The Tungsten PDA

The protocol VNC (Virtual Network Computing), based on a client-server structure allows us to take control of a computer server remotely via a PC client. He was also sometimes called Remote Desktop software, such as the latest versions of Windows bring integrated, but there is quite some more time. A clearer explanation: we installed a program on the computer you want to control (the server), and another in the computer from which we will monitor (client), and thus be able to see the desktop of the computer server on the client, and use it as if we were sitting in front of him. The interaction we do with the mouse and keyboard, is transmitted to a computer server, and runs there.

The grace is that, being a VNC protocol open, anyone can make a client compatible. And in fact, the guys from PalmVNC have a version that runs on PalmOS. What does this mean? We can use our computer from Palm, as if we were in front of him. Those who have a computer at home running server, without the keyboard and screen, will find it very useful: you can access it from the Palm without the need for anything more. We can also use it to control what we are doing our computer, whether we are in another room. The possibilities are endless.

We can simulate a click of the mouse without problems

PalmVNC is in its version 2.0, and frankly it works well. I've tried connecting my bluetooth 1.2 Tungsten E2, which is quite slow, and still is very comfortable. The installation is so easy:

• Come to the download page of the Web PalmVNC and download the package that already includes the PalmVNC (client) and UltraVNC (server). You can also download the application that brings the customer WinVNC. I have not tried but I guess it will work equally well.
• Run the file and install the PalmVNC in the Palm and UltraVNC on the computer. We really hotsync to install the PalmVNC.
• Now we have to run the server. At the start menu we will have created some of the icons UltraVNC: Install service makes the program starts by default every time you start Windows, uninstall the service off this option if we had selected, and app mode starts the program normally. To test, app mode and choose a new icon on the taskbar notification window, next to the clock.
• We double-click the icon and open the options of the server. We assign a password (so that more people can come with a VNC client), and activate the option allow loopback connections. The rest we leave to our liking. We already have a PC ready to receive connections.
• Now we must set the PalmVNC at the Palm. After setting what we started, and when we asked to connect the data from our server. Or introduce the IP address of our team, and the password you have assigned previously. And you're all prepared. Activate the computer's Internet connection and we connect.
• If all goes well, we will see our desktop PC's. Initially only one party (320x320 pixels for example, in my E2), and will appear in scrolling bars on the sides, to move the visible area. To see more area at once, or complete desktop, we have several levels of zoom (1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4 and complete desktop), you can select from the menu. Now when we tap with the stylus on the screen, the mouse is moved to this spot in the PC. We may also write to the graffiti and will be as if he did with the Telco's PC, and from the menu you can choose to send to tap the Windows key, Alt, Ctrl, function, and that since most of the graffiti we can not send.

Displaying the entire desktop at once

With these simple steps, we already have our desktop PC available on the Palm. The best part is that in cuanquier site where we have access to the Internet from the Palm, either from a Treo, a T | X in a hostpot wifi, or wireless network in our home, so we can access without trouble PC so graphically, as if we were there.

Edited: This page explains, with pictures of example, how to use PalmVNC to use a T | X as a remote control device from iTunes.

By: Mark Gonzalez Troyes in Palm Analysis
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