Step 4: Connecting To A Desktop Computer; Step 5: Creating A Connection To A Desktop Computer - GE MapSight User Manual

Step 4: Connecting to a desktop computer

Important: Read the following paragraph before moving connecting to a desktop computer.
If you have Microsoft Windows
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capability with your desktop computer without installing any additional software. You can
skip Steps 4 and 5. It is recommended that the latest version of Microsoft Windows Mobile
Device Center be installed to enable full data transfer facilities between your Windows (32-bit
or 64-bit) desktop operating system and the Windows Mobile software installed on your
MapSight unit.
Windows 8 users will also need to ensure that enable .NET Framework 3.5 from the Control
Panel "Turn Windows features on or off" options.
To access these basic sync options, connect your MapSight to the desktop computer using a
USB cable. For full synchronization support such as Microsoft Outlook
calendar, notes, and tasks, download and install Windows Mobile Device Center through
Windows Update on the Start menu of your desktop computer.
If you have Windows
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Microsoft ActiveSync 4.1 or greater to connect to your desktop computer. ActiveSync 4.5 is
available
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=15. Follow the next steps to install
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Microsoft ActiveSync
desktop computer.
1. Ensure Microsoft
installed on your Windows XP desktop
2. Select your language.
3. If ActiveSync 4.5 or greater has not been
installed on your desktop computer,
follow the directions on the screen to
install it.
Note: Install ActiveSync before attaching the USB cable to the desktop or MapSight.

Step 5: Creating a connection to a desktop computer

1. Plug USB Client end (mini B) of the USB communications cable into the USB 'B' port of your
MapSight unit.
2. Plug the USB Host end (full size A) of the USB communications cable into a USB 2.0 or 1.0
port of your desktop/laptop computer.
3. Establish an Windows Mobile Device Center/ActiveSync partnership by following the
instructions on the desktop computer screen.
Note: The first time the MapSight unit is connected, Windows may take some time to
identify the new device, then download and install any necessary drivers before a
connection to the MapSight unit is made.
You are now ready to use your MapSight.
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