Winmate M900P User Manual

Winmate M900P User Manual

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M900P
8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet
Intel® Apollo Lake Pentium N4200
Windows® 10 IoT Enterprise
User Guide
Document Version 1.0
Document Part No. 915211101049
Please read these instructions carefully before using this product, and save this manual for future use.

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  • Page 1 M900P 8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet Intel® Apollo Lake Pentium N4200 Windows® 10 IoT Enterprise User Guide Document Version 1.0 Document Part No. 915211101049 Please read these instructions carefully before using this product, and save this manual for future use.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide Contents CONTENTS ....................................2 CHAPTER 1: READ ME FIRST ..............................4 1.1 A ................................5 DVISORY ONVENTIONS 1.2 S ..................................6 AFETY NFORMATION 1.3 H ................................ 9 ANDLING AND AINTENANCE 1.4 D C) ............................10...
  • Page 3 Contents 6.1 A ................................. 59 CCESSORIES NTRODUCTION 6.2 I VG-100 ..............................60 NSTALLING ATEWAY APPENDIX ....................................61 A: S ................................62 PPENDIX PECIFICATIONS...
  • Page 4: Chapter 1: Read Me First

    8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide Chapter 1: Read Me First This chapter provides safety information, handling and maintenance precautions and other important information about using the M900P rugged tablet.
  • Page 5: Advisory Conventions

    Chapter 1: Read Me First 1.1 Advisory Conventions Four types of advisories are used throughout the user manual to provide helpful information or to alert you to the potential for hardware damage or personal injury. These are Notes, Important, Cautions, and Warnings.
  • Page 6: Safety Information

    8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide 1.2 Safety Information Precaution on Battery Pack The elements of the INSTRUCTIONAL Précaution avec le bloc-pile SAFEGUARD shall be as follows: Element 1a: not available Element 2: “CUATION” or equivalent word or text Do Not Disassemble, Modify, or Insert Sharp Element 3: “Risk of explsion if the battery is...
  • Page 7 Chapter 1: Read Me First Do Not Use This Product With Battery Other Than the One Specified. [FR] Ne pas utiliser ce produit avec une batterie autre que celle spécifiée Discontinue using device immediately if you notice the battery is swelling, or looks puffy or misshapen.
  • Page 8 8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide General Product Safety  Use only accessories specified by the Sécurité générale des manufacturer. [FR] Utiliser uniquement les accessoires produits spécifiés par le fabricant.  Do not block any ventilation openings. Do not ...
  • Page 9: Handling And Maintenance

    Chapter 1: Read Me First 1.3 Handling and Maintenance Gently wipe the display with a soft, lint-free cloth. Do not use alcohol or detergent on the product. General Guideline [FR] Essuyer délicatement l'écran avec un Guide Général chiffon doux non pelucheux. Ne pas utiliser d'alcool ou un détergent sur le produit.
  • Page 10: Declaration Of Conformity (Doc)

    8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide 1.4 Declaration of Conformity (DoC) FCC Statement This device complies with part 15 FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interference.  This device must accept any interference received including ...
  • Page 11: Chapter 2: Getting Started

    Chapter 2: Getting Started Chapter 2: Getting Started This chapter tells you step by step how to get the Rugged Tablet up and running.
  • Page 12: Introduction

    Thank you for purchasing 8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet Computer M900P. The M900P is a compact rugged tablet PC with robust set of features designed to withstand industrial use while providing high tech solutions that increase productivity, improve safety, and reduce operational costs.
  • Page 13: Description Of Parts

    Chapter 2: Getting Started 2.3Description of Parts Item Description Item Description D-Sub To connect a Gateway. Camera 2 MP Webcam. Connector 8” Touch Display and act as one of the Mic In/Line Out Connect headset or Screen inputs for the rugged tablet. headphone (Mic is only supported with 3.5mm 4- pin headset).
  • Page 14 8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide In POST (Before Windows boots up): In Windows: Button Keystroke Button Keystroke F6 to enter Menu Hottab Quick Access Recovery Menu Default: Web Browser F7 to enter BIOS setup screen Default: Camera, Default: Notepad, or Keyboard F3 Barcode trigger (Note 1).
  • Page 15: First-Time Operation

    Chapter 2: Getting Started 2.5First-Time Operation To get started: 1. Install storage card. 2. Install the battery. 3. Charge your tablet. 4. Start the tablet. 2.5.1 Installing Battery To install the battery pack: 1. Disconnect any cords connected to the tablet computer. 2.
  • Page 16: Charging Your Tablet

    8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide 2.5.2 Charging Your Tablet The tablet operates either on external AC power or internal battery power. It is recommended to use AC power when you start up the Tablet for the first time.
  • Page 17: Chapter 3: Setting Up Windows

    Chapter 3: Setting Up Windows 5. Wait for Tablet Computer to power off. Note: The computer will forcibly be powered off if the power button is pressed and held for 6 seconds or longer. Chapter 3: Setting Up Windows This chapter details how to setup the Windows that may be installed on the tablet for the first time.
  • Page 18: Operating System Introduction

    8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide 3.1 Operating System Introduction The M900P Tablet Computer operates on Windows 10 IoT Enterprise operating system. Caution : Make sure the battery is full charged before starting the Tablet Computer for the first time with internal battery power.
  • Page 19 Chapter 3: Setting Up Windows 3. On the Here's the legal stuff screen, read through the disclosures, then tapAccept. 4. Windows will then try to connect to network.TapSkip this step to continue without a wireless connection as you can then set up the network later. 5.
  • Page 20 8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide 6. To create a local account, type your User name, password, and Password hint in the fields provided, thentapNext. 7. The initial setup screens are complete, and the desktop is displayed. 8. Read any introductory screens describing features of your computer, and tapNext upon completing...
  • Page 21: Chapter 4: Operating The Device

    Chapter 4: Operating the Device Chapter 4: Operating the Device This chapter describes how to operate the M900P Rugged Tablet, including camera, Hottab, wireless communications, and barcode scanner.
  • Page 22: Hottabintroduction

    Note: Please download the SDK from Winmate Download Center. >>M900P>>Development Kit or check the Driver CD which is shipped with the tablet. Please notice that Barcode reader is optional module, please make sure user have ordered the module before using the SDK.
  • Page 23: Settings

    Chapter 4: Operating the Device 4.2Settings This Hottab menu option provides users information such as PC Information, Battery status, and also device settings such as power management setting, and function key mappings. Perform the following procedure to access the Hottab Setting menu: 1.
  • Page 24: Using Thephysical Function Keys (Hotkeys)

    8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide 4.2.3 Using thePhysical Function Keys (Hotkeys) The function key mapping menu option allows user to change the physical function buttons, Fn1 and Fn2. Users can change what application will be launched with short press or long press of keys.
  • Page 25: Shortcuts

    Chapter 4: Operating the Device 4.3Shortcuts HottabShortcuts Menuprovides an user-friendly interface to configureon-screensoftware short cuts and allow users to quickly access programs with a few tabs. The Shortcuts menu offers 8 empty slots to store user’s desired quick access. Shortcuts can be mapped to any of the executable files (.exe) installed on the tablet.
  • Page 26: Switch Via Built-In Hottab Utility

    8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide In screen lock mode, the screen will be locked unless user’s finger slides the unlock bar. User can also use mouse to unlock the screen. To change touch mode: (1) Shortly press Function Key 1 (To define the function key refer to User Manual, Chapter 4).
  • Page 27: Using Wireless Communications

    Chapter 4: Operating the Device Once the touchscreen mode switching is set to the programmable function button, Long Press on “F1” function button to cycle through the different touchscreen modes. When touchscreen mode is switched, an icon will temporarily overlay on the lower center of the screen to indicate current touchscreen mode: 4.5Using Wireless Communications This section describes how to get a quick access to set-up built-in devices, including turning on/off, setting up barcode reader, and expansion modules.
  • Page 28: Using The Gps

    8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide Item Status Color Description Orange Wi-Fi is enabled. White Wi-Fi is disabled. Wi-Fi 4. If the Wi-Fi feature is disabled (white), tap on the Wi-Fi icon to enable it (orange). 5. Click the wireless network connection status icon in the Windows notification area. A list of available wireless networks is displayed.
  • Page 29: Turningon/Offled Indicators

    Light Sensor is disabled. Light Sensor 4.8Using Barcode Reader The Barcode Reader is an optional feature of M900P Tablet PC and is not re-workable by the end user. To enable the Barcode Reader: Open Hottab utility by pressing (Menu) button located on the front panel or launching Hottab.
  • Page 30: Device Configuring And Setting

    8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide Check the status color of the Barcode icon. Item Status Color Description Orange Barcode Reader is enabled. Use Fn3 button to trigger. Barcode White Barcode Reader is disabled. Open the application where barcode reader will be displaying the scanned barcode.
  • Page 31 Chapter 4: Operating the Device 2.Click on EZConfig-Scanning v4_IE and allow the blocked content if browser is blocking the content. 3.Click on “Connected Device” icon and wait for system to discover the device (Honeywell N660X). 4.Once Honeywell N660X is discovered please click “Configure Device” button as shown.
  • Page 32 8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide...
  • Page 33 Chapter 4: Operating the Device 4.4.6.2 Scanning mode Settings 1. Click on Device Settings under the Input/Output settings section. 2. Select the desire scanning mode from the drop-down menu shown as below. 3. After selecting a desire scanning mode, click on the “Save to Device” on the side bar.
  • Page 34 8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide Scanning Description mode Manual When in manual trigger mode, the scanner scans until a bar code is read, or until Trigger the trigger is released. Two modes are available, Normal and Enhanced. Normal mode offers good scan speed and the longest working ranges (depth of field).
  • Page 35: Setting The 1D/2D Barcode Scanner Symbologies

    Chapter 4: Operating the Device 4.8.2 Setting the 1D/2D Barcode Scanner Symbologies The barcode scanner is shipped with default settings shown below. If the default setting suits the usage requirement, setting symbologies is not necessary. Symbologies Default Settings: Symbologies Default setting UPC-A Enable UPC-E...
  • Page 36 8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide ※Warning※ 1. The reset to default button will change all setting to default. 2. N660X could disconnect with system after clicking the reset to default button. If the Disconnection happened please scan barcodes below in the following steps.
  • Page 37: Adding A Prefix Or Suffix

    Chapter 4: Operating the Device 4.8.3 Adding a Prefix or Suffix 1. To add a Prefix or Suffix please click on “Data Formatting icon”. 2.Click on Editor button under the Prefix or Suffix section and create Prefix/Suffix value by typing in the block or select desire characters in the Control chars, Printable chars, and Extended ASCII.
  • Page 38 8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide 3. When you finish creating Prefix/Suffix, please click on “Save to Device” on the side bar. 4. For checking the functionality of Prefix/Suffix, please chick on “Scan Data Window” icon on the top. Then scan a barcode to verify if the Prefix/Suffix appear correctly.
  • Page 39: Chapter 5: Frequently Used Settings

    Chapter 5: Frequently Used Settings Chapter 5: Frequently Used Settings This chapter frequently used settings such as changing resolution and scaling, using recovery wizard and D-Sub port description, also contain basic troubleshooting guide.
  • Page 40: Screen Resolution Scaling And Setting

    8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide 5.1 Screen Resolution Scaling and Setting The M900P’s 1280 x 800 high resolution display is perfect for viewing image, video, or other applications, however, Windows user interface (icons, buttons, and other user interface elements) may be too small to read and operate at the default Windows settings.
  • Page 41: Changing Screen Resolution

    Chapter 5: Frequently Used Settings 1. A “Display” Window will show up. Click on the dropdown option under the “Scale and layout” section and change the scaling option to “150% (Recommended)” or any other desired display scaling. 5.1.2 Changing Screen Resolution Alternatively, instead of changing the display scaling setting, user may choose to change the overall resolution setting to make screen elements bigger.
  • Page 42: Replacing Battery

    5. The user may now use the device with the new resolution setting. 5.2 Replacing Battery The M900P Tablet does not support hot-swap, meaning the tablet need to be powered off to replace the main battery. Perform the following to replace the batteries:...
  • Page 43 Chapter 5: Frequently Used Settings...
  • Page 44: Using Recovery Wizard To Restore Computer

    8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide 5.3 Using Recovery Wizard to Restore Computer M900Prugged tablet has a dedicate recovery partition stored on the hard drive of the tablet to enable quick one-key recovery process. This partition occupies about 11GB of the storage space, and comes built-in to each M900Prugged tablet.
  • Page 45 Chapter 5: Frequently Used Settings...
  • Page 46 8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide 5. Wait till the recovery process to complete. During the recovery process, a command prompt will show up to indicate the percent of recovery process. 6. After recovery is completed, please press any key to continue, and the tablet computer will Shut...
  • Page 47: D-Sub Pin Definition

    AUGND_VD VD_USB_D- VD_RXD VD_DET 5.5COM Port Definition M900P rugged tablet uses Hottab utility for built-in peripherals control. All the COM port numbers have been defined in the OS image coming with the package. COM Port Device COM 1 RS232 at D-Sub15...
  • Page 48 8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide...
  • Page 49 Chapter 5: Frequently Used Settings Tap on "Port Setting" tab and click on "Advanced" button. Tap on the dropdown list and choose the correct COM Port Number (refer to the COM Port Definition Table), and click "OK". Double check "Device Manager" to make sure the COM Port number has been re-defined successfully, and then restart the system.
  • Page 50: Pairing With A Wireless Bluetooth Barcode Scanner

    8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide 5.6 Pairing with a Wireless Bluetooth Barcode Scanner The computer is affixed with a Bluetooth MAC (Media Access Control) address barcode label that enables wireless Bluetooth Barcode Scanner to quickly establish Bluetooth connection with the computer.
  • Page 51 Chapter 5: Frequently Used Settings 3. Once the Bluetooth & other devices Menu appears, click “More Bluetooth options” under Related settings section as shown below. Click OK to continue. 4. go to “Options” tab, and make sure that in the Discovery section, the computer is set to “Allow Bluetooth devices to find this computer”, as shown below: Click OK to continue.
  • Page 52 8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide 1. You are in “Add COM Port” window. Choose “Incoming (device initiates the connection)”, and click “OK”. 2. The computer will automatically assign COM Port to the Bluetooth connection. In the screenshot below, COM4 is allocated.
  • Page 53 Chapter 5: Frequently Used Settings Click OK to continue. 3. Next, the user has to configure the application that is used to accept the scanned data from the wireless Bluetooth Barcode Scanner. The application has to be configured to accept the same COM Port that has been assigned for the Bluetooth Serial Port Profile in the previous step.
  • Page 54: Set Up The Barcode Scanner For Bluetooth Pairing

    8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide 5.6.2 Set up the Barcode Scanner for Bluetooth Pairing Important The wireless Bluetooth Barcode Scanner has to be configured as Bluetooth Serial Port Profile Master device to establish connection via Bluetooth MAC address barcode label.
  • Page 55 Chapter 5: Frequently Used Settings In order to ensure that Bluetooth Device is successfully pared to the Computer, follow the steps below: 1. Locate the Bluetooth icon in the Notification Area. Select Show Bluetooth Devices. You can access this menu in the Control Panel: Control Panel ...
  • Page 56: Basic Troubleshooting

    8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide 5.7Basic Troubleshooting Problem Solution  The removable battery is not Make sure the AC adapter is properly connected, and that charging. the removable battery is properly inserted.  Nothing appears on the screen.
  • Page 57 Chapter 5: Frequently Used Settings Problem Solution  Barcode scanner does not emit Make sure the Barcode scanner device is enabled in laser beam and does not seem to Hottab utility.  work. Make sure under Windows, the Barcode Reader is set to COM 15 port, so that Hottab can trigger the Barcode Reader hardware.
  • Page 58: Chapter 6: Accessories

    8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide Chapter 6: Accessories This chapter listsavailable accessories and describes how to install accessories to M900P rugged tablet.
  • Page 59 Chapter 6: Accessories 6.1 Accessories Introduction The M900P accessories provide a variety of product support capabilities. Table below lists the accessories available. Accessory Part Number Description Standard Provides power 100-240VAC to Adapter and Power Cord 922D072W19V2 19VDC@3.78A 7.6V, typ. 4200 mAh Li Polymer...
  • Page 60 8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide 6.2 Installing Gateway VG-100 VG-100 is a gateway designed to be integrated into another system. It provides communications across in another system by the CANbus, RS485 and GPIO interfaces. It can also control I/O based upon message and signals received from the network.
  • Page 61 Appendix Appendix This chapter provides additional information about M900P rugged tablet.
  • Page 62 8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide Appendix A: Specifications Model Name M900P Size 8-inch Resolution 1280 x 800 Brightness 510 nits Display Specification Contrast Ratio 800:1 Viewing Angle 85/85/85/85 Touch 10-point projected capacitive multitouch Intel® Pentium N4200 Apollo Lake, 1.10 GHz, up to 2.50 GHz with turbo boost technology...
  • Page 63 Appendix Appendix B: Statement Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
  • Page 64 8-inch Rugged Windows Tablet M900P User Guide Industry Canada Equipment Standard for Digital Equipment (ICES) – Canada This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.
  • Page 65 Appendix les dispositifs fonctionnant dans la bande 5150-5250 MHz sont réservés uniquement pour une utilisation à l’intérieur afin de réduire les risques de brouillage préjudiciable aux systèmes de satellites mobiles utilisant les mêmes canaux; (ii) le gain maximal d’antenne permis pour les dispositifs utilisant les bandes 5250-5350 MHz et 5470-5725 MHz doit se conformer à...
  • Page 66 Winmate Inc. 9F, No.111-6, Shing-De Rd., San-Chung District, New Taipei City 24158, Taiwan, R.O.C www.winmate.com Copyright © Winmate Inc. All rights reserved.

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