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SynCE(7)                     http://www.synce.org/                    SynCE(7)


NAME

       SynCE - A project for connecting to devices running Microsoft Windows
       Mobile.


DESCRIPTION

       The SynCE project aims to provide libraries and tools to connect to and
       synchronise with PDA's and other devices running Microsoft Windows
       Mobile, or Windows CE.

       The main components include :-

   libsynce
       Core library that provides various support services and functions.

   librapi2
       Core library implementing the RAPI protocol, equivalent to rapi.dll on
       a Windows OS. RAPI is used for most kinds of interaction with a WM
       device.

       This library actually implements two versions of the protocol. RAPI 1
       is used for devices up to and including CE 5.0, with RAPI 2 coming into
       use from 5.1 (WM5).

   librra
       Library implementing RRA (Remote Replication Agent), a protocol used
       for synchronisation. This protocol is used for all data synchronisation
       until WM5, at which point Airsync is used for the majority. RRA is
       still used for file synchronisation however.

   dccm
       The dccm daemon negotiates the initial connection with a WM device, and
       may provide keep-alive signals and client connections, depending on the
       device version and flavour of dccm.

       There have been a number of dccm 'flavours'. The original, also known
       as synce-dccm, is now considered obsolete and should not be used. Vdccm
       is a natural progression of dccm which is not greatly used anymore.
       Odccm is the most common in use at the moment, and uses dbus to provide
       connections to both legacy and modern devices. Hal-dccm is a new option
       that integrates the dccm functionality into hal to provide a more
       platform consistent interface.

       The following steps are required to get started with SynCE:

   (1) Ensure the rndis kernel module or a serial connection mechanism is
       installed
       To use advanced network features (rndis) with a WM5 or later device,
       which is recommended, you must use the usb-rndis-[lite|ng] driver from
       SynCE. For older devices or to use serial with WM5, if synce-hal is not
       used you will require the synce-serial package. You will of course also
       need a dccm daemon, synce-hal or odccm is recommended.

   (2) Start the connection daemon (as root)
       If using odccm, this daemon must run as the root user. With synce-hal,
       dccm will be started as required. Older dccm implementations must be
       run as your user.

   (3) Run tools that access the device (as user)
       See for example pls(1) and pcp(1).

       See http://www.synce.org/ for more information about the SynCE project.


AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by David Eriksson
       <twogood@users.sourceforge.net>. It was later updated by Jonny Lamb
       <jonnylamb@jonnylamb.com> and Mark Ellis <mark@mpellis.org.uk>.


SEE ALSO

       odccm(1)

The SynCE project                November 2002                        SynCE(7)

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