IM+ for LCS enables the most important LCS features on your mobile phone: authentication to LCS, presence support and text messaging. IM+ for LCS clients connect to LCS through our special "gate" server, which serves like a proxy between mobile phone and LCS. In a standard configuration, this gate is installed at SHAPE Services (contact us to find out more about custom gate installations).
Please review and check the following requirements to ensure
that IM+ for LCS will work for you:
1. Make sure your mobile device has access to Internet.
For non-Blackberry devices:
TCP ports 5333 and 5334 should not be blocked.
If unsure, ask your mobile operator.
For BlackBerry: ports 80
and 443 should be open. If unsure, ask your BES administrator.
2. Make sure your LCS server complies with the following
requirements:
You have Microsoft® LCS 2003
or 2005 server installed;
It should be available from the
Internet directly or via Access Proxy on TCP ports 5060
and/or 5061;
If you are going to use TLS connection,
your LCS server must have a certificate issued by a globally
trusted authority, e.g. Verisign or Thawte;
LCS must have NTLM authentication
enabled.
3. Download and install IM+ for LCS onto your mobile
device.
4. Run IM+ for LCS and proceed to the settings (or
options) dialog. Its look may vary on different plaftorms,
but generally options have the following meaning:
UserID
or Username - called "Sign-in name" in
native Windows Messenger clients. Usually looks like user@example.com
Login name - called "User
name" name in native Windows Messenger clients. May
look like user@example.com or domain\username
Password - your password
to LCS
Server or Host - IP address
or domain name of your LCS server, e.g. 10.10.10.123 or
lcs.example.com
Port - port of your LCS server.
Unused in this version of IM+ for LCS, left for future compatibility.
Currently port is determined automatically. Recommended
value, if present - 5060.
Transport or LCS carrier,
possible options TCP and TLS. Determines LCS
connection type. TCP is non-secured standard connection,
TLS uses encryption but requires special server setup,
see 2. If unsure, use TCP.
Use SSL - On or Off.
Determines whether client should use SSL (secure) connection
to the LCS gate. Recommended value - On.
5. Try to connect. If something still goes wrong,
please contact us by filling out our support
form.
