Guidelines for installing BlackBerry server and client software  Installing Answers Anywhere server software

Chapter 2: Installation Procedures

Guidelines for setting up BlackBerry users

This section provides information for helping BlackBerry mobile device users to get set up to use Unwired Accelerator. For each user, you will need to set up a user account through Mobile Web Studio, and supply the following information to the user:


Installing offline client on BlackBerry device

This section shows how to install the Unwired Accelerator offline client application on a BlackBerry device. The offline client enables you to use the applications you create through Unwired Accelerator on your BlackBerry device in offline mode.

Information is also provided for setting up the offline client on the BlackBerry simulator, which is available for download from Research in Motion.

StepsInstalling an Unwired Accelerator offline client

  1. Connect the BlackBerry device to the computer that contains your Uabbapp.alx and Uabbapp.cod files (Unwired Accelerator).

  2. Run the BlackBerry Desktop Manager using RIM’s documentation.

  3. Click Application Loader to start the wizard, then click Next. The Application Loader wizard displays.

  4. Click Add, navigate to %SYBASE%\UnwiredAccelerator70\tomcat\webapps\onepage \BlackBerry, and select the UAbbapp.alx file.

  5. Click Open. The application is listed on the Application Loader wizard.

  6. Click Next to continue. The application is installed on your BlackBerry device.

  7. Access your BlackBerry device. You see the Unwired Accelerator (UA) icon.

  8. To run the Unwired Accelerator offline client, use the trackwheel to highlight the Unwired Accelerator (UA) icon, and open it. The Unwired Accelerator screen displays. The message starting with Currently there are no synchronized applications available displays.

  9. Set up a user on the BlackBerry device as described in “Setting up an Unwired Accelerator user on the BlackBerry device”.


Installing offline client on the BlackBerry simulator

This section shows how to install an Unwired Accelerator offline client application on a BlackBerry simulator. See “Guidelines for installing BlackBerry server and client software” for information about downloading the simulator from RIM to your desktop.

StepsInstalling a UA offline client on the simulator

This procedure is for BlackBerry 3.7.

  1. Navigate to %SYBASE%\UnwiredAccelerator70\tomcat\webapps\onepage \BlackBerry.

  2. Copy the UAbbapp.alx and UAbbapp.cod files into your BlackBerry simulator installation directory:

    %RIM%\Research In Motion\BlackBerry JDE 3.7\simulator

  3. Select Start | Programs | Research In Motion | BlackBerry Java Development Environment 3.7 | MDS Simulator to start the BES simulator. You can minimize the Java.exe window.

  4. Select Start | Programs | Research In Motion | BlackBerry Java Development Environment 3.7 | Device Simulator to start the BlackBerry device simulator. You can minimize the Device Simulator and Radio Simulation Control Panel windows.

  5. Access the BlackBerry Handheld Simulator window. You see the Unwired Accelerator (UA) icon.

  6. To run the UA offline client, highlight the Unwired Accelerator icon, and open it. The Unwired Accelerator screen displays. The message starting with Currently there are no synchronized applications available displays.

  7. Set up a user on the BlackBerry simulator as described in “Setting up an Unwired Accelerator user on the BlackBerry device”.


Setting up an Unwired Accelerator user on the BlackBerry device

This describes how to set up a user on the BlackBerry device or simulator.

StepsSetting up a UA user on BlackBerry

  1. Make sure the BlackBerry offline client is running on the device. You should see the Unwired Accelerator icon in the application menu.

  2. Select the Profiles option on the trackwheel menu.

  3. From Connection Profiles, select the New Profile option from the trackwheel menu.

  4. On the New Profile window, enter your profile name, username, password, resource id, server name and domain, and port number. This example creates a second masuper/m8super account, mwsAdmin.

  5. Select Save from the trackwheel menu, and save the settings.

  6. Highlight the new profile, and select Set as Active from the trackwheel menu to make the profile active.

  7. Select Close from the trackwheel menut ot return to the Unwired Accelerator screen.

    Once you use Mobile Web Studio to create mobile applications, and synchronize, you will see the applications on the mobile device. To create mobile applications, see these Unwired Accelerator documents:





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