Information and Technology

Mobile Echo

MobilEcho is an application that provides a secure way for iPads to connect to Bowdoin's network file services (Microwave). In MobilEcho you can open files from the Microwave, create folders, search for files and save files back to the Microwave from other applications.

Before Using MobilEcho on an iPad:

1. You will be sent an email with directions for setting up and installing Mobile Echo along with your 1 time passcode.

2. Download the MobilEcho application from the Appstore. 

3. Configure the MobilEcho app to connect to the Microwave. (If you are off campus you must be connected to the VPN).

The Mobile Echo Interface

• Settings - Change application settings, access Help Files.
• Clipboard - Used when copying or moving files..
• Add to Folder - Refresh the view,Create a new folder, copy files from your iPad photo library or to rename a folder.
• Action Menu - Select the action you would like to perform with the file or folder (preview, open in, rename, delete..)

Working with Files:

When opening a file you can preview the file within MobilEcho.

• Tap on the file and choose Preview from the menu. Mobile Echo can preview many types of files.

Renaming a file.

• Tap on the file and choose Rename from the menu. 

Copying or Moving a file

• Tap on the file and choose Move with Clipboard or Copy with Clipboard from the menu. 
• In mobilEcho go to the folder you want to move the file to. 
• Tap the Clipboard icon.
• Tap the file you want to move.
• Tap Paste.  

 Deleting a file

• Tap on the file and choose Delete from the menu. 

Working with Multiple Files:

When moving or copying files they will first appear in the clipboard. The clipboard allows you to select the item(s) you'd like to copy or move, and then navigate to the the folder on Microwave and paste them in that folder. Tap the clipboard icon to see the clipboard.

NOTE: The mobilEcho client application clipboard works like a computer clipboard. If you copy files with the clipboard and have not get pasted them, then you select another see of files and copy them with the clipboard, the previously copied files will be cleared and replaced with the new file(s). No files are actually copied or moved unless you choose to paste them.

• Tap the Edit button in the top right corner of the file browsing window.
• Select the files by tapping the box to the left.
• Tap the Copy, Move or Delete button, at the bottom of the screen or use the Cancel button to exit Edit mode without making changes.
• Go to the folder you want to move or copy the files to. Tap on the Clipboard. Tap on the files you want to move and tap Paste. 

         

Annotating PDFs in Mobile Echo:

• Tap on the PDF you want to open and choose Preview from the menu.
• Tap and hold anywhere on the PDF to display a menu of options (Note, Highlight, Underline, Strikeout Copy)
• Tap on the pencil in the top right corner for additional tools (Highlight, Finger Paint, Rectangle, Circle. Line, Arrow).
• When you are finished with your annotations tap "Done" in the top left corner. 
• You can choose to: Save the file with your annotations, Save a copy of the file with your annotations or discard the changes you made.

Sending Files from Other Applications on your iPad to the Microwave:

 The mobilEcho application allows files from other iPad applications (Goodreader, Documents to Go, iAnnotate) to be sent to mobilEcho. This is done using the "Open In" feature of those applications. 

1. When you open a file in mobilEcho from another application, the file first goes into mobilEcho’s File Inbox.

2. Tap the File Inbox.

3. Tap the file you want to put on the Microwave.

4. Choose Copy with Clipboard or Move with Clipboard. The file is now in mobilEcho’s Clipboard.

5. In mobilEcho, go to the folder on the Microwave that you want to move the file to.

6. Tap the Clipboard icon.

7. Tap on the file you want to move.

8. Tap Paste. The file is now moved from your iPad to Microwave.

 Note: Not all applications have an "Open in" feature.