Palm Pilot SMES Conduit Installation and Usage

1. Connect your Palm Pilot device to the computer.

2. Click on the link “SMES Palm Pilot Conduit” to download the software installer. Depending on the browser you are using, a screen similar to this will appear:

3. Select either “Open” or “Save” to download the service provider installer.

Selecting “Open” will download and run the installer off of the server. Selecting “Save” will prompt you to browse to a location to save the installer and then run it in a separate step. If you select “Save”, the following screen will display:

Use the drop down box located to the right of the “Save In” box to browse to the location where you would like to save the program. A file called “PalmSetup.exe” will be saved to the location selected. When the download is complete, the system will notify you and give you the option to “Run” the file downloaded or “Close” the download box.

Click on “Run” and you will automatically be presented with the installer start screen as follows:

4. Click the “Next” button to begin the installation process. The following screen will display:

5. Click the “Browse” button to browse to the location in which to install the conduit or accept the default location. Click “Next” to continue. (Note: The “Disk Usage” button enumerates the available drives for installation, drive size, drive free space, and space needed to install SMES Palm Pilot Conduit.) When you click the “Next” button, the following screen will display:

6. In the command window that appears enter the number next to the user for which the conduit will be installed. When you enter the number, the process will continue and the following screen will display:

This screen notifies you that the “Conduit Registration succeeded”. Press any key to continue and the following screen will appear:

7. The Installation Wizard completion screen will appear. Click “Finish” to close the wizard.

8. The next step is sync your Palm Pilot with Hotsync. This will install the necessary database to the Palm Pilot.

Downloading Events to Your Portable Device

1. From the Schedule page select the season you wish to view, and click the “Go” button.

2. Select the sport(s) you wish to view and click to “Go” button. The activities schedule for the events selected will display.

3. At the bottom of the schedule is a “Download” button. Click the “Download” button to download the schedule to your portable device and the following screen will display:

4. Click the “Save” button to save this file to the hard drive of your PC. When you click “Save”, the following screen will appear:

5. When the “Save As” dialog box displays, the only information that should be changed is the “Save in:” location. This location MUST be set to “Local Disk (C:)”. The filename MUST be left as “smes.txt,” and the file type MUST be left as “Text Document”. Click the “Save” button to download the file.

Note: The file MUST be named “smes.txt” and it must be saved to the “Local Disk (C:)” for the synchronization process to work correctly.

6. After the file has been downloaded, synchronize your Palm Pilot as normal to update the activities schedule.

Note: On your Palm Pilot, the “Show Untimed Events” button must be checked for the activities schedule to display. To access this, go to the “Date Book” monthly view, click on the “Month Year” display in the upper left corner and select “Display Options”. Under the “Month View” section, make sure the check box to the left of “Show Untimed Events” is checked.