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MonkeyMessenger Online
Manual
This is the operating manual for MonkeyMessenger, from Primate
Systems. The MonkeyMessenger application enables you to create, send
and receive SMS (Short Messages) from your Palm Handheld. You send,
or receive messages through the infrared connection between your
Palm device and your MobilePhone. MonkeyMessenger also supports
cable (serial) connections between your devices.
For a complete list of compatible MobilePhones, go to
www.primatesystems.com. As of February 4th, 2001, MonkeyMessenger
supports the following models:
Click
here for a table of supported phones
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Installation
To install the application on your Handheld, please follow
these steps:
If you have purchased the application online:
- Download the MonkeyMessenger Delivery package. It comes
in a ZIP format. You will need winzip (free from
www.winzip.com) to open the file.
- Unzip the package you receive
- Double click on the MonkeyMessenger.prc file, this will
pop up the Palm install tool.
- Choose "Ok" to have the application installed on your
next Hotsync
- Hotsync your Palm (just as you would with any Palm
application). Once the Hotsync is completed, you should see
a MonkeyMessenger icon in the Palm applications list.
If you have purchased the application on a CDROM:
- Insert your CD ROM in your computer CD drive, Browse to
the CD Content
- Double click on the MonkeyMessenger.prc file, this will
pop up the Palm install tool.
- Choose "Ok" to have the application installed on your
next Hotsync
- Hotsync your Palm (just as you would with any Palm
application). Once the Hotsync is completed, you should see
a MonkeyMessenger icon in the Palm applications list.
There are two versions, a demo application
(MonkeyMessengerDemo.prc), and a commercial application
(MonkeyMessenger.prc). The Demo version does not require any
serial number. Using the Demo you can create, send and receive
messages, but the only message you will be able to send to
your MobilePhone will truncate your message and include the
default test "MonkeyMessenger" message.
The full version requires that you enter the serial number,
provided by your electronic retailer, or found on the inside
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Setup
Before using MonkeyMessenger, you need to perform a few
simple setup steps. To access the setup, please launch the
MonkeyMessenger application from your handheld computer main
screen. You should now see the MonkeyMessenger main screen as
shown below (probably without the Friends list).
The Short Message Service Center number of your carrier
must be entered in the MonkeyMessenger setup.
To access this configuration, Tap Menu, the choose
the Options Menu, and go to the Service Center
Item.
Enter your operator SMSC beginning with a "+", then the
country code and finally your Service Center Number. If you do
not know your Service Center number, you can choose to
retrieve it from your MobilePhone; call your carrier; or
consult the Primate Systems web site. We keep a list of
working Service Centers (SMSC) list at
http://www.primatesys.com.
To retrieve your SMSC number on your MobilePhone, go to the
Message application on your Nokia, then go to the
submenu“Message Settings”, you will find the Message Center
number there. (Text Messages->Message Center number
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Setting up the Connection Type
You must tell MonkeyMessenger how you will connect to your
MobilePhone. There are four options.
To access this configuration, Tap Menu, choose the Options
Menu, then go to the Connection Menu Item. You then have to
choose between one of three connection types.
- If you have a Nokia 5100 or 6100 SERIES MobilePhone, and
are connection the Palm and mobile over infrared, choose the
“INFRARED CONNECTION TO 61xx” option.
- If you have a Nokia MobilePhone 7100 6200 8200 8800,
Siemens, Ericsson or Samsung phone with infrared choose the
“IRCOMM” Options.
- If you are connecting with a Cable to a Nokia 6100 ,
choose the “61xx Cable” Option.
- If you are connecting with a Cable to any other
MobilePhones, choose the “Serial Cable” option.
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Sending Messages : The Basic Method
MonkeyMessenger has two methods of sending SMS messages
from your Palm handheld. Using the Basic Method, you will be
composing messages and adding Recipient information
manually
- From the main MonkeyMessenger screen, tap on the NEW
button.
- Enter the recipient’s name under the NAME prompt, and
enter the recipient’s MobilePhone number at the PHONE
prompt. We recommend that the phone number be entered in
international format, e.g “+”, then country code, then phone
number. (e.g +14155551212 for a US number, or +33690909090
for a french number)
- If you want to look the recipient’s phone number from
your Palm address book, tap Menu->Options->LookUp, you
have access to your entire Palm address book for a lookup
(only the “Mobile” numbers are displayed). Choose a
MobilePhone number from contact list and tap Paste button to
select it as the recipient’s.
- Compose your message in the body of the Edit Message
page. Depending upon carrier, your message can be up to 160
characters in length. The counter at lower left tallies your
character total.
- Upon completion tap desired button to place message in
appropriate folder. Tap Send to place message in outbox for
delivery upon connection to MobilePhone, or Draft to hold
message for later edit and delivery, or Cancel to start
over, Tap In button to move message to inbox.
- The Messages you want to send have to be in the Outbox.
The messages are not sent right away. (See “sending
messages”) below.
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A Faster way to compose and Send messages :
The "Friends" List
The second method features a shortcut for sending messages
to members of a Friends list. This Friends list provides a
quick method of storing and accessing MobilePhone numbers for
frequently accessed contacts without going through the entire
Palm address book to obtain the number.
- Select Friends category from the categories list (in the
upper right hand corner of screen). If you do not have any
“Friends” entries, you can add some now.
- Tap on the Friend that you want to send message to
- Compose your message in the body of the Edit message
page. Your message can be up to 160 characters in length.
The counter at lower left of the form tallies your character
total.
- Upon completion, tap the desired button (to immediately
send the message, place message either in draft, or outbox).
Once the messages are composed, you can send them
immediately (pressing send button) or need to send them
through your phone for delivery:
- Enable infrared on your MobilePhone (TIP: Disable
infrared on your MobilePhone after sending and retrieving
messages to prolong battery life.)
- Align the Palm infrared port with your MobilePhone
infrared port.
- Tap “Send” from the "edit message" form for immediate
send of current message.
- Tap Menu->Send to send all messages.
MonkeyMessenger will connect to your MobilePhone and send
all the messages which are currently in your Outbox. The
messages will be transmitted over the GSM network. |
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Receiving SMS Messages on your Palm
Your MobilePhone, with proper
subscription plan, is enabled to receive messages via SMS into
its memory. MonkeyMessenger can send and retrieve your
messages via your MobilePhone for viewing, storage, editing
and response via the popular and convenient Palm OS
organizer.
- To move messages between your
MobilePhone and your Palm organizer
- Enable infrared on your MobilePhone
TIP Disable infrared on your MobilePhone after sending and
retrieving messages to prolong battery life.
- Align the Palm infrared window
(bezel) with your MobilePhone infrared window.
- Place the Palm between 10 and 15 cm
(4 and 6 inches) from your MobilePhone.
- Tap on Send & Check button, in
the lower left part of the LCD Screen
- MonkeyMessenger will connect to
your MobilePhone and download all currently available
messages, displaying sender and first few words of message.
- Tap on a message you want to view
to view full contents of message.
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Adding new Friends to your friends
list
Friends can quickly be added to your Friend list for easy
access for future messaging.
- Select Friends folder from category list in upper right
hand corner of screen
- Tap Add Friend button in lower left hand corner of
screen
- Enter name for Friend
- Enter MobilePhone number for Friend OR use convenient
lookup to access your Palm address book.
- Tap OK to save Friend information
- Your Friend should be added in the Friends List. You can
now send messages to this friend in only ONE tap.
Editing the phone number for a Friend in the Friends
list
To Edit information on a Friends entry, do as follow:
From any MonkeyMessenger screen.
- Tap on Menu->Options->Edit Monkey Friends.
- From the Monkey Friends list, tap on the Friends entry
to be editted.
- Edit Name or Number information from this pop-up box.
- Save, Cancel, or Delete your Friends Information from
this pop-up box.
Removing Messages from your phone
MonkeyMessenger is configured to remove messages from your
MobilePhone and thus free up memory on the MobilePhone to
receive more messages via the SMS network. If you want to
leave messages on your MobilePhone:
- From the Main MonkeyMessenger screen.
- Tap on Menu->Options->Preferences .
- From the Monkey Preferences screen, tap on the checkbox
to leave messages on your MobilePhone.
- Alternatively to delete messages from MobilePhone, check
the "Delete Messages after retrieve" box.
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