All other settings can be configured according to personal preferences. The default settings are adequate for most users. Click OK to save your details. From now on, when you do a HotSync, the CorporateSync plug in for Hot Sync manager will appear in a separate window and synchronize your CorporateTime events, meetings, and To Do list.

Avoiding problems when using Oracle Calendar Sync

The following items are known to create problems for PalmPilot users.

• Do not create and modify repeating entries using your PalmPilot.   Repeating Events created with the PalmPilot cannot be synchronized with Oracle Calendar/CorporateTime; however, repeating Entries created with Oracle Calendar/CorporateTime can be properly synchronized with the PalmPilot.
• Only synchronize the PalmPilot with your on-line Agenda. Synchronizing with the off-line Agenda can (and usually does) cause duplicate entries.