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E5 User Manual
Rev 1.0 / 2017-08-01
ATHESI
http://www.athesi.com
Copyright © 2017 Athesi Limited. All rights reserved.
This User Manual is published by Athesi without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this User Manual
necessitated typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment,
may be made by Athesi any time and without notice. Such changes will, however, be incorporated into new editions of
this User Manual.

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  • Page 1 This User Manual is published by Athesi without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this User Manual necessitated typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by Athesi any time and without notice. Such changes will, however, be incorporated into new editions of this User Manual.
  • Page 2 Table of Contents Chapter 1: Overview ................4 Introduction .................... 4 Front, Rear, Side and Bottom View ............6 LED Notifications ..................8 Power on/off, Reboot ................8 Wake up and Sleep .................. 9 Charging & Battery Safety ................ 9 Chapter 2: Getting Started ..............
  • Page 3 Chapter 6: File Manager, File Transfer and Sync ........ 31 File Manager (Phone Internal and microSD memory) ........31 MTP USB connection ................32 FTP Server .................... 33 FTP Client ..................... 34 DSCloud (Synology) ................34 Chapter 7: Barcode (1D/2D) ............. 35 Side Buttons (Left &...

  • Page 4: Chapter 1: Overview

    This document requires basic understanding of Android operating system and the smartphone operations. This is written for CTO, IT professionals, system administrators, system integrators or sellers who need to know the benefits deploying E5 solution as well as its functions and features.
  • Page 5 User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer Abbreviations Abbrev. Descriptions Android Package Kit (the package file format used by the Android operating system for distribution and installation of mobile Apps) App(s) Android application(s)/program(s) DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (Dynamic IP addressing)

  • Page 6: Front, Rear, Side And Bottom View

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer Front, Rear, Side and Bottom View Earphone Barcode Scanner Jack (Honeywell 1D/2D Imager) Right Left Ear Speaker Volume Buttons Power Light Button Sensor Left Button Right Button Touch & LCD microUSB socket Microphone Back...
  • Page 7 User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer Microphone Camera Flashlight Hand strap hole SIM Cover Screw SIM Cover Screw Cover Hand strap hole Wrist strap Rear hole microSD Card Slot SIM1 SIM2 Slot Slot Rear (SIM Cover Opened)

  • Page 8: Led Notifications

    This is also one of the handy way to toggle Airplane mode. User Mode is a Athesi’s unique feature designed to lockdown the system environment and prohibit end-users from changing key settings. For details, please refer to Chapter 5:Kiosk Mode (User/Admin Mode).

  • Page 9: Wake Up And Sleep

    Excessive heat will introduce different kind of risks and damage battery as well. Being an industrial grade rugged unit, E5 is specially designed to meet this battery safety challenge:dynamic charging and double monitoring.
  • Page 10 User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer Dynamic Charging and Double Monitoring First, the charging is dynamic based on temperature. When battery is being charged, temperature is monitoredthroughout the whole process. If there is over temperature, charging will be STOPPED and ON HOLD.

  • Page 11: Chapter 2: Getting Started

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer Chapter 2: Getting Started Status Bar, Quick Settings & Notification Bar Android status bar is the most used user interface. It is where frequently used functions and key notification messages are seen. When the status bar is pulled down, there is an area called notification bar.

  • Page 12: Home Screen, Apps And Wallpaper

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer Home Screen, Apps and Wallpaper Home screen For the first-time Android is loaded, it will show a welcome screen. The display is called “home screen”. When user presses “home button”, system will always escape from the current App interface and return to “home screen”.

  • Page 13: Date & Time

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer Date & Time Location: Settings >Date & Time Date & Time Date & time should be auto adjusted when the unit connects to Wi-Fi or WWAN network (3G/4G). Time Zone Similarly, time zone can be adjusted automatically. In case fixed time zone is required, disable the feature and select a time zone manually.

  • Page 14: External Microsd Card

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer External microSD Card Location: Notification bar / Settings > USB & Storage Setup External SD Card When a microSD card is inserted to the unit, system will prompt user to setup the card. There are two options: ...

  • Page 15: Display And Sleep Led

    When this option is enabled, system will keep running even the screen is off. This is a Athesi’s unique that provides flexibility for administrators when a specific App needs maximum response on network data or processing runtime. Using this option will inevitably increase the power consumption.

  • Page 16: Audio Profiles & Sound Volume

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer Audio Profiles &Sound Volume Location: Settings > Sound & Notification or Status bar’s Quick Settings Sound Profile Audio profile can be selected handy via status bar’s Quick settings screen. Tap the “Audio Profiles” and select a profile, e.g.

  • Page 17: Google Play

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer Google Play Location: Settings > Accounts Google Account Google play requires Google account association on the unit. In fact, other Google services require Google account, e.g., gmail. Location: Play Store > Drawer > Settings Add Icon to Home screen This option is enabled by default.

  • Page 18: Screen Capture

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer Screen Capture Screen Capture This is very common to capture screen and transfer the captured screenshot via Android sharing function. Simply press and hold both power and volume down button. The screen will be captured and stored as image file under folder: phone internal storage/Pictures/Screenshots.

  • Page 19: Clean Reset (Restore To Factory Default)

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer 2.11 Clean Reset (Restore to factory default) Location: Settings >Backup & reset Clean Reset Option “Factory data reset” refers clean resetting the unit. This will restore unit to factory default settings. Thus, all installed Apps and data/files/settings will be erased.

  • Page 20: Chapter 3: System Information

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer Chapter 3: System Information S/N (Serial No.) and Version Information Location: Settings > About S/N and Version  Model number: E5  Serial number (S/N): a unique no. of the unit.  ROM Version + ROM Version Date: system firmware version.

  • Page 21: Phone Sim & Imei Information

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer Phone SIM & IMEI Information Location: Settings > About > Status> IMEI Information IMEI Information  IMEI (Slot 1): SIM slot 1 IMEI  IMEI (Slot 2): SIM slot 2 IMEI P.21...

  • Page 22: Chapter 4: Wireless Connectivity

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer Chapter 4: Wireless Connectivity Wi-Fi& Bluetooth Location: Settings > Wi-Fi Wi-Fi SSID List When Wi-Fi is turned on, nearby Wi-Fi networks (or SSIDs) are scanned and listed. The list comprises of both 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi networks.
  • Page 23 Nearby Bluetooth devices issue that the units may send/receive data via wrong networks. To address this common issue, Athesi has a unique feature which is able to lockdown the Wi-Fi settings and prevent end-users from modifying it. For details, please refer to Chapter 5:Kiosk Mode (User/Admin Mode).

  • Page 24: Phone And Sim

    Phone and SIM Location: Settings > SIM Cards Dual SIM Support E5 supports dual SIM configuration. It allows to receive calls and SMS message from two different cell phone numbers simultaneously. SIM cards can be disabled. For outgoing voice call and SMS message, tap “Calls” or “SMS messages”...

  • Page 25: Gps And Locations

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer GPS and Locations Location: Settings > Location Location settings When location is on, GPS is used to determine the location of the unit. Three modes of location can be used:  High accuracy: use GPS / Wi-Fi / Bluetooth / Cellular network to determine location.
  • Page 26 User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer NTAG215 Shenzhen Tong Card (Infineon) Octopus Card (Sony FeliCa) NFC tag info (Infineon) NFC tag info (FeliCa) NFC tag info (NTAG215) P.26...

  • Page 27: Chapter 5: Kiosk Mode (User/Admin Mode)

    Kiosk Mode (User/Admin Mode) Introduction E5mobile computerhas a Athesi’s unique feature called Kiosk Mode (User/Admin Mode). It is in fact two distinct modes of operation, one for administrator and the other for end-users. Admin mode is designed for administrators who has full rights on the system settings and application installation and un-installation.
  • Page 28 User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer Press and hold power button. To This is the user mode To switch back to Admin mode, switch over to “User Mode”, press environment with default user press and hold power button. and hold the option “User Mode”...

  • Page 29: User Mode Restrictions

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer User Mode Restrictions The summary of user mode restrictions: Admin Mode User Mode Purpose / Typical use System setting NOT allowed ** This hardens the system configuration. Installation and Un- NOT allowed ** This prohibits installation of unauthorized installation of App Apps.

  • Page 30: User Mode Settings

    Apps, that should be protected by user mode. Thus, if E5 is lost and there is NO way to break into it except format it, clean resetting it.

  • Page 31: Chapter 6: File Manager, File Transfer And Sync

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer Chapter 6: File Manager, File Transfer and Sync File Manager (Phone Internal and microSD memory) File Manager File manager App is a handy system tool to manage files and folders. It has full rights on both phone internal storage and external storage, i.e.

  • Page 32: Mtp Usb Connection

    In case of connection to Windows PC, newer Windows like Windows 8/10 are able to auto recognize Android devices. By default, E5 exposes internal phone and external storage, i.e. microSD card, to Windows via MTP protocol. MTP allows transfer of files/folders to and from the PC and Android device.

  • Page 33: Ftp Server

    SD card, i.e. /external storage/Android/data/com.theolivetree.ftpserver/files. For details about the write permissions, please refer to Chapter 2. External microSD Card. FileZila (FTP client) connects to E5 FTP server Note that filename (Remote site) displays files/folders like E5’s File Manager on phone internal storage. P.33...

  • Page 34: Ftp Client

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer FTPClient FTP Client AndFTP client is also a very handy App for transferring files/folder from the unit to remote FTP server. First, create a remote FTP site profile by entering parameters like hostname (FTP server address), Port no., username &...

  • Page 35: Chapter 7: Barcode (1D/2D)

    Chapter 7: Barcode (1D/2D) Side Buttons (Left & Right) E5 is designed with left and right button. The purpose is to allow users to start an action and associate it with the App like barcode scanning. Configure left and right button Run Side Buttons App.

  • Page 36: Honeywell 1D/2D Imager

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer Honeywell 1D/2D Imager E5 has inbuilt Honeywell 1D/2D imager, which is one of the best in the market with the state-of-the-art barcode decoding performance. The imager is compact which makes E5 not bulky. When scanning, it provides optimized white illumination that helps read all barcode in even dark condition.

  • Page 37: Chapter 8: Installing App By Apks

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer Chapter 8: Installing App by APKs Installing APKs Installing App: Google Play vs APKs Google Play is a software repository that enables single point of software download and auto-update of Apps. Most end-users use Google Play for software installation.

  • Page 38: Extracting Apks

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer Extracting APKs Apk Extractor is a powerful tool to extract Apps’ underlying APK files. This tool helps administrator to extract APK files from a master unit, which is the one has been properly configured with desired Apps.

  • Page 39: Chapter 9: Remote Support & Control

    Internet. Teamviewer is one of the most famous and popular remote support tool used and trusted by administrators worldwide. It can work behind firewall and thus no special firewall settings are required in order for Teamviewer to work. So long E5 has internet connectivity, remote access/control is possible.
  • Page 40 Teamviewer is able to access and remote support connection. control E5 screen remotely. Note: ROM v1.0.8 has a known issue that only remote screen sharing is allowed but not remote screen control by Teamviewer (PC). This will be fixed in the upcoming ROM.

  • Page 41: Chapter 10: System Upgrade

    User Manual www.athesi.com E5 Mobile Computer Chapter 10: System Upgrade 10.1 Recovery Mode There are two ways to perform system ROM upgrade. The first one is done via Recovery Mode. Copy the ROM file to the unit, typically via FTP server, and then move the ROM file to the external microSD card by File Manager.Follow the steps below to understand how it works.

  • Page 42: Rom Upgrade App (Ota Upgrade)

    E5 Mobile Computer 10.2 ROM Upgrade App (OTA Upgrade) E5 ROM upgrade can be performed by “ROM Upgrade” App. It allows upgrade from SD card or from Internet. It is highly recommend to use “Upgrade from Internet” as it will auto check if newer version is available from the cloud and will check for correct ROM for download and installation.

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