Creating A Splash Screen - Motorola MC909X Integrator Manual

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Push the battery to fully re-insert it in the mobile computer. One audible click can be heard as the battery is fully
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inserted.
On the MC9090-G, press and hold the trigger.
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On the MC909X-K or MC909X-S, press and hold the left scan button.
Connect the mobile computer to AC power using the CAM or insert the mobile computer into a powered cradle.
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The Update Loader application first looks for a file on a storage card. If it does not find it, it looks in the \temp
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directory.
When it finds the appropriate file, it loads the package onto the mobile computer. A progress bar displays until
the update completes.
The mobile computer re-boots.
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The calibration screen appears.
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NOTE When initiating an update via a boot sequence, the update loader looks for updates first on the root of an
installed SD card and then in the \temp folder on the mobile computer's persistent storage volume. A
response file, pkgs.lst, indicates which files to update. In most cases, Symbol provides this pkgs.lst file with
the update and you should only modify it when updating a splash screen partition. See
Screen

Creating a Splash Screen

Use a bitmap file to create a customized splash screens for the mobile computer. Use Image Update with a bitmap
file, rather than a package file, to update the splash screen.
To create a custom splash screen:
Create a .bmp file using a graphic program with the following specifications:
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Size: 240 x 296.
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Colors: 8 bits per pixel (256 colors) for color displays.
Modify the bitmap file and save.
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To load the splash screen on the mobile computer:
Create a text file named pkgs.lst which contains the name of the bmp file. For example, mysplash.bmp.
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Copy the bmp file and the pkgs.lst file to one of the following:
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SD card root directory
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mobile computer's \temp directory
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mobile computer's \Windows directory.
If using an SD card, insert the SD card into the mobile computer.
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Perform a cold boot.
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Press the trigger or side scan button for 5 seconds while booting to invoke the Update Loader and install the
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splash screen.
for more information.
Creating a Splash