Difference between revisions of "Synchronization"

Revision as of 08:51, 25 February 2009

Group-Office Professional has a SyncML server built in. There's no need to install a complicated 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:

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/

iPhone limitation

Apple restricts it's API for third party developers. Therefore it's only possible to sync contacts. Synthesis developed it's own calendar and tasks application for the iPhone so that synchronization is possible. You can read more about it here:

http://www.group-office.com/News/iPhone+sync

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

Usually the datastores are already set correctly by default. Below are the different settings for each client.

Troubleshooting

See the Troubleshooting page for more information.