QTERM -A7 TERMINAL WINDOWS EMBEDDED CE …

1 QTERM -A7 TERMINALWINDOWS EMBEDDED CE MANUALBEIJER ELECTRONICS2212 South West Temple #50 Salt Lake City, Utah 84115-2648 USAP hone 801-466-8770 Fax 801-466-8792 Email Rev 03 Copyright 2011 Beijer Electronics. Printed in the USA. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, in any form or by any means with-out prior written permission from Beijer and QTERM are registered trademarks of Beijer , WINDOWS , WINDOWS NT, WINDOWS 2000, WINDOWS XP, Vista, ActiveSync and their respective logos are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corpora-tion in the United States and other other brand and product names used in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective updated 3 April Compliance InformationThis equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.

2 These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual , may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own modification to the QTERM -A7 (including changes to the recommended antenna configuration) that are not expressly approved by Beijer Electronics could void the user s authority to operate the , the QTERM -A7 may contain the following FCC module-certified components depending on product configuration.

3 QOQWT12 or A7/A12 WINDOWS EMBEDDED CEiCONTENTSCHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION..1 CHAPTER 2. SOFTWARE AND DEVICE DRIVERS .. Software .. Bootloader .. WINDOWS CE .. Beijer Electronics Specific Device Drivers .. System Settings .. Applications..5 CHAPTER 3. GETTING STARTED.. Power On/Off/Reset .. Turn On the QTERM -A7 .. Turn Off the QTERM -A7 .. Software Reset.. Touch Screen .. Touch Screen Care .. Touch Screen Use .. System Settings .. Install Third-Party or Custom Software.

4 Run Third-Party Software .. Build Your Own Software ..10 CHAPTER 4. SYSTEM SETTINGS .. Control Panel .. Stylus .. Double-Tap .. Recalibrate.. PC Connection.. Keyboard .. Date/Time .. Volume and Sounds.. Network and Dial-up Connections .. Storage Manager .. QTERM -A7 Panel .. Backlight Intensity .. Audio .. Touch Screen .. Power States .. Registry .. File System Filter .. System Path.. Boot-up Configuration .. Applications ..23 ContentsiiQTERM A7/A12 WINDOWS EMBEDDED Microsoft.

5 Beijer Electronics .. 24 CHAPTER 5. CONNECT TO A PC VIA ACTIVESYNC .. Introduction.. Connect the Serial Cable.. Enable PC Connection .. Download/Install ActiveSync .. Set the QTERM -A7 Baud Rate.. Connect the PC and QTERM -A7 .. Select the COM Port Manually .. 30 CHAPTER 6. APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT.. Introduction.. Glossary.. Related Documents .. Setup .. Prerequisites .. SDK Installation .. Target Setup .. ActiveSync .. manual Server .. Microsoft Visual Studio 2005/2008.

6 Native .. Managed .. Remote Tools .. Software Drivers .. Backlight .. Power.. Serial Ports .. Network .. 43 CHAPTER 7. OPTIONAL PERIPHERALS.. USB..45 CHAPTER 8. TECHNICAL SUPPORT.. Software Upgrades .. Operating System .. Bootloader .. System Backup and Recovery .. 51 QTERM A7/A12 WINDOWS EMBEDDED CE1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTIONThe QTERM -A7/A12 mobile data TERMINAL is a rugged graphic human-machine interface TERMINAL for use in a wide range of commercial and industrial applications.

7 It has been designed to run the WINDOWS EMBEDDED CE operating system. It includes support for application development with industry standard tools such as Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and installing the SDK created by Beijer Electronics, you can write your own applications for the QTERM -A7/A12, which will be compiled for WINDOWS CE running on an ARM a list of the hardware specifications for the QTERM -A7/A12, refer to the QTERM -A7 Ter-minal Hardware manual and the QTERM -A12 TERMINAL Hardware QTERM A7/A12 WINDOWS EMBEDDED CENotes QTERM A7/A12 WINDOWS EMBEDDED CE3 CHAPTER 2 SOFTWARE AND DEVICE QTERM -A7/A12 has a bootloader application that executes on boot-up, loads the Win-dows CE kernel into memory and boots the kernel.

8 There is no indication that the bootloader is executing the screen is black and the speaker is silent. The QTERM -A7/A12 has a typical 10- to 20-second boot time. Refer to section , Bootloader for information on upgrading the CEThe QTERM -A7/A12 runs the WINDOWS EMBEDDED CE operating system. WINDOWS CE is a resource-constrained and scalable version of Microsoft WINDOWS for EMBEDDED hardware that offers broad support for third-party application development, software and QTERM -A7/A12 utilizes the Professional version of WINDOWS CE that includes applica-tion support libraries, graphical shell ( WINDOWS Explorer) and other items.

9 The graphical shell contains program management and control panel routines. Following are some of the compo-nents that are included with the QTERM -A7/A12. Active Template Library Microsoft Foundation Classes .NET Compact Framework ActiveSync Local Area Networking Wide Area Networking Peer-to-Peer Networking Power Management Hive-based (persistent) Registry Direct Draw video graphics engine Command Shell Graphical Shell Soft KeyboardSoftwareSoftware and Device Drivers4 QTERM A7/A12 WINDOWS EMBEDDED CETo balance the size and performance, the standard releases of the Professional version may not have all the components listed on Microsoft s WINDOWS EMBEDDED website.

10 If you need addi-tional components, contact Beijer a complete list of the components included in the Professional version, refer to the docu-ment available from the following website: CE on the QTERM -A7/A12 uses about 35 Mbytes in the form of an image file named in the \HardDisk directory. This file contains all of the above components and the code required to set up and operate QTERM -A7/A12 hardware (device drivers). The oper-ating system may need to be upgraded for future releases. See Chapter 8, Technical Support for details on how to upgrade the QTERM -A7/A12 system Electronics Specific Device DriversThe QTERM -A7/A12 contains Beijer Electronics designed hardware peripherals that require additional support beyond that provided by WINDOWS CE to set up and operate.