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Revision as of 14:27, 23 December 2008

Group-Office has a SyncML server. Any mobile phone, PDA or software application that supports the SyncML protocol can synchronize data with Group-Office over the air. At the moment Group-Office can synchronize:

  • Appointments
  • Tasks
  • Contacts

The following devices and software are known to work:

  • Nokia, Sony Ericsson with Symbian OS (SyncML client is built in)
  • Windows Mobile/Pocket PC (Funambol or Synthesis client required)
  • Blackberry (Funambol client)
  • Palm OS (Synthesis client)
  • Outlook (Funambol or Nexthaus client)
  • Thunderbird (Experimental! with Funambol client 0.7, there are known issues with this client)

The following clients are available:

Device Available clients Recommended
Outlook Funambol, Nexthaus Funambol
Pocket PC Funambol, Synthesis Synthesis
Palm Synthesis Synthesis
Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Symbian The SyncML client is already installed on these phones
Blackberry Funambol, Nexthaus Funambol


You can get the clients here:

Synthesis AG clients: Order them at the software shop.(Try them 30 days free of charge)
Funambol Outlook client: http://www.funambol.com/opensource/downloads.php
Supported Symbian phones: http://www.symbian.com/phones/index.html
Nexthaus clients: http://www.nexthaus.com/

General synchronization instructions

To set up a synchronization profile you need the following values:

SyncML Server Version: 1.1
SyncML server URL: http://<Enter the URL for your Group-Office>/sync.php (Look it up at Configuration -> Synchronization in your Group-Office)
Port: 80
Username: Your Group-Office username
Password: Your Group-Office password

Datastores

Usually the datastores are already set correctly by default. Below are the different settings for each client.

Database Symbian Funambol Synthesis Nexthaus Funambol Mozilla
Calendar calendar scal events event event
Tasks none, tasks sync with calendar stask tasks tasks not supported
Contacts contacts scard card contacts contacts

Troubleshooting

See the Troubleshooting page for more information.