HP OmniBook 5000 Notebook PC - Manual (Page 34)

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Making Infrared Connections
The infrared port provides a type of serial connection that doesn’t require cables—you
just have to line up the device’s infrared port with the right rear of your OmniBook.
Keep the distance within about 3 feet (1 meter) for optimum performance. For example,
you can establish a connection to an infrared printer by simply aiming the back of the
OmniBook at the printer.
This section shows how to
♦ Exchange data with another computer using infrared.
♦ Print on an infrared printer.
To exchange data with another computer
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Start IrMonitor (see the next topic) to set up an infrared connection between two
computers that have IrDA-compatible infrared ports.
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Use a communications application that provides data exchange over a serial port.
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For the OmniBook communications port, specify COM4—that’s the IrDA port for
serial data communications. (Don’t use COM2, the physical infrared port.)
To print on an infrared printer
To connect to an infrared (IrDA-compatible) printer, set the OmniBook printer port to
be the infrared printer port, LPT3. See
“To set up a printer—overview” . However, you
can print to an infrared printer only while Windows and IrMonitor are running. You
start IrMonitor using OmniBook Tools.
1. Start OmniBook Tools.
2. Click Connections, then Infrared Communications.
3. Select the options you want:
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You can enable infrared printing immediately.
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You can enable infrared printing every time you start Windows.
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You can disable infrared printing by clearing options.
For more information about IrMonitor, see its online help.
Connecting a CD-ROM Drive and Other SCSI
Devices
Some OmniBook models have a Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI) port. The
SCSI port lets you connect CD-ROM drives, hard disk drives, tape drives, and other
SCSI devices to your OmniBook.
Linking
Computers
Setting Up a
Printer