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Emulator Setup

In order to use the wireless (Messenger) portion of the AirSent application, you need a web enabled phone or a device emulator installed on your system. The following clients / wireless emulators can be used with the AirSent sample application:
  • J2ME: Motorola J2ME and iDEN SDKs
  • J2ME: Sun J2ME Wireless Toolkit
  • cHTML: Pixo Internet Microbrowser
  • WML: Nokia WAP Toolkit
  • WML: Yospace SmartPhone Emulator
  • HTML: Standard HTML browser
  • Flash: Flash 5 Client
If you don't have a wireless device or an emulator installed, you can get started quickly by installing the Pixo emulator (Windows only) or the Yospace emulator from the Lutris Enhydra 3.5.2 product CD. Alternately, the Messenger application can also be used with Flash and HTML clients using Navigator or Internet Explorer, as described in Step 3 below.

Using the AirSent Application

In a typical usage scenario, there are three uses for AirSent:

Step 1: Log on as a customer

Customers place orders for deliveries by connecting to the AirSent website from an ordinary web browser. You may log on to the AirSent customer application as the default customer using the supplied login and password, or you may register as a new customer and enter your own login and password.

To place an order for a delivery:

  1. Click the Customer Application link to bring up the customer login page.
  2. To register as a new customer, click the Register button to bring up the new account page. Otherwise, continue with step 5.
  3. Fill in the registration form and click Submit to create a new customer account.
  4. Log on as a customer using your registered login and password, or
  5. Log on using the following login and password:
        Login: enhydra
        Password: wireless
    Logging on brings up the order form.
  6. Enter the order details in the three forms provided. Use the arrow buttons at the bottom to navigate among the three forms.
    Note: You must enter data before moving on to the next form, but you can return to edit information before submitting an order.
    1. Enter Pick-up Location information such as address, phone number, and delivery notes.
    2. Enter Destination Location information such as address, phone number, and delivery notes.
    3. Enter additional details about the order and click the right arrow at the bottom of the form to continue.
    4. Review the delivery information and click the Submit button to place your order.
    Note:  If you have placed orders before, you can automatically populate the form fields based on previous order information. To fill in the forms based on a previous order, i.) click Account History in the left sidebar to view previous orders; and ii.) select a previous order by clicking the icon in the far right ("Select this Record") column.
  7. Once the order is submitted, you can log out of the Customer Application.
Step 2: Log on as a dispatcher

A dispatcher logs on the AirSent site to assign deliveries, view and/or edit order details, and add/edit messengers.

To perform administrative tasks:

  1. Click the Admin Application link to bring up the dispatcher login page.
  2. Log on as a dispatcher using the following login and password:
        Login: admin
        Password: admin
    Logging on brings up the Current Status page.
  3. To assign or change a messenger for a delivery, click the 'edit' icon for the order.
  4. To delete an order, click the 'delete' icon for the given order.
  5. To add a new messenger, click Add Messenger in the left sidebar.
Step 3: Log on as a messenger

The messenger logs on to the system to view details for assigned deliveries and to update the status for an assigned delivery. You can view assigned deliveries and update delivery status using either of the following two methods:

To view assigned deliveries and update delivery status, using a wireless device or emulator:

Please note that the steps for confirming a pick-up or delivery vary among different emulators and phones. However, the following overview applies to all devices.

  1. Using one of the supported phone emulators or a Web enabled phone, log on to the AirSent system by pointing the emulator at the AirSent website running on your machine. The default URL is http://localhost:9010/. Another option is to use the HTML interface for the Messenger Application. The HTML interface supports Windows CE-based Handheld PCs, and operates similarly to the wireless device interface. To log on using the HTML interface, open http://localhost:9010/messenger/MessengerLogin.po in a browser.
  2. Log on to the system using the following login and password:

  3.    Login: b
       Password: b
  4. To view details for assigned deliveries:
    1. Select Pick Ups
    2. Select the delivery name to view details.
  5. To confirm a Pick Up:
    1. Select Pick Ups
    2. Select the pick-up name.
    3. Select Menu, then select done.
  6. To confirm a delivery:
    1. Select Drop Offs
    2. Select the delivery name.
    3. Select Menu, then select done.
  7. Note: Confirmation that a parcel has been picked up is required before the delivery can be confirmed.

    When a delivery is confirmed, the AirSent application automatically sends an email to the customer if the AirSent application has been configured in the airSent.conf file (email support is turned off by default).

To view assigned deliveries and update delivery status, using the Flash interface:

  1. Click the Messenger Application link on the AirSent home page to bring up the messenger login page.
  2. Log on to the system using the following login and password:

  3.    Login: b
       Password: b
    Assigned deliveries are displayed in a table, with separate rows for pick-ups and deliveries.
  4. To view details for a pick-up or delivery, click the row corresponding to the pick-up or delivery for an order.
    Details are displayed in the panel on the left.
  5. To confirm a Pick Up:
    1. Click the row for the pick-up to confirm.
    2. Click the Picked-up button in the left panel.
    The page refreshes to indicate the new status in the right panel.
  6. To confirm a delivery:
    1. Click the row for the dropoff.
    2. Click the Complete button in the left panel.
  7. The page refreshes to indicate the new status in the right panel.

    Note: Confirmation that a parcel has been picked up is required before the delivery can be confirmed.

    When a delivery is confirmed, the AirSent application automatically sends an email to the customer if the AirSent application has been configured in the airSent.conf file (email support is turned off by default).