Saturday November 7th, 2009
Calendar Service - Get Connected
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Discussion
Oracle Calendar offers several clients for communicating with the Calendar server. Although each client offers the same core functionality, each has unique advantages as well. Since all calendar information is stored centrally, you can install and use the clients interchangeably.
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Desktop Computer
Oracle Calendar
The Oracle Calendar desktop client provides the most full-featured access to your calendar data, with personal information management functionality and group and resource scheduling capabilities. With support for the latest Windows and Macintosh platforms, as well as Linux and Solaris, the Oracle Calendar desktop client fits into any multiple operating system environment, enabling users on different operating systems to schedule with each other seamlessly.
| Platform | Software |
Version |
Download |
Readme |
Install |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | Oracle Calendar |
10.1.2.1
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Setup | ||
| Mac OS X | Oracle Calendar |
10.1.2.3 |
Setup | ||
| Mac OS 9 | Oracle Calendar |
9.0.4.2.1 |
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| Linux | Oracle Calendar
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10.1.2.3 |
Note: Fedora Core 5 | ||
dcslib |
/dcs/packages/ocal |
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| Solaris | Oracle Calendar
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10.1.2 |
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dcslib |
/dcs/packages/ocal |
Oracle Connector for Outlook
The Oracle Connector for Outlook is a plugin for Microsoft Outlook. When installed into an Outlook profile, Oracle Calendar users may use Outlook's unified environment for email and calendaring. Oracle Calendar provides the enterprise calendaring environment, as well as Outlook's Global Address List; email is provided by any IMAP- and SMTP-compliant email servers, such as NACS Mailbox Services.
| Platform | Software |
Version |
Download |
Release Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | Outlook Connector |
10.1.2.7 |
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Windows |
Outlook Connector |
10.1.2.8 |
The Oracle Connector for Outlook replaces the Exchange plugin within an Outlook profile; it does not allow for coexistence between the Oracle Calendar and Exchange environments. The Connector allows a user to use the enterprise Oracle Calendar solution within the Outlook interface.
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Web Browser
Desktop or Laptop Computer Browser
The Oracle Calendar Web client provides all the time management tools you need to manage your time, in an application you can access from anywhere using the Internet. You can use the Oracle Calendar Web client's intuitive interface to schedule meetings with other users, check for conflicts, book resources, create notes and manage tasks. With the Global Agenda feature, agendas can also be published on the Internet for people without an Oracle Calendar account.
Cell Phone or PDA Browser
Many cell phones and personal digital assistants include web browsers for browsing the World Wide Web on their compact screens. Oracle Calendar includes a special text-only version of the Web client for these devices. This alternate view provides core functionality for the on-the-go user. If your device's browser supports the WML language, point your device to NACS' WML home page:
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Handheld Device (Cell Phone or PDA)
Oracle Calendar offers two methods for synchronizing a personal digital assistant, Desktop Calendar Sync or Mobile Data Sync. These methods are mutually exclusive, and should not be intermingled.
Desktop Calendar Sync
Oracle Calendar Sync synchronizes your Oracle Calendar data with your PDA, from your desktop computer, using Palm Desktop for Windows or Macintosh (Palm devices), or Microsoft ActiveSync (Pocket PC devices). This enables you to download meetings, contacts, daily notes, day events, holidays, and tasks to your PDA. You can make updates and then synchronize them back to Oracle Calendar through your device's synchronization process.
| Platform | Software |
Version |
Download |
Readme |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | Palm Sync |
10.1.2 |
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| PocketPC Sync |
10.1.2
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| Mac OS X | Palm Sync |
9.0.4.2.11 |
Palm HotSync and Microsoft ActiveSync each allow devices to sync over a network connection with the host PC, as though it were connected with a physical cable. This option works best with a fast data network, however, and Mobile Data Sync may be a more attractive option.
Mobile Data Sync
If you are a very mobile worker and would benefit from anywhere, anytime synchronization, Oracle Mobile Data Sync may be your preferred option. In this scenario, users connect their devices to NACS' Oracle Calendar server through the Internet, using any available TCP/IP data connection. This connection might be a cellular provider's wireless data service, or a Wi-Fi network such as UCInet Mobile Access.
Oracle Mobile Data Sync delivers remote synchronization of data stored in Oracle Collaboration Suite, including Calendar events, tasks and contacts, with any devices that supports the SyncML data language. Support for SyncML data varies among manufacturers and devices. Please review Oracle's documentation for additional information on individual devices.
- Oracle Mobile Data Sync
Cell Phone
Most data-capable cell phones include a SyncML client. Consult your phone's manual or the manufacturer's web site for configuration instructions; SyncML may not be referred to by name, but with terms like "remote synchronization". Data connections on cell phones usually require a supplemental service, consult your phone provider for details.
PDA (Palm or PocketPC)
Most PDAs do not include a SyncML client. Synthesis AG's Synthesis SyncML Client is certified against the Oracle Mobile Data Sync server; it works with the PalmOS, Pocket PC, and MS Smartphone (Windows Mobile) PDA platforms.
If you sync your PDA with Mobile Data Sync and the SyncML client, do not use Desktop Calendar Sync.
Settings for SyncML Clients
- URL: https://calendar.uci.edu/syncml
- User: <your OCal login>
- Password: <your OCal password>
- Contacts Server Path: ./Contacts
- Events Server Path: ./Calendar/Events
- Tasks Server Path: ./Calendar/Tasks
The recommended URL for SyncML clients changed on July 13 2006.
If changing to the new URL, set your device to "reload from server".
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