Chapter 13. Configuring The Terminal; Introduction - Symbol PPT 2800 Series Product Reference Manual

Introduction

Terminal Configuration Manager (TCM) is an application that resides on the desktop
computer, and is used to customize flash file system partitions for the terminal. The most
common use is to create an application partition hex file that contains the customer's
application. TCM can also be used to load hex files to the flash memory of the terminal.
The Initial Program Loader (IPL) program resides on the terminal and receives the hex file
and burns it to the flash memory.
TCM scripts control the customization of partitions. The scripts contain all of the necessary
information for building an image. The script is a list of copy commands specifying the files
to copy from the development computer to the partition.
TCM works with a pair of directory windows, one displaying the script and the other
displaying the source files resident on the development computer. Using standard windows
drag and drop operations, files can be added and deleted from the script window.
The DCP for the PPT 2800 includes scripts used by Symbol Technologies to build the
standard factory installed Platform and Application partitions provided on the terminal. The
standard Platform partition contains drivers; the Application partition contains demo
applications and optional components. The standard TCM scripts can be found in the
following folder:
c:\
Program Files\Symbol Device Configuration Packages\PPT2800w\v1.0\TCM Scripts
Note: Before creating a script to build a hex image, identify the files
required (system files, drivers, applications, etc.) and locate the files'
source directories to simplify the script building process.
The required processes for building a hex image in TCM include:
• Starting TCM
• Defining script properties
• Creating the script for the hex image
• Building the image
• Sending the hex image
• Creating a splash screen
• Flash storage.
Configuring the Terminal
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