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• Auto Run.Thesepackagesautomaticallyrunafterdownloadbutdonotappearinthe
mobiledevice’sapplicationlist.AnEnablerUpdateKitisanexampleofanautorun
package.
AnEnablerUpdateKitisaspecificAvalanchepackagethatprovidesanupgradetothe
Enablersoftwarerunningonyourmobiledevice.Thispackageisdeployedfromthe
AvalancheConsoleandcanbeconfiguredwiththeAvalancheEnablerconfigurationpackage.
Before You Update
Beforeyoucanupdateyourmobiledevices,youmustcreateasoftwareprofileinthe
AvalancheConsoleandinstallthesoftwarepackagetothatprofile.Youalsomustconfigure
andenablethesoftwarepackage.Forinformationoncompletingthesetasks,seeyour
AvalancheUserGuide.
Inordertoperformupdates,youalsoneedtoensureyouhaveaconnectionbetweenthe
mobiledeviceserverandthemobiledevice.Thiscanbeaserialconnection,aWLAN
connection,oraWWANconnection.
Thissectioncontainsinstructionsforthefollowingtasks:
• PreparingtheServerforaSerialConnection
• PreparingtheServerforaWLANConnection
• PreparingtheServerforaWWANConnection
NOTE:IfyouhaveAvalancheOnDemand,youdonotneedtoperformanyofthetasksfor
preparingtheserver.
Preparing the Server for a Serial Connection
You can configure mobile device servers to automatically listen for mobile devices using the serial
ports on the remote system.
Onlyoneapplicationonahostsystemcanmaintainownershipofaserialport.Ifthemobile
deviceservercontrolstheserialportsonthehostsystem,thennootherapplicationwillbeable
tousethem.Likewise,ifanotherapplicationonthehostsystem(forexample,Microsoft
ActiveSync)hascontroloftheserialports,thenthemobiledeviceserverwillnotbeabletouse
them.
Serialconnectionsarerequiredtoimplementmobiledeviceandserverauthentication.
Serialsettingsareconfiguredinthemobiledeviceserverprofile.Onceyouconfigurethe
connectionsandupdatethemobiledeviceserver,theserverwillupdateyourmobiledevices
accordingtothesettings.
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