Wireless Synchronization for iPhone

These instructions describe how to set up CompanionLink to sync wirelessly with an iPhone handheld. ALWAYS back up your data before installing new software or making changes to your configuration.

Download and install CompanionLink on your computer.
Double-click the CompanionLink Setup icon on your desktop to start the configuration wizard, then click Next on the language screen to open the Handheld PDA Settings screen.
Select Apple iPhone (wireless sync service) as your PDA name, then click Configure.
In the Connect window, enter your desired username and password to create an account on our web server.
Click the Payment Info button, then enter your credit card information to start your free 14-day trial. You may also skip this and come back to it later; the program will prompt to enter this after the 14 days is up.
Click OK, then OK again, then Next.
Select your contact manager, then click Configure.
Configure your contact manager settings as appropriate.
Click OK, then Next, then Finish. CompanionLink will automatically begin synchronizing your contact manager data with your web account.
On your handheld, press the Home button, then launch iClink. (If iClink is not already running)
In the iClink application, select the Settings button and then press Connection Settings. Then enter the same username and password you entered in CompanionLink, then press the Settings button, then the Back button.
Press the Sync icon to begin the sync.

Security and data encryption

CompanionLink wireless sync uses a packet/mailbox model. Packets are created on your personal PC and encrypted using DES encryption tied to your personal password. Packets are dropped in a "mailbox" on a server that CompanionLink hosts. The iPhone polls for packets when you select Sync on the iPhone, or at specific time intervals. If packets are found, they are downloaded, decrypted and the data is integrated with the iPhone. At that point, all packets are cleared off of the CompanionLink server. Changes on the iPhone are returned in the same way.

CompanionLink packets use 64-bit encryption in compliance with U.S. Commerce Department regulations for software that ships internationally.

All data is encrypted to your password on your computer and is not decrypted until it reaches your iPhone. There is no way for any party to decrypt the information without knowing your password. This includes CompanionLink personnel who maintain the packet server.