Applications

On this page we describe setting up calendars and address books with web and OS-specific clients (Windows, Linux, Mac, Android).

For managing your calendar events and addresses from anywhere, you can use an open source web application. This web application is pre-configured to work with our calendar service which means you just have to login using your math:account and everything works out of the box.

This web application is available at https:​//calendar.mat.univie.ac.at/client/

Please follow the instruction manual for setting up calendars with the Lightning extension.

To synchronize the remote address books from our calendar server, please follow these steps:

1. Install the SoGo connector for Thunderbird.
   1. Download the connector from https://sogo.nu/download.html#/frontends
   2. Open Thunderbird, go to the Add-ons Manager and use the tools menu to the left of the search field to Install Add-on From File….
   3. Select the downloaded extension from step 1, install it and then restart Thunderbird.

2. Open the Thunderbird address book and choose File → New → Remote Address Book.

   In the dialog enter anything you like for the Name and the following for the URL:

   https:​//calendar.mat.univie.ac.at/caldav.php/MATH:ACCOUNT/addresses/

   Please replace MATH:ACCOUNT with your math:account.

3. Choose the synchronization options you like and click on OK after which the address book is created.
4. The final step is to right click on the created address book name and click Synchronize which will perform the initial synchronization.

The Android application DAVx⁵ is a CalDAV and CardDAV synchronisation application for Android that works great with our calendar service. It can be bought from various app stores or downloaded free of charge from F-Droid (see DAVx⁵ on F-Droid).

If you like to manage tasks (part of the CalDAV spec), you need to install a separate application - see the tasks page from DAVx⁵.

Once the application is installed follow these instructions:

1. Open the "DAVx⁵" application and click on the plus symbol on the bottom right.
2. Select the choice where you can enter a base URL and a username.
3. User the following for the base URL: calendar.mat.univie.ac.at/caldav.php/MATH:ACCOUNT (where MATH:ACCOUNT is your math:account).
4. Enter your math:account credentials in the "Username" and "Password" fields and finish adding the account.
5. Select the address books and calendars that should be synchronized.

After that the selected address books and calendars are available from any address book and calendar apps, and the entries will automatically be synchronized to our calendar service. Have a look at the DAVx⁵ manual for more information.

If you don’t like the default Google calendar application, the aCalendar app is free of charge (there is also a paid version) and is quite a good replacement.