Chapter 2: Getting Started

Accessing the mobile device interface

Unwired Accelerator provides browser access to the mobile device interface.

Running applications in connected mode

You can access mobile applications any time using your PDA or BlackBerry device. The URL for accessing mobile applications is:

http://hostname.domain/onepage/mp.jsp

For example, if the name of the machine where Unwired Accelerator is installed is named “ua,” and your domain is “sybase.com,” enter:

http://ua.sybase.com/onepage/mp.jsp

Each resource corresponds to an Unwired Accelerator co-brand. The index JSP (mpindex.jsp) accesses resource ID (RID) rid=21 from desktop browsers such as Internet Explorer. For more information about resource IDs, see Chapter 4, “Resources.” Users can switch to other resources.

In the Welcome window, enter your mobile portal user name and password. The next window (the home page) displays the navigation tree with mobile applications displayed as links. The navigation tree shows the names of the page groups, pages, and applications. Only those page groups that support the navigation style of the requesting device are listed in the home page. See the Unwired Accelerator Developer’s Guide for information about navigation styles. To see the content of an application, click the appropriate link in the home page.

In disconnected mode

You can run applications in disconnected (offline) mode with the M-Business Anywhere Client 5.7 for Symbian P900, PocketPC, and Palm devices. Install the M-Business Anywhere Client, and configure the server for sync operations. See the Unwired Accelerator Installation Guide, or your M-Business Anywhere documentation for instructions.

The only types of disconnected mode applications that you can use on the P900 are spidered Web-based applications. Spidered applications include data and link access as part of the capture definition.

Logging in to the mobile device interface

On your browser or mobile device, enter this URL in your device’s browser:
```
http://hostname.domain:port/onepage/mpindex.jsp
```
For example, if your machine name is lab2k, your portal domain is sybase.com, and your port number is 4040, enter:
```
http://lab2k.sybase.com:4040/onepage/mpindex.jsp
```
Enter a mobile portal user name and password, and click Login.

The home page displays the navigation tree with the names of the mobile applications as links.

You can run applications in disconnected mode wit the BlackBerry online client as well.

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