This user guide is for ID-plate 1.3. It has the following sections:

• Overview
• Installation
• General Operation
• Using Jog/JogDial or keyboard
• Technical Information
• Troubleshooting

For questions not listed, please e-mail me. This guide is updated from time to time.

ID-plate is a system info viewer for Palm Powered handhelds. It allows you to:

• see the complete OS version, memory info, hardware IDs and IrDA/SMS/Bluetooth driver versions;
• see Sony Clié-specific info, including its codename;
• send report as text via infrared or other media.

• ID-plate is automatically placed under Utilities under Palm OS 3.5 or above; otherwise, it is under Unfiled.
• On a Sony Clié with Clié Launcher, it is grouped under System.

• You may want to install the file HandEra330_icon.prc for a higher resolution ID-plate icon on the launcher.

• Make sure the infrared on the receiving side is turned on
• Align the infrared windows of the receiving side and your Palm Powered handheld
• Tap the Beam button

• First, you must have the SMS Library installed if it has not been preloaded. Check with the user manual of your handheld about installing it. Second, check the Phone panel under Prefs that the desired phone driver is chosen. Check on your handheld's installation CD or download one if it is not listed.
• Activate the infrared port or Bluetooth of the receiving side
• In ID-plate, select Send Report from the menu; select SMS and proceed if you are asked to choose a send method.
• Choose or enter a phone number when you're asked and tap the Send button.

• If your Palm Powered handheld does not have with a build-in Bluetooth adaptor, you must install one with its drivers. Please refer to the user manual of your handheld or your Bluetooth adapter for details.
• Activate Bluetooth of the receiving side
• In ID-plate, choose a ringtone and select Send Report from the menu; select Bluetooth and proceed if you are asked to choose a send method.
• Follow the instructions on the screen to select the receiving device.

This section explains the items on the report.

• The serial number is available on flash ROM devices only. It is the same as the one found under Info in Applications.
• Version numbers are shown in their complete form. For example, Palm OS 3.5.3 is listed as 3.5.3f0 while Palm OS 4.2 alpha 18 is list as 4.2.0a18. Some OS were released with a wrong version number, for instance, both OS 4.0 and 5.0 were designated as development state in the retail versions, like 5.0.0d0. This is a mistake of PalmSource, not ID-plate.
• ROM size means the used memory in ROM. There is no legal way to obtain the actual ROM chip size.
• The misc flags are hardware features from the system globals GHwrMiscFlags and GHwrMiscFlagsExt.
• The company, device and HAL IDs are available only to handhelds running Palm OS 3.5 or above. IDs prefixed with a $ means it is a hexadecimal number. IDs shown as -- means they are not available. More IDs can be found on the Palm codenames page.
• The IrDA Lib and SMS Lib version numbers are their internal ones, which might be different from those listed under Info of the launcher's menu.
• The Sony Clié info page are collected from the ROM file SonySysInfo.