Guide to BlackBerry Messenger

                                                                     
BBM is like text messages, but more immediate and with more things you can do. Think instant messaging, but on your BlackBerry® smartphone. You can see who is available, start chatting with friends, set up groups, get instant replies, and share files—all this from virtually any location.
BBM also outshines texting in that you can share pictures, lists, and calendar appointments with a group.
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TIP 1: ADD BBM CONTACTS

Option 1: Use a PIN or email

1. On the BBM contact list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click Invite Contact.
3. Click Enter a person's email address, PIN, or name.
4. If necessary, change the Send Using field and/or Category fields.
5. Click Send.

Note: The person might remain in the Pending category until he or she responds to your invitation.

Option 2: Use barcodes

Want a quick way to add a friend to your BBM contact list? Try scanning the BBM barcode from their BlackBerry smartphone. Simply scan your friend's barcode and presto!, they are added to your BlackBerry Messenger contact list.

Find your barcode

1. On the BBM contact list screen, press the Menu key and click My Profile.
2. Click Display My Barcode.

Scan a barcode

1. On the BBM contact list screen, press the Menu key and click Invite Contact.
2. Click Scan a person's barcode, then click Continue.
3. Hold your smartphone so that all four corners of the barcode you are scanning appear on your device screen. Continue to hold the smartphone until you hear a beep.

Creating thresholds using the BlackBerry Threshold Analysis Tool

                                                                    
You can use the BlackBerry® Threshold Analysis Tool to create thresholds that monitor specific data attributes of the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server components that are located in your organization's BlackBerry Domain. After the tool creates thresholds, you can turn off, change, or delete the thresholds in the BlackBerry Monitoring Service console.
To create thresholds that are appropriate for the activity levels of a component, the tool uses historical data that is stored in the BlackBerry Monitoring Service Database to determine whether the activity level of a component is normal. You must wait a minimum of 4 weeks after you install and turn on the BlackBerry Monitoring Service to run the tool so that it can accumulate a sufficient amount of historical data to create appropriate thresholds. If you accumulate more than 4 weeks of historical data, the tool can create thresholds that are more accurate. The tool is designed to use historical data that demonstrates normal activity levels of a component. Do not run the tool if the tool might use historical data that demonstrates abnormal activity levels of a component.
You can run the tool so that it uses default settings to create appropriate thresholds, or you can create a configuration file to change the settings that the tool uses to create appropriate thresholds. If you use the default settings , the tool creates thresholds that have the following rules:

• alarm severity of warning for low activity levels
• alarm severity of warning for high activity levels

You can change the settings in the configuration file so that the tool creates thresholds that have the following rules:

• alarm severity of warning for low activity levels
• alarm severity of warning for high activity levels
• alarm severity of error for low activity levels
• alarm severity of error for high activity levels
• alarm severity of critical for low activity levels
• alarm severity of critical for high activity levels