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P/N: 977-054-007
Revision B
June 1999

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  • Page 1 6620 Hand-Held Computer TECHNICAL REFERENCE " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " P/N: 977-054-007 Revision B June 1999...
  • Page 2 " NOTICE The information contained herein is proprietary and is provided solely for the purpose of allowing customers to operate and service Intermec manufactured equipment and is not to be released, reproduced, or used for any other purpose without written permission of Intermec.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ............6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference CONTENTS "...
  • Page 4 Pen for Windows 2.0 Other Environments Related Publications Customer Support Bulletin Board Intermec Web Site SECTION 2 Toolkit for the 6620 Computer 6620 Toolkit Set Up 6620 Support Files Installing Toolkit Components Loading the Components Loading Infrared Support Loading Ram Radio Support...
  • Page 5 ......On the Remote Machine On the 6620 Computer to be Recovered Using a Parallel CD-ROM Drive Recovering “Main Data”...
  • Page 6 ..........6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference .
  • Page 7 ......TABLES Table 2-1 Component Executables Table 8-1 6620 Drive Mappings ......INDEX...
  • Page 8 CONTENTS 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference...

  • Page 9: Introduction

    Section 2 — Tool Kit for the 6620 Computer " Lists various tool kit drivers, from video support to internal flash drive support. Each driver is defined and includes sample configurations.

  • Page 10: An Open System Environment

    An Open System Environment The 6620 Operating System is Windows 95. One of the ma- jor benefits of this open-system approach is that you can acquire development equipment and software from many different vendors, including Norand Mobile Systems Divi- sion of Intermec Technologies Corporation.

  • Page 11: Introducing The 6620 Computer

    BIOS The 6620 Computer is shipped with a BIOS firmware (PhoenixBIOS V4.0) and Windows 95. See the 6620 Com- puter User’s Guide for instructions on how to change or up- grade the computer.

  • Page 12: Display

    Introduction SECTION 1 Display The 6620 Computer features a backlit, liquid crystal, touch- sensitive display, that consists of either 8.4” of color VGA display, or 8.7” of monochrome display. The touch panel is of the analog resistive type that is passive and does not re- quire a battery.

  • Page 13: Keypad

    The buttons control the scanner, the pen functioning as the right or the left mouse button, the brightness and contrast on the display, and the suspend or resume functions. See Section 1 in the 6620 Computer User’s Guide for more in- formation on these buttons. Memory The 6620 Computer comes with 16 MB of standard DRAM;...

  • Page 14: Pen

    Introduction SECTION 1 The special pen shipped with the 6620 Computer is pro- vided to make manual entries on the display. The passive pen has a tip made to reduce touchscreen wear and scratch- ing. The default function of the pen is that of the left mouse button, buttons on the keypad can switch the pen function to the right mouse button.

  • Page 15: Scanner

    SECTION 1 Scanner The 6620 Computer can be ordered with either a standard or long-range, 5-volt laser internal scanner. This computer also supports tethered (external) CCD, wand, and laser scanners. Note that internal scanners must be initialized before being used. Use the following two bar codes to initialize the inter-...

  • Page 16: Docks

    Introduction Docks Two basic dock accessories are used for the 6620 Computer: the single dock and the vehicle dock. Custom versions of these docks may be created for customer requirements. See the 6620 Computer User’s Guide for meanings to the dock LED indicators.

  • Page 17: Infrared

    Docking and Undocking Instructions on how to insert and remove a 6620 Computer from a dock are found in the 6620 Computer User’s Guide. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference...

  • Page 18: Tips For Getting Started

    Introduction Tips for Getting Started As you prepare to develop applications for the 6620 Com- puter (or port existing applications), keep in mind the following basic considerations, ideas, and suggestions: Windows 95 is the operating system. If you are expe- "...

  • Page 19: 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference I

    /w specifies to overwrite the flash. /fFILENAME specifies the file to write to the flash Or, use the UPDTROM.BAT batch file that can be found in the /ROM subdirectory on the Recovery CD. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference Introduction 1-11...

  • Page 20: Set Up For Pc Development

    2. Install the main battery. 3. Insert the 6620 Computer into the dock. 4. As the 6620 Computer starts the boot process, you will hear a beep signal. One beep is a normal boot, two beeps indicate a CMOS error.

  • Page 21: System Configuration

    RAM to 48 MB. The following constitutes the configuration items needed for a minimum development. PEN*KEY 6620 Computer, with a minimum of 16 MB " of system RAM for Windows. The Windows Toolkit for the 6620 Computer.

  • Page 22: Handwriting Recognition

    The handwriting recognition product, CIC Handwriter Rec- ognition System for Windows from Communication Intelli- gence Corporation, is installed on all 6620 Systems. It is a full-featured recognizer which includes a “trainer” that trains the recognizer to better recognize the handwriting of the user.
  • Page 23 From the Screen Keyboard’s menu bar, select Type → → → → Basic to use the above keyboard: Select Type → → → → Full for a full-sized keyboard that includes more punctuation marks and other symbols: 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference 1-15...
  • Page 24 All three keyboards pictured previously are of normal size. You can also elect to make the keyboard large or small. Use the Size menu on the Screen Keyboard title bar to make the change: 1-16 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference...

  • Page 25: Microsoft Visual Basic For Windows

    Windows programs, in general, grow to a large size quickly and can require a lot of extra DLLs, OCXs, or VBXs. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference Introduction 1-17...

  • Page 26: Other Environments

    6620 Computer. However, not all of the development environments will necessarily work as well, nor are they recommended. This is mainly, because of storage capacity and speed limitations of the 6620 Com- puter. There are other usable development environments. Here are some guidelines that can help to determine whether a particular environment is viable for a 6620 application.

  • Page 27: Related Publications

    " (P/N: 961-032-042) Customer Support If you have any questions about application development for the 6620 Hand-Held Computer or need additional tech- nical support, contact Customer Support at 800-755-5505 (U.S.A. or Canada) or 425-356-1799 for personal consulta- tion. The fax number for Customer Support is 1-319-369-6832.

  • Page 28: Bulletin Board

    BBS users. Contact Customer Support for a current URL ad- dress. Intermec Web Site Use the following URL to access the Intermec Technologies Corporation Web Site on the Internet: http://www.intermec.com A PDF online version of this manual will be available via the following URL: http://www.intermec.com/manuals/english...

  • Page 29: Toolkit For The 6620 Computer

    This section deals with how software, drivers, and tools are created, supported, and packaged for the 6620 Computer. The file complement in the Toolkit for the 6620 Computer differs from one release to the next. For an accurate list of Toolkit files, refer to the RELNOTES.TXT file, included in...

  • Page 30: 6620 Toolkit Set Up

    6620 Toolkit Set Up The Toolkit contains the following drivers and utilities that are installed on the 6620 Computer prior to shipping. Most components are optional (and marked as such) and can be installed via the toolkit utility found on the CD-ROM and are part of the default hard drive load.
  • Page 31 IR support, and can uninstall the setup files when they are done. Information about the IR support is found in Section 7. TDK 2814C Modem Support (Optional) " The TDK setup is factory-installed. Toolkit for the 6620 Computer 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference...
  • Page 32 Files are installed to the C:\6620Utilities directory. A Battery Meter icon is on the Windows desktop so you can access the following monitor that measures the total battery power available on the 6620 Computer. RAM Radio Support (Optional) " RAM.VXD is installed into the C:\Windows\System directory and hooked into the registry.

  • Page 33: 6620 Support Files

    (clean disks as the A:\ drive is not formatted) or to a subdirectory of your choice. These files will install the “Sierra Wireless Expert” and “Watcher” applications onto your 6620 Computer. See Section 9 for more information. Internal Scanner Driver (Optional) "...
  • Page 34 CRC32.EXE. Comments: Refer to the Toolkit RELNOTES.TXT file for the CRC values for each module used on the 6620 Computer. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 2...
  • Page 35 Usage: GPSON, GPSOFF Comments: To conserve power, the GPS module has dynamic pow- er control. This can be controlled automatically by the GPSHOOK.VXD driver, or manually through these two programs. Toolkit for the 6620 Computer 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference...
  • Page 36 Toolkit for the 6620 Computer MKBUF.EXE " Keypad test utility. Usage: MKBUF (no parameters) Comments: The screen displays an image of the keypad layout. Pressing a key results in highlighting that key on the display. As the <Susp> key is not attached to the key- board controller, it cannot be tested by this program.
  • Page 37 Usage: SWAPMON WIPECMOS.COM " CMOS maintenance utility. Usage: WIPECMOS (no parameters) Comments: This program clears the CMOS and erases the CMOS backup stored in the FLASH parameter storage area. Toolkit for the 6620 Computer 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference...

  • Page 38: Installing Toolkit Components

    Toolkit for the 6620 Computer Installing Toolkit Components The 6620 Toolkit is on the CD-ROM. You can elect to do a full or partial load from the CD-ROM via the “Wize Installa- tion Wizard” application. Do the following to load the 6620 Toolkit onto your 6620 Computer: 1.
  • Page 39 SECTION 2 Toolkit for the 6620 Computer 5. A warning screen appears, click the Continue button to move to the components page. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference 2-11...

  • Page 40: Loading The Components

    SECTION 2 Loading the Components 1. Use the “Select Components” window to select which components are to load onto your 6620 Computer, then click the Next button to continue. See next page for executables and pages with additional information about these components.
  • Page 41 MS Windows 95 Infrared Support 2.0 TDK Modem Support 281 4C 5600 Dock Lock Utility Battery Meter Utility Ram Radio Support CDPD Radio Support CDPD Radio Diskettes Internal Scanner Driver Toolkit for the 6620 Computer Table 2-1 Executable VIDEO.EXE PEN.EXE GPS.EXE GENUTILS.EXE PCMCIA.EXE APM.EXE...
  • Page 42 Toolkit for the 6620 Computer SECTION 2 2. Click the Install button in the “Ready to Install! win- dow to begin the installations. 2-14 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference...
  • Page 43 Click the Continue Installation button to continue load- ing that component onto the 6620 Computer. If you decide not to load a component, click the Abort Installation but- ton to move to the next component or to the end of the installation.

  • Page 44: Loading Infrared Support

    Toolkit for the 6620 Computer SECTION 2 Click the OK to reboot the system or click the Cancel to load the next component. Loading Infrared Support If you had selected the “MS Windows 95 Infrared Support 2.0” component to be loaded, an “Install Note” window ap- pears after the confirmation window for the “Infrared Sup-...

  • Page 45: Loading Ram Radio Support

    COM port and the base ad- dress. The “Select Com Port” window appears after several files are copied into the 6620 Computer. Click the scroll-down button to select from COM3, COM4 (default), COM5, or COM6, to which port the Ram Radio is to connect, then click the Continue button.

  • Page 46: Loading Cdpd Radio Support

    Toolkit for the 6620 Computer SECTION 2 Loading CDPD Radio Support If you select to load the “CDPD Radio Support” component, you will be able to set up the COM port. The “Select Com Port” window appears after several files are copied into the 6620 Computer.

  • Page 47: Loading Cdpd Radio Diskettes

    SECTION 2 Toolkit for the 6620 Computer Loading CDPD Radio Diskettes The “CDPD Radio Diskettes” component consists of instal- lation and executable files for the CDPD radio. If you select to load this component, you will be able to dictate to where the CDPD files are to be copied, such as a subdirectory or to four floppy disks.

  • Page 48: Finishing The Toolkit Installation

    " NOTE: If you do not have any additional component configuration screens on the desktop, we recommend that you reboot the 6620 Computer for the new components to reset the computer system. If you do have additional component configurations (such as the MS Infrared Support component), complete those configurations, then reboot the 6620 Computer.

  • Page 49: Installing Ms Infrared Support

    (pre- vious page), you will see this wizard on the desktop. Click the Next button to continue installing the in- frared support: Toolkit for the 6620 Computer 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference 2-21...
  • Page 50 Toolkit for the 6620 Computer SECTION 2 2. The manufacturer and model window appears with the default manufacturer and related model high- lighted. Click the Next button to accept the high- lighted items and continue. 2-22 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference...
  • Page 51 SECTION 2 Toolkit for the 6620 Computer 3. The next window responds with acknowledging the chosen infrared device and prompts for the port to which the infrared device is physically connected. The default port is highlighted, thus click the Next button to continue.
  • Page 52 Toolkit for the 6620 Computer SECTION 2 4. This window appears with the default simulated ports. Click the Next button to have Windows accept the de- fault ports given and continue. The system provides messages as it installed the infrared device.
  • Page 53 SECTION 2 Toolkit for the 6620 Computer 5. When done, the final installation window appears. Click the Finish button to activate the infrared device and return to the desktop. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference 2-25...

  • Page 54: Installing Cdpd Radio

    Toolkit for the 6620 Computer Installing CDPD Radio If you had selected the “CDPD Radio Diskettes” component to load installation and executable files onto the 6620 Com- puter, you can do the following to install the “Watcher” ap- plication from Sierra Wireless, Inc.
  • Page 55 SECTION 2 Toolkit for the 6620 Computer 4. The standard location to store the “Watcher” applica- tion files is a “Watchers” folder within the C:\Program Files directory. You can change the directory path by clicking the Browse button for a “Browse” window.
  • Page 56 Toolkit for the 6620 Computer SECTION 2 5. Use this page to customize the folder name that will contain the “Watcher” application program icons. You can change the folder name via the Program Fold- er(s) field. Click the Next button to accept the folder name and continue.
  • Page 57 6. After all of the “Watcher” application files and pro- gram icons are installed, you have the option to re- start the 6620 Computer to update the system proper- ties. If you elect to restart the computer, select Yes, then click the OK button to restart the computer. If...
  • Page 58 Toolkit for the 6620 Computer If you want shortcut icons on the Windows desktop for the “Watcher” and “Sierra Wireless Expert” applications, do the following: 1. Go to the Windows desktop, then right-click your mouse button for a pop-up menu.

  • Page 59: 6620 Recovery Procedures

    An empty PC Card slot " Many of the procedures documented in this manual require the use of floppy disks to properly set up a 6620 Computer for various tasks. Newer versions of “Recovery Windows” include this functionality on the hard drive.

  • Page 60: Complete System Recovery

    This process restores from the CD-ROM shared with anoth- er PC on the network: On the Remote Machine 1. Insert the 6620 Toolkit CD into the drive. If the “6620 Recovery Utility” is launched, close the utility. 2. Ensure the CD-ROM drive is shared and note its Share name.

  • Page 61: On The 6620 Computer To Be Recovered

    Customer Server at 800-755-5505 (U.S.A. or Canada) or 425-356-1799 or visit the Novell web site at: www.support.novell.com On the 6620 Computer to be Recovered 1. Boot with the Network Emergency Recovery Floppy. 2. Select option 1 “Re-image the Recovery Partition” from the prompt list.

  • Page 62: Using A Parallel Cd-Rom Drive

    " 6620 to be recovered) " NOTE: It is possible to network two different 6620 Computers in docks with a network hub to allow for rapid reimaging or image-to-image copying. For more information on “Image-to-Image” copying, see page 3-20. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference...

  • Page 63: Activating The Recovery Windows Partition

    On the Remote Machine Insert the 6620 Toolkit CD. Ensure that the CD drive is shared and note the Share name. On the 6620 Computer to be Recovered Ensure that the Ethernet card is enabled in the BIOS Set- up, advanced options, integrated peripherals.
  • Page 64 6620 Recovery Procedures SECTION 3 When the network drive is mapped, the “6620 Recov- ery Utilities” may AutoPlay. If AutoPlay fails, do the following to manually start the recovery procedures: a. Use “Windows Explorer” to find the CD. b. Double-click the RUNME.BAT file to access the “Recovery/Re-Image Utility”...
  • Page 65 Click the OK button to continue to the “Image” page. If either the Source or the Destination fields are blank or contain the “Set Me” text, like the following sample, click the applicable Browse button to assign the correct drive. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference...
  • Page 66 6. When done, select the Finish button to exit the “Re- covery Utility” and exit Windows. The “Main Data” partition restores the 6620 Computer to normal. After entering your name (and optionally, your company name), and accepting the license agreement, Windows prompts you for your Certificate of Authenticity from Micro- soft as it starts.

  • Page 67: Recovering From Parallel Cd-Rom

    SECTION 3 Recovering from Parallel CD-ROM oad “Recovery Windows,” then eject and reinsert the 6620 Recovery CD-ROM. If the CD-ROM fails to AutoPlay, do the following to manually start the recovery procedures: a. Use “Windows Explorer” to find the CD.

  • Page 68: Recovering From Pc Card - Method 1

    A “6620 Boot Card” contains just the Minimal Load of Windows 95 designed for systems without spinning media. This type of card con- tains no recovery utilities. It is not possible to use a “6620 Boot Card” in place of the above step.

  • Page 69: Preparing The Recovery Floppy Disk

    To prepare the recovery floppy disk for either the network (page 3-12) or CD-ROM (page 3-14) recovery methods, in- sert the 6620 Recovery CD-ROM into any desktop PC with CD-ROM support running any version of Windows 95. The “Recovery Utility” should AutoPlay. If not, do the following to manually start the recovery procedures: 1.

  • Page 70: Network Emergency Recovery Floppy

    1. Select Image a Network Emergency Recovery Floppy radio button, then click the Continue button 2. Click the OK button on the “Recovery Utility” warn- ing, if it is displayed (page 3-7), to continue. 3-12 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 3...
  • Page 71 The version of Windows running on the desktop PC used to prepare the disk is unimportant as all files necessary to make a bootable sys- tem on the disk are maintained on the Recovery CD-ROM. 6620 Recovery Procedures 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference 3-13...

  • Page 72: Cd-Rom Emergency Recovery Floppy

    1. Select Image a CD-ROM Emergency Recovery Floppy, then click the Continue button 2. Click the OK button on the “Recovery Utility” warn- ing, if it is displayed (page 3-7), to continue. 3-14 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 3...
  • Page 73 The version of Windows running on the desktop PC used to prepare the disk is unimportant as all files necessary to make a bootable sys- tem on the disk are maintained on the Recovery CD-ROM. 6620 Recovery Procedures 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference 3-15...

  • Page 74: Preparing The Network Recovery Pc Card

    Preparing the Network Recovery PC Card To prepare the recovery PC Card for the network recovery method, do the following: 1. Insert the 6620 Recovery CD-ROM into any desktop PC with CD-ROM support running any version of Windows 95. The “Recovery Utility” should AutoPlay.
  • Page 75 The version of Windows running on the desktop PC used to prepare the disk is unimportant as all files necessary to make a bootable sys- tem on the disk are maintained on the Recovery CD-ROM. 6620 Recovery Procedures 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference 3-17...

  • Page 76: Preparing A 6620 Boot Card

    " NOTE: This pertains to a minimum load and does not work on Windows NT. 1. Insert the 6620 Recovery CD-ROM into any desktop PC that has CD-ROM support running any version of Windows 95 and a PC Card Dock, such as a laptop computer with a CD-ROM drive.
  • Page 77 40 MB for storage. The drive ge- ometry does not matter when preparing an image as long as the card can contain the Boot Card Load. 6620 Recovery Procedures 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference 3-19...

  • Page 78: Image-To-Image Copying

    “Master 6620” unit and wish to duplicate this master image on one or more hand-held computers. This process assumes that you have a 6620 Desktop Dock, a network hub, and two network cables to network either a desktop PC (containing a full 6620 image) or another 6620 (in another single dock) to be cloned directly.

  • Page 79: Configuring The Destination 6620 Computer (Slave)

    “slave” systems. Configuring the Destination 6620 Computer (SLAVE) Do these steps on the destination 6620 Computer. This computer is considered the “slave:” 1. Boot the system with the special Peer Networking dis- kette or PC Card created using the Toolkit CD-ROM.

  • Page 80: Configuring A Source Desktop Pc (Master)

    (SLAVE). This di- rectory must be structured the same as the root of the data partition, such as having “Windows” as an immediate sub- directory: 3-22 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 3...
  • Page 81 2. Right-click the (MASTER) directory (with the com- plete tree) icon for the pop-up menu: 3. Select Sharing from the pop-up menu to access the “Properties” window for the Master directory. 6620 Recovery Procedures 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference 3-23...
  • Page 82 “Network” window. 2. Click the Identification tab for that page. Enter a unique name in the Computer name field, such as “Destination,” then click the OK button. 3-24 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 3...
  • Page 83 Click the Yes button to restart the system. After the restart and logon, sharing is activated. The master system should remain in this state while you are duplicating the “slave” systems. 6620 Recovery Procedures 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference 3-25...

  • Page 84: Tips

    This prevents conflicts with the destination computer during the initial boot- When entering the name of the master system, any " spaces must be replaced with the underscore ( _ ) char- acter. 3-26 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 3...

  • Page 85: Bios Recovery

    SECTION 3 BIOS Recovery While it is rare, it is possible for the 6620 BIOS to become corrupted. If this occurs, a loss of power while performing a BIOS version update is the most likely cause. The 6620 Computer implements a BIOS Boot Block which allows the system to recover from BIOS corruption in most cases.

  • Page 86: Operations

    EXAMPLE: Partutil /C 35 creates 35 MB suspend to disk partition. " NOTE: If you have a 48 MB RAM 6620 Computer, use a 52 MB partition. The general recovery process creates a 52 MB partition. Delete the suspend-to-disk partition...

  • Page 87: Advanced Options

    /LFilename Read disk and write a snapshot file Uninstall Erase the PARTUTIL.EXE file from the hard drive; or, run the uninstall for the entire disk tools set as part of the 6620 toolkit. 6620 Recovery Procedures Wipe Boot Records All (/WBA),...

  • Page 88: File And Printer Sharing

    “My Computer” window. 2. Double-click the Control Panel icon for the “Control Panel” window. 3. Double-click the Network icon to access the “Net- work” window with the “Configuration” page: 3-30 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 3...
  • Page 89 4. Click the File and Print Sharing button to access the “File and Print Sharing” window. Ensure that both boxes are checked. If not, check both boxes, then click the OK button to save and return to the “Net- work” window. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference 3-31...
  • Page 90 6620 Recovery Procedures SECTION 3 3-32 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference...

  • Page 91: 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference

    Double-click the GPS Test Program icon on the Windows desktop to access the application. GPS Drivers " " " " " " " " " " 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference Section 4 " " " " " " " "...
  • Page 92 These two boxes provide information about the satel- lite from which you are scanning. Head " Indicates the current heading (in degrees) of the user. Speed " Indicates the current speed (miles per hour). 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 4...
  • Page 93 This field displays the navigational data given by the satellite. Sats " Status of each of the twelve receive channels, includ- ing channel number, tracking information, satellite number, and satellite C/N. PDOP, HDOP, VDOP " Dilution Of Precision metrics. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference GPS Drivers...
  • Page 94 GPS Drivers SECTION 4 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference...

  • Page 95: Entering Text

    " " " The 6620 Computer has two methods of entering text via the stylus pen or your finger tip. One method is a screen keyboard which simulates the physical keyboard; the other method is a screen palette which permits you to hand-write your entries on the screen.

  • Page 96: Using The Screen Keyboard

    Entering Text Using the Screen Keyboard If your 6620 unit is configured to access the electronic key- board, the following appears: This keyboard is much like the physical keyboard that at- taches to the computer. One unique feature on this key- board is the ability to provide four common words that start with a letter you select.
  • Page 97 Palette Access " Select this key to switch to the screen palette, on which you use either your fingertip or your stylus pen to write your text. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference Entering Text...

  • Page 98: Using The Screen Palette

    Entering Text Using the Screen Palette If your 6620 unit is configured to access the screen palette, the following appears: This palette “translates” your writing into text, which is then entered in the zodiac95 fields. Below are some of the feature keys on the palette: Undo "...

  • Page 99: Ericsson M2100 Series Wireless Modem

    " " " The 6620 Computer is set up to work with the Ericsson M2100 Series Wireless Modem. A support panel is avail- able to provide status and error information. You can install this application from the 6620 Toolkit. The use of this application requires an M2100 Series Wireless Modem PC Card.

  • Page 100: Hardware Diagnostics

    Consult the online Help information via Start → → → → Pro- grams → → → → M2100 Wireless PC Card Utilities → → → → Hard- ware Diagnostics Help from the Windows desktop for in- formation on using this application. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 6...

  • Page 101: Setup

    From the Windows desktop, select Start → → → → Programs → → → → M2100 Wireless PC Card Utilities → → → → Setup, or double- click the Setup icon (shown left) to access the “Setup” win- dow. Ericsson M2100 Series Wireless Modem 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference...

  • Page 102: Support Panel

    Support Panel icon to access the “Support Panel” window, which provides statistics about the protocol in use. It names the radio modem in used, the signal strength received, and how much battery power is avail- able. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 6...

  • Page 103: Adjusting Options

    Select Options → → → → Refresh Interval Setup to access the “Refresh Interval Setup” window. Use this window to dic- tate the number of seconds (0–99) the 6620 Computer is to wait before scanning for signal strength and battery power information.

  • Page 104: Viewing Card Configuration

    Click the Close button to exit this window. Doing Diagnostics The Diagnostics menu allows you to test the modem card (Test mode) for any errors and to repeat that test if neces- sary (Echo test). 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference...

  • Page 105: Infrared Communications Support

    Windows 95 that you may have installed from the 6620 Toolkit. A support application is available on the 6620 Computer and can be set up via the Windows “Control Panel.” This section provides general information about setting up Infrared Support on your 6620 Computer.

  • Page 106: Setting Up The Infrared Monitor

    " NOTE: Click the Apply button to save all changes or click the Cancel button to exit “Infrared Monitor” without saving changes to the Infrared Sup- port application. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 7...

  • Page 107: Enabling Options

    The default COM port on which infrared communications is enabled is COM1, which means a COM port wired to IRQ 4 and I/O address range 0x3F8 to 0x3FF. The 6620 Computer can also enable COM2 wired to IRQ 3 with a range of 0x2F8–0x2FF.

  • Page 108: Choosing Preferences

    Monitor to display the “Infrared Monitor” icon (shown left) in the task bar next to the clock, open the monitor when communications are interrupted, or play sounds when de- vices are found within range or communications are inter- rupted. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 7...

  • Page 109: Identifying The 6620 Computer

    Identifying the 6620 Computer Use the “Identification” page to enter a name and a short description for this 6620 Computer. Type the computer name and description where necessary. If you do not have a physical keyboard attached to your 6620 Computer, click the text button (represented by the capital letter “A”...
  • Page 110 Infrared Communications Support 2.0 SECTION 7 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference...

  • Page 111: Cmos Setup

    If you are in a submenu, press the [Esc] key to return " to the original menu. CMOS Setup " " " " " " " " " " 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference Section 8 " " " " " " " "...
  • Page 112 Set the system time in the HH:MM:SS format. System Date: " Set the system date in the MM/DD/YYYY format. Diskette A: " Selects the floppy drive type. Currently, the 6620 Computer only supports a 1.44 MB floppy. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 8...
  • Page 113 " (Submenu — press [Enter] to access the submenu) Configures the primary slave IDE adapter. Set this to “None” on the 6620 Computer. Press the [Esc] key to return to the Main menu. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference CMOS Setup...
  • Page 114 " (Submenu — press [Enter] to access the submenu) Configures the secondary slave IDE adapter. Set this to “None” on the 6620 Computer. Press the [Esc] key to return to the Main menu. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 8...

  • Page 115: Drive Mappings

    PC Card Slot–0 Drive " PC Card Slot–1 Drive " PC Card Slot–2 Drive " See page 8-13 to learn about the 6620 Drive Mapping. Boot Options: " (Submenu — press [Enter] to access the submenu) Floppy check: " Controls the search for an attached floppy drive during POST.
  • Page 116 (Read-Only) Displays extended memory. Advanced The “Advanced” page lets you modify integrated peripherals (such as ports, volt power, IR type, etc.) and caches. Integrated Peripherals: " (Submenu — press [Enter] to access the submenu) 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 8...
  • Page 117 Aux Port: " Sets the 308, IRQ 5 address; or disables the Aux- iliary port (default). In the 6620 Computer, this port is attached to the optional internal GPS ra- dio module. (See Section 4 about the GPS driv- ers.) IR Type: "...

  • Page 118: Parallel Port

    Press the [Esc] key to return to the Advanced menu. CPU Cache " Enables (default) or disables the level 1 cache mode. HDD Write Cache " Enables (default) or disables the hard drive cache. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 8...

  • Page 119: Security

    (Read-Only) Denotes if both the User and the Super- visor can use the floppy drive, or just the Supervisor. Fixed disk boot sector: " Allows the boot sector to write-protect the hard drive from viruses — Normal (default) or Write-protect. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference CMOS Setup...

  • Page 120: Power

    Sets the type of suspend performed during user-initi- ated suspend — Suspend to RAM (default — save state but remain in low power mode) or Suspend to Disk (save state to disk and power off). 8-10 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 8...
  • Page 121 GPS radios — Local (default), Remote, or Auto. “Auto” dictates that the local antenna be used when the 6620 Computer is undocked; and the remote antenna be used when the 6620 Computer is docked. 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference CMOS Setup...

  • Page 122: Exit

    Loads default values into CMOS. Load Previous Values " Loads the CMOS values which were set before changes were made while in the setup engine. Saves Changes " Saves all CMOS settings. 8-12 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 8...

  • Page 123: 6620 Drive Mappings

    Boot Device feature (defined on page 8-5). Table 8-1 defines the probable drive mapping for devices available when a 6620 is booted into Windows 95 OSR2. The device mapping table includes entries with the follow- ing format: “drive letter(w)” — for example: D:(w) The (w) indicates that the drive letter is managed by Win- dows 95.

  • Page 124: Table 8-1 6620 Drive Mappings

    PC Card 0 * Indicates that the third drive may not always be available through Windows. Blank fields indicate that the device is not applicable. 8-14 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference Table 8-1 Device is present. Windows 95 PC Card 1...
  • Page 125 Blank fields indicate that the device is not applicable. PC Card 1 PC Card 2 F:(w) F:(w) G:(w) F:(w) E:(w) E:(w) D:(w) F:(w) G:(w) F:(w) E:(w) E:(w) D:(w) F:(w) G:(w) E:(w) F:(w) F:(w) E:(w) 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference CMOS Setup Hard Disk 8-15...
  • Page 126 E:(w) D:(w) * Indicates that the third drive may not always be available through Windows. Blank fields indicate that the device is not applicable. 8-16 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference PC Card 1 PC Card 2 Hard Disk F:(w) G:(w)

  • Page 127: Cdpd Radio

    6620 Computer Toolkit. If you had selected “CDPD Radio Diskettes” as a component to be loaded onto your 6620 Computer and installed the ap- plications from that component (instructions start on page 2-26), this section provides a brief view of two applications from Sierra Wireless, Inc.

  • Page 128: Sierra Wireless Expert

    CDPD Radio Sierra Wireless Expert The “Sierra Wireless Expert” is a wizard that configures and troubleshoots the CDPD radio for the 6620 Computer. Note that you should have previously activated your cellu- lar modem for this wizard to work. From the Windows desktop, select Start → → → → Programs → → → →...
  • Page 129 The “Sierra Wireless Expert” works with the modems listed in the following screen, select the correct modem that is installed in your 6620 Computer, then click the Next but- ton for location validation. If a modem is located, the “Sierra Wireless Expert” moves on to configure the proper COM port and baud rates for the modem.

  • Page 130: Watcher

    “Autoconnect” screen. As instructed, make sure your modem is connected and recog- nized by the 6620 Computer, then press the Start button. If successful, the “Watcher” application appears. Use this application to configure the Sierra Wireless modem and monitor various modem parameters.

  • Page 131: Minimal Windows 95 Load

    " " " " Norand Mobile Systems Division of Intermec Technologies Corporation provides a “minimal” Windows 95 operating system configuration for you if you want to reduce the size of the storage footprint required by the system. The mini- mal Windows 95 load contains all of the necessary files to...
  • Page 132 Should Windows manage the virtual memory " swap file size, or do I fix the amount of disk space available? 10-2 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 10...
  • Page 133 Windows 95 load. The utility then generates a script file showing all files opened during a given execution period. Minimal Windows 95 Load 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference 10-3...
  • Page 134 The FILCHK program then parses the out- put of FILEMON, to create a list of possible missing files. The 6620 minimal load flash card is then placed in a PC Card slot on a desktop PC or laptop PC. Then the missing files, specified in OUTLIST.W95, can be...
  • Page 135 FILEMON.FIL. Save the file to the C:\6620Utilities directory. j. Shut down Windows 95 on the 6620 Computer. k. Remove the flash card from the 6620 Computer, and place it back into the PC Card slot on the develop- ment PC.
  • Page 136 Filemon was running its trace: NETDET.INI WRKGRP.INI MSTCP.DLL DESKTOP.INI WINHLP32.EXE Of those files listed above, the following are files which are contained in the full Windows 95 load: \WINDOWS\NETDET.INI \WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTCP.DLL \WINDOWS\WINHLP32.EXE 10-6 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference SECTION 10...
  • Page 137 15-pin male D-sub connector, 5-volt power, CMOS setup, 8-7 6-pin mini-DIN connector PS/2 or PC AT keyboards, 1-9 PS/2 standard external mouse, 1-8 6620 Boot card – preparing, 3-18 6620 Computer AC power, 1-3 batteries, 1-3 BIOS, 1-3 boot card, 3-18...
  • Page 138 8-8 Diskette access, CMOS setup, Ext COM port, 8-7 IR port, 8-7 IR type, 8-7 Display, 1-4 Index-2 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference LPT port, 8-8 Dock lock utility, 2-4 parallel port, 8-8 executable, 2-13 scanner port, 8-7 DOCKLOCK.EXE, 2-13...
  • Page 139 3-5 parallel CD-ROM, 3-9 PC card – method 1, 3-10 PC card – method 2, 3-10 1-20 Mapping 6620 drives, 8-13, 8-14 Master 0 IDE Adapter, 8-3 Master 1 IDE Adapter, 8-4 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference INDEX...
  • Page 140 3-28 recovery disk, 3-11 general utilities, 2-3 uninstallation, 3-29 Printer sharing, 3-30 Index-4 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference Processor, 1-6 Radio support – RAM, 2-4 executable, 2-13 Radio switch, CMOS setup, 8-11 RAM radio support, 2-4 base address selection, 2-17...
  • Page 141 1-14 Visual C++, 1-17 VNPOWERD.VXD, 2-3 less, 9-1 W95TSCAN.DRV, 2-3 Watcher, CDPD radio, 9-4 Watcher application, installing CDPD files, 2-26 Web sites Intermec Technologies, 1-20 Sierra Wireless, 9-1 Systems Internals, 10-4 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference INDEX Index-5...
  • Page 142 RAM requirements, 10-2 appropriate development en- using FILEMON and vironment, 10-2 integrate software applica- Windows, toolkit, license, 2-1 tion, 10-3 WIPECMOS.COM, 2-9 NORAND and OEM drivers, 10-3 Wize Installation Wizard, 2-10 Index-6 6620 Hand-Held Computer Technical Reference WRITEIMG.EXE, 2-9 FILCHK, 10-4...

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