Sharp El 6890 Owners Manual PC Link User's Guide

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What Does PC Interface Software Do?

Backup Backs up all EL-6890 data to

your PC.

Restore Restores data from a backup

file into an EL-6890.

Address Utility Allows you to type in an

address, E-mail or WWW

entry on a PC and download it

into your EL-6890.

Supplied Items

* One 3.5" Floppy Disk (PC Interface Software)

* PC Interface Cable

* PC Interface Software User's Guide (this sheet)

Please contact your nearest SHARP dealer if

any of the above items are missing from the

EL-6890P package or are damaged.

EL-6890

PC Interface Software

User’s Guide

Setting the COM port

1. Connect your EL-6890 to a PC.

2. Click [Start] ➝ [Program] ➝ [Sharp EL-6890]

➝ [EO-Utility].

The PC Interface Software Main Screen

appears.

3. Click [COM port...].

The COM port setting dialog box appears.

* Click the radio button to select an

appropriate port, or

* Click [Auto Detect...]

to allow an

appropriate port to

be selected

automatically.

Getting Started

Known Incompatibilities

• While you are backing up or restoring data, a

transfer error may occur with certain 3D

screen saver utility programs enabled. Before

transferring data, disable any 3D screen saver

utility programs you may be running.

• PC Interface Software may not run reliably

with certain virus scanning programs enabled.

If you have problems in transferring data with

your EL-6890, disable any virus checking

software you may be running.

• PC Interface Software may not run reliably

with certain power management features

enabled. If you have problems in transferring

data with your EL-6890, disable any power

management features you may have turned

on.

PC Interface Software Main Screen

All operations can be accessed from the Main

Screen.

To access the Main Screen, click [Start] ➝

[Program] ➝ [Sharp EL-6890] ➝ [EO-Utility].

NOTE

* When you are using a notebook PC, an error

message may be displayed when you click

[Auto Detect...]. Check the BIOS setting on

your notebook PC and set it to the serial port.

Even when the BIOS setting is correctly

made, you may need to select an appropriate

port manually.

Installing

1. Insert the PC Interface Software disk into

your disk drive.

2. Click on the Windows [Start] button and then

click [Run].

3. Type in a:\Setup.exe and click on [OK].

• Type in your disk drive name ("a:" in this

example).

4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

The software is installed into the following

location and can be accessed in the

following directory:

C:\Program Files\Sharp EL-6890\

Application: [Start] ➝ [Program] ➝ [Sharp

EL-6890] ➝[EO-Utility]

ReadMe : [Start] ➝ [Program] ➝ [Sharp

EL-6890] ➝[ReadMe]

You are recommended not to change the

default folder name: [Sharp EL-6890].

5. Click [Finish].

Before You Begin

Connecting Your EL-6890 to a PC

1. Turn off your PC and the EL-6890.

2. Connect the standard 9-pin connector of the

PC interface cable into a COM port on your

PC.

NOTE

* Using a 25-pin connector instead of the

standard 9-pin connector requires an

additional adaptor.

3. Connect the other end of the PC Interface

Cable into the PC interface connector

located on the left side of the EL-6890.

EL-6890

PC Interface Cable

(supplied)

Your PC

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System Requirements

• Windows® 2000 Professional, Windows® 98,

or Windows® 95

• 8MB free hard disk space

• VGA monitor or better

• Microsoft® Mouse or compatible Pointing

Device

• 3.5” disk drive

• One available serial port with D-sub 9-pin

connector

And for Windows® 2000 Professional:

• 133MHz or higher Pentium-compatible CPU

• 64MB RAM available

And for Windows® 98, Windows® 95:

• IBM-compatible 486 or Pentium-compatible

CPU (66MHz or higher)

• 24MB RAM available

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Backup and Restore

Making a Backup File

1. Connect your EL-6890 to a PC.

2. Click [Start] ➝ [Program] ➝ [Sharp EL-6890]

➝ [EO-Utility].

The PC Interface Software Main Screen

appears.

3. Click [Backup].

The dialog box appears asking you to enter

the backup file name, if necessary.

* The default name is determined according

to the PC clock system, in the format of

"YYYYMMDD.BKE", for example,

20010101.BKE.

* [Browse...] allows you to change the

backup file, its file name and its destina-

tion.

NOTE

* When the COM port has not been selected,

the warning message dialog box appears.

Click [OK]. Then click [COM port...] on the

Main Screen and select the appropriate port.

4. Click [NEXT >>] to start the backup process.

The instructions screen appears.

• To cancel the backup process, click [Abort]

on the instructions screen.

5. On your EL-6890:

Press 2nd OPTION and 4 to select

“4: BACKUP”. Then press Y to start the

backup process.

Restoring a Backup File

"Restore" function replaces all the data in the

EL-6890 with the backup file saved on a PC.

NOTE

* Make sure you really want to delete all the

data in your EL-6890 before executing the

"Restore" function. Once you start the

restoration process, all the data in the EL-

6890 will be deleted, even if you cancel the

restoration process.

1. Connect your EL-6890 to a PC.

2. Click [Start] ➝ [Program] ➝ [Sharp EL-6890]

➝ [EO-Utility].

The PC Interface Software Main Screen

appears.

3.Click [Restore].

The dialog box appears asking you to

choose the backup file name.

4. Click [NEXT >>] to start the restoration

process.

The confirmation dialog box appears.

• To cancel the restoration process, click

[NO].

5. Click [YES].

The instructions screen appears.

• To cancel the restoration process, click

[Abort] on the instructions screen.

6. On your EL-6890:

Press 2nd OPTION and 5 to select

“5: RESTORE”.

The data transfer is started.

Address Utility

Click [Address Utility] on the Main Screen to

open the Address Utility window.

Command Buttons

Entering an Address

<Example> Enter the following data as secret

data in TEL/E-mail mode.

Name Edwards Bob

Number 201-265-5600

F

265-1234

Address Supervisor Sales dept.

ABCD co. 15 North St.

E-mail edwards@abcd.efg.com

1. Connect your EL-6890 to a PC.

2. Click [Start] ➝ [Program] ➝ [Sharp EL-6890]

➝ [EO-Utility].

The PC Interface Software Main Screen

appears.

3. Click [Address Utility].

4. Click [TEL/E-mail] tab.

5. Click [New] to clear the input data in all entry

fields.

6. Enter the information.

• The cursor appears in the entry field you

click for input.

7. (After entering the information), click [Send].

The instructions screen appears.

• To cancel the transferring process, click

[Abort] on the instructions screen.

8. On your EL-6890:

Press 2nd

OPTION

and 2 to select

“2: RECV ” (RECEIVE).

If the transferred data is displayed on the

display of the EL-6890, the transferring

process is completed.

NOTES

* Do not forget to fill in the Name field before

clicking [Send]. Otherwise, the data you typed

in can not be sent.

* You can not enter the characters or symbols

not supported by the EL-6890 in the entry

fields.

New button

Clears the input

data in all entry

fields to create

new data.

Secret button

Sets this data as secret.

Click on this area.

: Secret ON : Secret OFF

Done button

Closes the

dialog window.

Mode tabs

Switch the mode window

between TEL/E-mail mode

and WWW mode.

Send button

Transfers the data

to your EL-6890.

Entry fields of TEL/E-mail

mode

Customer Support

www.sharp-usa.com Sharp Web Site

Information and FAQs

1-630-378-3590 Sharp Customer Assistance

Center

(7am to 7pm CST M-F)

In U.S.A.