Making Infrared Connections The infrared port provides a type of serial connection that doesn’t require cables—you just have to line up the device’s infrared port with the right rear of your OmniBook. Keep the distance within about 3 feet (1 meter) for optimum performance. For example, you can establish a connection to an infrared printer by simply aiming the back of the OmniBook at the printer. This section shows how to ♦ Exchange data with another computer using infrared. ♦ Print on an infrared printer. To exchange data with another computer • Start IrMonitor (see the next topic) to set up an infrared connection between two computers that have IrDA-compatible infrared ports.
• Use a communications application that provides data exchange over a serial port. • For the OmniBook communications port, specify COM4—that’s the IrDA port for serial data communications. (Don’t use COM2, the physical infrared port.) Linking Computers To print on an infrared printer To connect to an infrared (IrDA-compatible) printer, set the OmniBook printer port to be the infrared printer port, LPT3. See “To set up a printer—overview” . However, you can print to an infrared printer only while Windows and IrMonitor are running. You start IrMonitor using OmniBook Tools. Setting Up a Printer 1. Start OmniBook Tools. 2. Click Connections, then Infrared Communications. 3.
Select the options you want: • You can enable infrared printing immediately. • You can enable infrared printing every time you start Windows. • You can disable infrared printing by clearing options. For more information about IrMonitor, see its online help. Connecting a CD-ROM Drive and Other SCSI Devices Some OmniBook models have a Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI) port. The SCSI port lets you connect CD-ROM drives, hard disk drives, tape drives, and other SCSI devices to your OmniBook. 33