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* Contacts
 
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Phones sync directly to Group-Office over an Internet connection. So no PC software is needed. It supports. The following devices and software are known to work:
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The following devices and software are known to work:
  
 
* Nokia, Sony Ericsson with Symbian OS (SyncML client is built in)
 
* Nokia, Sony Ericsson with Symbian OS (SyncML client is built in)

Revision as of 08:35, 17 December 2008

Group-Office has a SyncML server. Any mobile phone, PDA or software application that supports the SyncML protocol can synchronize data with Group-Office over the air. At the moment Group-Office can synchronize:

  • Appointments
  • Tasks
  • Contacts

The following devices and software are known to work:

  • Nokia, Sony Ericsson with Symbian OS (SyncML client is built in)
  • Windows Mobile/Pocket PC (Funambol or Synthesis client required)
  • Blackberry (Funambol client)
  • Palm OS (Synthesis client)
  • Outlook (Funambol or Nexthaus client)
  • Thunderbird (Experimental! with Funambol client 0.7, there are known issues with this client)

The following clients are available:

Device Available clients Recommended
Outlook Funambol Funambol
Pocket PC Funambol, Synthesis Synthesis
Palm Synthesis Synthesis
Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Symbian The SyncML client is already installed on these phones -


You can get the clients here:

Synthesis AG clients: Order them at the software shop.(Try them 30 days free of charge)
Funambol Outlook client: http://www.funambol.com/opensource/downloads.php
Supported Symbian phones: http://www.symbian.com/phones/index.html
Nexthaus clients: http://www.nexthaus.com/

General synchronization instructions

To set up a synchronization profile you need the following values:

SyncML Server Version: 1.1
SyncML server URL: http://<Enter the URL for your Group-Office>/sync.php (Look it up at Configuration -> Synchronization in your Group-Office)
Port: 80
Username: Your Group-Office username
Password: Your Group-Office password

Datastores

Configure the following datastores for the different applications:

Database Symbian Funambol Synthesis
Calendar calendar scal events
Tasks none, tasks sync with calendar stask tasks
Contacts contacts scard contacts

Troubleshooting

See the Troubleshooting page for more information.