Blackberry Installation
BlackBerry (OS 5 and later supported)
- On the BlackBerry, open the Media application.
- Press the Menu button, and choose Explore.
Choosing Explore from Media
- Open the Media Card folder.
- Select “Install Principalm.htm”.
- Choose the link that matches your device operating system. If you don’t know which operating system your device uses, scroll to the bottom and select “Help Me Choose”.
- In the window that appears, choose Download.
- If you already have another copy of Principalm installed, you will be asked whether to overwrite it. Choose Yes.
- After the installation is complete, the BlackBerry will prompt you to reboot, choose Reboot. If you are not prompt to reboot your BlackBerry device after the Principalm+ installation, please reinstall Principalm+ on your BlackBerry device, and the reboot prompt should follow.
Once Principalm is installed, you will be able to start it any time by clicking on it in the ribbon.
BlackBerry Playbook (Remote Data Transfer)
Blackberry Playbook Remote Data Transfer feature uses a subscription model to assure that the latest school data is on your device. Setup your datasource subscription and when new datasets are detected, they will be transferred to your device. Principalm will check for new datasets when your device connects to a new WiFi network or when you open the login screen.
Subscribe to a Datasource
- Select “Manage Datasources”, either from the initial help screen or the Dataset Drop down on the login screen
- Select “Add Remote Data”
- Optionally, enter a name for your Datasource.
- Enter your servers IP address in the text entry field that appears then hit the refresh button
- The datasets dropdown will contain the datasets currently available on the selected server
- Select the dataset
- Check the “Tell me when data changes” checkbox if you would like to be notified when new data is available from this datasource. When new datasets are available you will receive a notification in the Android notification tray so that you can select to download the latest data.
- Check the “Automatically get data via WiFi” checkbox if you would like Principalm to download any new datasets without any intervention from you.
- Click “Add” to add the new datasource to your subscription list.
- Your new datasource will automatically download your first dataset. It will appear in the datasets dropdown on the login screen once the download is finished. You will be able to monitor the download using the notification tray.
Edit your Datasource Subscription
- Select “Manage Datasources” from the Dataset dropdown on the login screen
- Select the Datasource you would like to edit.
- If you are connected to the same network that the Datasource was added on, then you will be able to alter the server and dataset values. Otherwise you will only be able to edit the Datasource name and notification values.
- Change the values as desired.
- Select the “Save” button.
Delete your Datasource Subscription
- Select “Manage Datasources” from the Dataset dropdown on the login screen
- Long press on the Datasource you wish to delete.
- Select “Delete Datasource”
- Your Datasource will be deleted, Click OK to acknowledge.
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Transferring data via USB to Blackberry Playbook
- Connect the Blackberry Playbook to your computer, using the device’s USB cable.
- On your computer, open Principalm Connect.
- From the Destination drop down, select a temporary drive (ie: C:\).
- Enter and confirm a password, if needed.
- Click Update Now.
- When the update has completed, open the temporary drive that the files were transferred to (ie: C:\).
- Locate the the PALM folder
- Copy the Palm folder to the root of the Blackberry Playbook internal memory
- Disconnect the Blackberry Playbook to run Principalm.