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diff --git a/docs/usermanual/irda.sgm b/docs/usermanual/irda.sgm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2ca48c6 --- a/dev/null +++ b/docs/usermanual/irda.sgm @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +<chapter><title>IrDA Applet</title> +<para> +The IrDA Applet provides a GUI for easilly controlling communication between your device and others using the IrDA +protocol. You can use it to communicate with PalmOS based devices, cell phones, and almost anything else that +can use infra red to communicate. +</para> +<section><title>Starting IrDA</title> +<para> +To start IrDA, click the IrDA Applet icon in the taskbar, and select "Enable IrDA". The icon should then turn red, and +clicking the icon should then bring up a larger menu. If this does not happen, you do not have the IrDA modules installed +properly on you device. Make sure you install the IrDA driver package for the device and distribution that you are using. +</para> +</section> +<section><title>Recieving Files</title> +<para> +If you want to recieve files like images or contact information from another device, you need to tell your device to +start looking for other devices. Do this by clicking on the IrDA Applet icon and selectiong "Enable Discovery". A +green dot should appear in the upper right hand corner of the IrDA Applet icon. Then select "Enable Recieve" from +the applet's menu, and a white box should appear in the bottom left corner of the IrDA Applet's icon. You can then +have the other device send the file, and Opie should recieve it and open the file in whatever application is +appropriate. +</para> +<para> +When you are done recieving files, you will want to select "Disable Recieve" and "Disable Discovery" from the +IrDA Applet's menu so that you are not wasting system resources. +</para> +</section> +<section><title>Stoping IrDA</title> +<para> +Sometimes it is necessary to stop IrDA, usually so that you can use the IR port for another application. To do this, +select "Disable IrDA" from the IrDA applet's menu. +</para> +</section> +</chapter>
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