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Getting contact with the Neo Freerunner from Windows

posted by Knut Torgersen

Jan 12

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Creating shortcuts

posted by Knut Torgersen

Jun 28

So, how do you create shortcuts to an application on Windows Mobile? There are two answers:

a) The Windows way:

“Long” click the item until you get a menu. Select copy.
Goto the desired location.
Press Menu, Edit of “long click” a free area and in both cases select “Paste as Link”.

b) The manual way

Determine the full path and name of the program by inspecting the program itself and the View menu at the top of File Explorer.
Create (on your PC or in a text editor on your phone) a file with desiredname.lnk
Type in the full path and name of the program.
Count all letters.
Put the number up front on the line and add a “#” (hash) separator
Save the file.

Example:

41#\Storage Card\Program Files\bin\PuTTY.exe

Created inthe file PuTTY.lnk in the folder \Windows\Stert Menu\Applications would make PuTTY be selectable from the Applications menu on your handheld.

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D-Link DNS-313

posted by Knut Torgersen

Mar 13

Always in need of securing and having an easy way of sharing my data, I purchased a D-Link DNS-313 unit. Below is a short review of my experiences so far.

Together with the 313 I purchased a Seagate 500GB SATA disk, as D-Link only sell you the box you need to create a network disk, but does not include any disks. Opening the 313 is extremely easy, just slide the front cover up a few millimeters and it is open. Locate the connector inside the 313 and adjust the disk accordingly before sliding it in carefully. Press the disk until it locks. Should lock without any trouble. If you need to eject the disk, there is a handle at the back of the unit.

After connecting everything, I inserted the drivers disk in one of my PCs and followed the on-screen instructions. When the installation program asks for it, turn on the unit. The drivers installed without a hitch and then the 313 formatted the inserted drive. What file system it uses? ext2… Yes, DNS-313 is a Linux device. You adjust some basic settings, like if you wish fixed or DHCP-issued IP addresses and give the device a name, for easy access via your network. You also issue a drive letter to it if you use Windows.

When the DNS-313 is up and running, it is time to log in to it – yes, log in. Open your favourite browser and type in the name you gave it. A login screen appears. Log in to it – default user name and password is on a note underneath the 313. A fairly extensive configuration screen appears. I am not going to go in detail, but be sure you configure the ftp client! That one is really, really something you want to have.

Included on the disk is a backup program. I have not tested it, but I presume it works as expected. One of the things you can configure via the interface is another “backup” feature: Copying of files at regular intervals. Not tested, but seems to be worth investigating.

The bottom line is that when configured properly, you here have a rather cheap, but extremely useful. In my opinion – value for money!

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