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- Page 1 Gotive H42 • User’s Guide 17-02-04...
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Page 2: Trademarks
Gotive H42 • User’s Guide Trademarks All trademarks both marked and not marked appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners. Revision History REVISION DESCRIPTION DATE Regulatory update March 2010 17-02-04... -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Transportation ............................15 Warranty ..............................15 END-USER LICENCE AGREEMENT ......................16 Introduction ..............................17 Welcome Statement ..........................17 H42 Configurations ............................ 17 Getting Started ............................. 18 Introduction..............................18 Features summary ............................. 18 Unpacking the Mobile Computer ........................ 18 Accessories ............................... 19 Parts ................................ - Page 4 Display Advanced Backlight ........................37 Rotation control ............................. 37 Stylus (System) ............................. 37 Upgrade Firmware in H42 Communicator ....................39 Upgrade using SD card ......................... 39 Upgrade via USB cable ......................... 41 Emergency restart of the upgrade procedure ..................43 Setting up Connections ..........................
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Page 5: Important User Information
Important User Information Disclaimer The information contained in this document is the property of Gotive a.s. and may be used only for the purposes of operating and servicing the relevant equipment manufactured by Gotive a.s. Gotive a.s. reserves all rights concerning the information contained herein. This document or any part of it may not be reproduced, distributed, or translated into other languages in any way or form except with written approval of Gotive a.s. -
Page 6: Safety Notices And Warnings
The safety precautions listed below represent warnings of certain dangers of which Gotive is aware of. You, as the user of the product, should follow these warnings and all other safety precautions necessary for the safe operation of the equipment in your operating environment. -
Page 7: For Vehicles Equipped With An Air Bag
Use your device with optional card docking station in your car. Use an Appropriate Power Supply Use only the AC adapter that is provided / recommended by Gotive. Antistatic Precautions To avoid ESD (Electro Static Discharge) damage, always use appropriate antistatic precautions when handing any electronic equipment. -
Page 8: Life Support Policy
Warning: Only use the Li-Ion battery pack provided by Gotive. The use of any other battery pack not sold/manufactured by Gotive in the H42 device will void your warranty and may result in damage to the H42 device. Battery product safety: The Lithium-Ion battery pack contained in the product must be recycled or disposed of properly. -
Page 9: Important Handling Information
LCD display care and maintenance Use only stylus pen delivered by Gotive or fingers to operate LCD touch panel. It is allowed to use gloves when operating LCD touch panel by fingers. Do not use any other tools, sharp objects or pen to operate LCD touch panel. -
Page 10: Laser Devices
Gotive H42 • User’s Guide Laser devices Complies with 21CFR1040.10 and 1040.11 except for deviations pursuant to Laser Notice No.50, dated July 2001, with EN60825-1:1994+A1:2002+A2:2001, with IEC60825- 1:1993+A1:1997+A2:2001. Caution: Do not look directly into the window area or a reflection of the laser beam while the laser is scanning. Long- term exposure to the laser beam can damage your vision The laser classification is marked on one of the labels on the device. -
Page 11: Ce Marking And European Economic Area (Eea)
Gotive H42 • User’s Guide CE Marking and European Economic Area (EEA) This product has the CE labelling in accordance with the 1999/5/EC regulations. This Product is intended to be operated in the following countries: AT, BE, CY, CZ, DK, EE, FI, FR, DE, GR, HU, IE, IT, LV, LT, LU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SK, SI, ES, SE, GB, IS, LI, NO, CH, BG, RO, TR. -
Page 12: Declaration Of Conformity
Gotive H42 • User’s Guide Declaration of Conformity Gotive hereby, declares that this device is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. Table 1. Declaration statement Czech (CS)* Toto za ízení je v souladu se základními požadavky a ostatními odpovídajícími ustanoveními sm rnice 1999/5/ES... -
Page 13: Fcc Information For The User
FCC Information for the User FCC Statement H42 device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. -
Page 14: Waste Electrical And Electronic Equipment (Weee)
Gotive H42 • User’s Guide Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) The information below is issued in compliance with the regulations set out in the 2002/96/EC directive, subsequently superseded by 2003/108/EC. It refers electrical and electronic equipment and the waste management of such products. -
Page 15: Service And Support
• User’s Guide Service and Support If you encounter problems during routine operation of H42 devices consult chapters in this guide for the cause of and solution to your problem. If the problem persists please visit our Support page: www.gotive.com/support Here you can find all the necessary information, manuals, developer’s forum, updates and other... -
Page 16: End-User Licence Agreement
• User’s Guide END-USER LICENCE AGREEMENT You have acquired a device („DEVICE“) which includes software licensed by GOTIVE from one or more software licensors („GOTIVE’s Software Suppliers“). Such software products, as well as associated media, printed materials and „online“ or electronic documentation („SOFTWARE“) are protected by international intellectual property laws and treaties. -
Page 17: Introduction
Gotive H42 one of the best products in its class and guarantees maximum return on the investment made by purchasing this product. We at Gotive would like to wish our customers best of success in their work and a most rewarding and enjoyable experience with Gotive H42. -
Page 18: Getting Started
Variety of charging accessories – see respective data sheet PEN DEVICE Integrated stylus OPERATING Microsoft Windows CE 5.0 SYSTEM APPLICATION Gotive SDK for Visual Studio.NET and Embedded Visual C++ DEVELOPMENT DIMENSIONS 230x94x34 mm (9.05x3.70x1.34 in) WEIGHT From 580g depending on configurations (battery included) OPERATING -10 to +60°C (battery charging 0 to 45°C) -
Page 19: Accessories
Carrying Case Functional H42ACC0146 Battery Pack Charging Station (10 positions) H42ACC0164 H42 Multi Charging Station with Ethernet and Lock (10 positions) H4XACC0150 H42 Multi Charging Station (10 positions) Parts Figure 1 shows device parts. Details about device parts are described in Table 5. - Page 20 Gotive H42 • User’s Guide Table 6. Main device parts – back view Part Description Hand Strap Hand Strap screw Stylus Battery pack Antenna connector Antenna connector Docking and connection interface Battery pack lock Product Label SD card compartment Door...
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Page 21: Hand Strap Assembly And Removal
Gotive H42 • User’s Guide Hand Strap Assembly and Removal Hand Strap is flexible part of the device which helps to hold safely in the hand. Hand Strap can be removed partly on one side or completely. To remove on one side it is necessary to lift Hand Strap lock [9] (see Figure 2). -
Page 22: Sim Card Insertion And Removal
SIM card insertion Door Assembly and Removal To remove H42 Door it is necessary to release SD card compartment Door lock [23]. Afterwards door could be released (see Figure 6). Door could be assembled by inserting Door into detetents first and afterwards press Door into lock. -
Page 23: Door Assembly And Removal
The following accessories can be used to charge batteries in the device: H42 Docking Station (H42DSAGR) – to charge the device in the Docking Station it is necessary properly dock the device and plug the power source into the Docking station H42 Travel Charger Plug (H4XACC0133) together with Power supply adapter (H4XACC0134 or H4XACC0144) –... -
Page 24: Main Battery Exchanging
Control Panel (for information on its configuring, see the section Schemes). To wake up the H42 communicator from suspend, press the suspend button. Note: After waking up the device, suspend is prohibited for period of 10 seconds. During this period is the suspend button not responding. -
Page 25: Operating The Communicator
This chapter provides basic instructions for using the mobile computer and navigating the mobile computer software. Action Keys H42 device is equipped with three used defined Action keys. More about these buttons and how to configure them is written in the section Action Keys (Gotive). Reset the Communicator Procedures described in this section show how to reset the mobile computer. - Page 26 Gotive H42 • User’s Guide Figure 9. Performing Soft reset 17-02-04...
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Page 27: Navigating The Display
Gotive H42 • User’s Guide Navigating the display Next figure shows typical desktop of the device after start up. On the screen there are basic icons which could be opened by double tap: My Device – displays file structure installed in the device Recycle bin –... -
Page 28: The Taskbar
Gotive H42 • User’s Guide The taskbar The taskbar (at the bottom of the screen) displays the Start button, active programs, battery status and communication status. The Taskbar buttons are used to access menus, select/deselect functions or to change display windows. -
Page 29: Charging Policy Of H42
Here are some tips and tricks how to save more power in your battery: always put the H42 Communicator on charge during the night remember to switch off modules that are not used (GPS, GSM) check the battery status (see section Power) and when battery is low put Communicator on charging... -
Page 30: Virtual Keyboard
• User’s Guide Virtual Keyboard Because H42 communicator does not have physical keyboard on it it is possible to use virtual keyboard. You can show or hide virtual keyboard by tapping icon in the tray bar on the desktop of the Communicator. -
Page 31: Physical Keyboard
PC. Also the content of these cards does not get erased on battery discharge or hard reset. SD card is accessible as a folder ‘Storage Card’ in H42 file system. It can be used the same way as the standard file system in Windows Explorer. -
Page 32: Control Panel
Gotive H42 • User’s Guide Control panel You can access various functions of H42 device from Control Panel. Open it via Start menu (Start > Control Panel). Figure 17. Control panel Note: All the applications and utilities marked with ‘(Gotive)’ are made and supplied by Gotive. These applications and utilities are fully supported by Gotive Support. -
Page 33: Bcr Control (Gotive)
When you push and hold for a while the Action key 2, aiming function will start. For more details please see the section Action Keys (Gotive). In the section ‘BCR parameters’ BCR Control allows the user to test modification of the parameters of BCR module. -
Page 34: Firmware Control
Option ‘Software reset’ causes ‘warm reset’ of the device (see section Reset the Communicator for more details). LCD Control LCD Control allows a user to set backlight and contrast of H42 device. Setting option 'Disable 0%' prevent user before setting minimal backlight intensity below visible level. Option 'Boost' emphasize backlight intensity above standard range. -
Page 35: Power
Do not use 'Boost' option for longer period. This can significantly reduce backlight lifetime. Power Power Properties allow the user to control and set power options for H42 device. These four tabs are important: Main Battery – current power status overview of main battery Backup Battery –... - Page 36 Schemes On this tab user can define Power Schemes for device running on battery and for device powered from AC source. Each Power Scheme holds the time, after which the H42 device goes to: User Idle, System Idle, Suspend state.
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Page 37: Display Advanced Backlight
Backlight tab in Display properties Rotation control With the H42 Communicator you can select either landscape or a portrait view orientation for any given situation. Tap on the button with the preferred rotation option and the screen will rotate into the new position. - Page 38 Gotive H42 • User’s Guide Figure 30. Display calibration 17-02-04...
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Page 39: Upgrade Firmware In H42 Communicator
This section describes possibility to upgrade Firmware of the device. Upgrade using SD card To upgrade firmware in H42 Communicator by this way you need at least 64 MB SD card and SD card reader for your PC. Afterwards perform following steps: Download the necessary files from the Gotive support page http://www.gotive.com/support/... - Page 40 Dialog with a message: “Device will be restarted. Continue?” appears. Choose ‘Yes’. o After few seconds goBoot screen appears. There you will see the progress of the flashing process: Gotive Bootloader (goBoot), v1.14, built 16.12.2005 13:27 (c) 2000-2005 Gotive Ltd.
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Page 41: Upgrade Via Usb Cable
To upgrade firmware in Communicator via USB cable you need to install the USB Upgrade Driver for Windows XP. This can be downloaded from the Gotive support page (http://www.gotive.com/support/), section Drivers and Utilities. Unzip the file to a local directory on your PC. - Page 42 Gotive H42 • User’s Guide Figure 32. Found new hardware Wizard Choose Install from a list or specific location and click Next>. Figure 33. Found New Hardware Wizard Choose Browse and select the path to the directory, where you have the unzipped driver. Click Next>.
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Page 43: Emergency Restart Of The Upgrade Procedure
It might happen that you will have to run this application "As administrator" to be able to finish this process. On H42, run Firmware Control (Start > Control Panel > Firmware control). Choose Start the firmware update and tap OK. -
Page 44: Setting Up Connections
Gotive H42 • User’s Guide Setting up Connections GPRS Connection Before setting up a GPRS Internet connection the following conditions must be met: A GPRS-enabled SIM card from your GSM network provider must be inserted in the Communicator. The GSM module has to be on and logged in the network. PIN number has to be entered if required. - Page 45 Gotive H42 • User’s Guide In Connection Preferences set Baud Rate to ‘115200’ and Flow Control to ‘None’ Figure 37. Connection properties Tap on ‘Call Options’ and fill extra settings field with +cgdcont=1,”IP”,”APN” where APN is Access Point Name from your GPRS provider (e.g. +cgdcont=1,”IP”,”internet”), then tap ‘OK’ button.
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Page 46: Closing An Opened Connection
Gotive H42 • User’s Guide Enter appropriate values for ‘User Name’, ‘Password’ and ‘Domain’. If you want to avoid retyping password each time you open this connection check the ‘Save Password’ box Figure 40. Set user data If there are any numbers added to the phone number, choose ‘Dial Patterns’ to modify it. Change ‘When dialing from’... -
Page 47: Wlan Connection
Gotive H42 • User’s Guide WLAN Connection This section describes how to set up WLAN connection. To make WLAN connection perform following steps: If the device is not connected to a WLAN network and a network is detected, the connection window will pop up If it doesn’t show up, you can open it also by clicking twice the network icon... - Page 48 Gotive H42 • User’s Guide Figure 45. Connection window After connecting, the icon in system tray will change to . You can open the connection window any time by double clicking it If you wish to get information about the parameters of network, click the ‘IP Information’ tab Figure 46.
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Page 49: Pc Connection Via Microsoft Activesync
The USB, IrDA or Bluetooth interface is configured on the PC. For USB connection the Communicator must be inserted in the Docking Station or connected via SmartCap. Appropriate Gotive USB driver has to be downloaded from support page http://www.gotive.com/support/ and unzipped in a local directory. - Page 50 Gotive H42 • User’s Guide Figure 49. ActiveSync connection settings On H42 Communicator open ‘PC Connection’ from ‘Control Panel’ Figure 50. PC connection Click ‘Change’ then choose ‘USB Serial’ or ‘IrDA’ according to connection used. Then click ‘Ok’ After plugging the USB cable to Docking Station, ‘Found New Hardware Wizzard’ is displayed on PC Figure 51.
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Page 51: Installing Windows Mobile Device Center Usb Connection (Windows 7)
Gotive H42 • User’s Guide Choose ‘Install from a list or specific location’ and click ‘Next>’ Figure 52. Found New Hardware Wizard Choose ‘Browse’ and select the path to the directory, where you have the driver. Click ‘Next>’ Installing Windows Mobile Device Center USB Connection (Windows 7) To make ActiveSync connection performs following instruction: Run the ActiveSync installation procedure on your PC and follow the instructions. - Page 52 Gotive H42 • User’s Guide Figure 53. Windows Mobile Device Center In case that connection is not established click 'Mobile Device Settings' and 'Connection Settings'. Make sure that Connection Settings are like on following picture. Figure 54. Connection Settings 17-02-04...
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Page 53: Creating Microsoft Activesync Irda Connection
Gotive H42 • User’s Guide Figure 55. Connection not established Creating Microsoft ActiveSync IrDA connection To establish the connection via Infrared port between your PC and Communicator successfully, please follow the next instructions: Install MS ActiveSync on your PC. Configure ActiveSync to use IrDA connection. - Page 54 Gotive H42 • User’s Guide 17-02-04...
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