Alphasmart AS 3000 User manual

Beamer SmartApplet®

User’s Guide

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For AlphaSmart sales and technical support contact information, see page 29 or visit

the AlphaSmart web site at

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www.alphasmart.com/international (all other countries)

Nothing in this manual may be reproduced in any manner, either wholly or in part,

for any purpose whatsoever without written permission from AlphaSmart Inc.

AlphaSmart and SmartApplet are registered trademarks and AlphaWord is a

trademark of AlphaSmart, Inc. IrDA is a registered trademark of the Infrared Data

Association. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Windows

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Contents

Chapter 1

Getting Started ...............................................................................1

Starting Beamer ................................................................................... 3

Infrared ports........................................................................................ 3

Thinking about the clipboard.............................................................. 4

Chapter 2

Beaming and Receiving with Beamer ...............................................5

Beaming from one AlphaSmart device to another ........................... 5

Receiving a beamed file on an AlphaSmart device.................... 7

Beaming to and from password-protected files......................... 9

Cancelling a beam on AlphaSmart devices ................................ 9

Beaming AlphaWord Plus files between devices ............................ 10

Beaming from an AlphaSmart device to a Palm OS device ........... 10

Receiving a beamed file on a Palm OS device ......................... 12

Beaming from a Palm OS device to an AlphaSmart device ........... 14

Receiving a beam from a Palm OS device

to an AlphaSmart device............................................................ 16

Additional considerations.......................................................... 18

Chapter 3

Settings .........................................................................................19

Changing Beamer settings ................................................................ 19

Permitting sending from AlphaSmart devices ......................... 20

Warning about overwriting the clipboard................................. 21

Choosing a beaming format for Palm OS devices ................... 21

Requiring a master password .................................................... 22

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Chapter 4

Troubleshooting ............................................................................ 25

Appendix A

Contact Information ...................................................................... 29

Index ........................................................................................... 33

Getting Started 1

Chapter 1

Getting Started

Welcome to the Beamer User’s Guide. Beamer is a SmartApplet® that

runs on IR-capable AlphaSmart devices and takes advantage of the

built-in wireless capabilities of these devices.

Note: Beamer does not run on the Dana family of products from

AlphaSmart® because Palm OS devices (such as Dana and Dana

Wireless) have beaming technology built into many of their

applications.

With Beamer, you can beam data

• Between two AlphaSmart devices (Neos and/or

AlphaSmart 3000s)

• From an AlphaSmart device to a Palm OS device

• From a Palm OS device to an AlphaSmart device

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Using IrDA®technology, you can transfer information in seconds,

without the use of cables, cords, or networks.

The type of information you can beam is described in “Beaming and

Receiving with Beamer” on page 5.

Beaming between two AlphaSmart devices

Beaming from an AlphaSmart device to a Palm OS device

Beaming from a Palm OS device to an AlphaSmart device

Getting Started 3

Starting Beamer

This section assumes you have correctly installed Beamer on your

AlphaSmart device. Complete instructions for installing Beamer on

your computer and your AlphaSmart device can be found in the

SmartApplet Installation Guide included in your package.

To start Beamer:

1. Press on/off on your AlphaSmart device, then press applets. The

SmartApplets menu appears.

2. Use the arrow keys to scroll down and select Beamer from the

menu, then press enter.

From here, you beam data, receive data, or change Beamer settings,

all of which are described in the following chapters.

Infrared ports

Obviously you need devices with infrared capabilities to use Beamer.

Where the infrared port is on each device might not be so obvious.

Before you try the tasks described in the rest of this manual, take a

moment to locate the infrared ports on the devices you’re using.

You’ll need to know where they are to ensure the devices are correctly

pointing at each other when you’re beaming.

On AlphaSmart products, the infrared port is located along the top

edge of the device. On Palm OS devices, the port may be located

along the side or top. Consult the documentation that accompanied

your product for more information.

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Thinking about the clipboard

Before you begin beaming files back and forth, one thing you should

think about is whether you routinely want to overwrite data you’ve

copied to the clipboard.

AlphaSmart devices have a built-in clipboard, like most computers.

The clipboard is a place where you temporarily store data to reuse in

another area. When you use cut, copy, or paste commands, you’re

placing text on (or taking text from) the clipboard.

Beamer uses the clipboard to receive beamed data before placing it

into a SmartApplet such as AlphaWord™ or AlphaWord Plus. You

can set Beamer to warn you each time if you have data on the

clipboard before receiving a beam. (In fact, this is Beamer’s default

behavior.) This gives you a chance to save the data on the clipboard

in another file before you agree to receive the beam.

On the flip side, if you’re beaming frequently, you might not want to

be warned about clipboard data each time. In this case, you would

turn this setting off.

Complete information about Beamer settings is described in

“Settings” on page 19.

Beaming and Receiving with Beamer 5

Chapter 2

Beaming and Receiving

with Beamer

This chapter explains how to use Beamer to beam between various

devices:

• Between AlphaSmart devices (Neos and/or AlphaSmart 3000s)

• Between AlphaSmart devices running AlphaWord Plus (using a

keyboard shortcut)

• From an AlphaSmart device to a Palm OS device

• From a Palm OS device to an AlphaSmart device

Beaming from one AlphaSmart device

to another

You can beam AlphaWord or AlphaWord Plus files between two

AlphaSmart devices as long as both devices have infrared ports and

are within three feet of each other.

Important: If the receiving device is a brand new device running

AlphaWord Plus, or is a device that has AlphaWord Plus newly

installed on it, you need to perform an important step before you use

Beamer for the very first time. Make sure to turn on the device and

start AlphaWord Plus before starting Beamer. Doing so ensures that

AlphaWord Plus “initializes,” meaning that it sets itself up to receive

beamed files correctly. You only need to initialize the device once.

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Beaming from one AlphaSmart device to another

To beam an AlphaWord or AlphaWord Plus file between

AlphaSmart devices:

1. Make sure you know which AlphaWord or AlphaWord Plus file

contains the data you want to send.

2. Turn on both AlphaSmart devices by pressing on/off on each

device.

3. On both devices, press applets to view the SmartApplets menu.

4. On both devices, use the arrow keys to scroll and select Beamer

from the list, then press enter. The Beamer screen appears.

5. On the device from which you want to beam, select Send. Files

that contain data appear in a list.

6. Select the file you want to send by doing one of the following:

•Using the arrow keys, scroll the list of files to select the one

you want, then press enter.

•Press the appropriate file # key along the top of the keyboard

on the device.

Select a Beaming function:

- Send

- Receive

- Settings

Select the file you want to send:

- File 1 (274 bytes)

- File 2 (992 bytes)

LFile 6 (1433 bytes)

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