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NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Copyright Notice This document may not be reproduced in full, in part or in any form, without prior written permission of Naurtech Corporation. Naurtech Corporation makes no warranties with respect to the contents of this document and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Table of Contents Preface ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Assumptions .................................................................................................................................... 6 Conventions used in this Manual.......................................................................
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Manage (Automated Licensing) ............................................................................................. 60 Touch...................................................................................................................................... 61 Configure KeyBars and Keys ................................................................................................. 62 Keybar Cycle ........
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Recording................................................................................................................................. 111 Playback................................................................................................................................... 112 Automatic login....................................................................................................................
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Preface All of us at Naurtech Corporation constantly strive to deliver the highest quality products and services to our customers. We are always looking for ways to improve our solutions. If you have comments or suggestions, please direct these to: Naurtech Corporation e-mail: support@naurtech.com Phone: +1 (425) 837.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Online Knowledgebase Although we continually strive to keep this manual up to date, you may find our online support knowledgebase useful for the latest issues, troubleshooting tips and bug fixes. You can access the support knowledgebase from our website at: www.naurtech.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE WHAT’S NEW IS VERSION 5.1 We have been listening to our customers and partners in developing new functionality within our products. In addition to all maintenance service patches, the following new capabilities have also been added to version 5.1. • Support for new Windows CE 5.0 and Windows Mobile 5.0 OS. Most device manufacturers are migrating their terminals to the latest Windows CE 5.0 and Windows Mobile 5.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE network connectivity to host / web server. We plan to add even more Network Awareness capabilities in subsequent releases, so end customers may benefit from productivity gains of seamless roaming and “casually connected” workflow operations. • Indicators (RF & Battery Strength…). Version 5.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Custom Keyboard mapping Physical keys on the device can be re-mapped to invoke any application operation or host key action.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Multi-Byte Character set: Asia Pacific language support Support for multi-byte character set (MBCS) languages, such as Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Japanese, Korean, Thai etc, is provided only for VT emulation. VT emulations also support the UTF-8 encoding and Single Byte Character Set (SBCS) encoding to support other languages such as Greek and Hebrew.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Automatic login Pre-recorded macros can be configured to launch automatically when a session is started and log into the host system. Users can configure their devices to go from "cold boot" to a host application screen without a single stylus tap. HotSpots A HotSpot is an invisible field on the terminal screen where a user can tap with a stylus to execute a function.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Macro Record and Playback All our Smart Clients have capability to record input keystrokes for a connected host session and subsequently play the recorded macros for easy, automated navigation through multiple host screens. A single macro may be recorded and associated with a host session. This macro may also be auto-launched upon a session connection to get "auto-logon" capability.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Integrated Demo modes Simulated host terminal screens are integrated within our Smart Clients for evaluation and sales demonstrations. No server component or network connection is required to run demo modes. Simply set the host name to “demo.naurtech.com” and connect. Text Input Tool For Windows CE devices without keypads, data entry is usually performed using a stylus with an integrated soft keypad.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Benefits of Naurtech TE and Data Collection Web Browser Terminal Emulation remains the well-proven, cost-effective solution for host access and automatic data collection solutions that result in the fastest ROI. With the proliferation of webbased applications, the Web Browser is becoming the new standard to access business processes and data.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE System Requirements Following are the system requirements to run Naurtech smart clients. Windows CE Version Operating RAM on device Connectivity Desktop connectivity Flash / Storage Card Windows CE 5.0, Windows Mobile 5.0 or greater, Windows CE.NET 4.2, Windows Mobile 2003 8 MB (Recommended 32MB or higher) TCP/IP enabled LAN, WLAN (802.11B) or WWAN (GPRS), Bluetooth ActiveSync 3.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Supported “Device Tailored” Terminals Naurtech TE and Web Browser smart clients run on ANY Windows CE / Pocket PC device, from Windows Based Terminals (WBT) to Pocket PC handhelds to vehicle mounted sub-notebook computers and everything in between. "Device Tailored" versions are available for ruggedized terminals with integrated support for barcode scanners and RFID readers.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE CN2A & CN2B 700 series CV60 CE 5.0 and WM 5.0 CE .NET 4.2 WM 2003 CE .NET 4.2 Motorola HC700 WM 5.0 WM 2003 Nordic ID PL3000 CE .NET 4.2 PL2000 CE .NET 4.2 MX7 CE 5.0 CE .NET 4.2 WM 5.0 WM 2003 LXE MX6 Psion Teklogix 7530 / 7535 Workabout Pro 8525 / 8530 iROC CE .NET 4.2 CE .NET 4.2 CE .NET 4.2 WM 2003 PSC 4420 / 4410 CE .NET 4.2 Symbol MC9000 WM 5.0 WM 2003 CE 5.0 CE .NET 4.2 WM 5.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Installation All Naurtech smart clients are distributed electronically and are packaged as a Zip file. Once you download the product from our website, follow these instructions to install the product to your handheld device. After unzipping the downloaded file on the desktop, you should have the following files in your local directory CExxxx.cab CExxxx.ini License.txt yyyy_readme.txt Setup.exe ReleaseNotes.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Quick Start This section is for advanced users who are comfortable with navigation within Windows CE and are familiar with host terminal emulation and web browser terminology. Follow these steps to connect to your host application with minimal configuration setup. For details on various configuration parameters, it is recommended that you read through corresponding sections later in the manual.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Quick “How To” Tips Automatically submit a barcode (Postamble ENTER) All device tailored versions of Naurtech smart clients directly interface with the barcode scanner engines. If you would like to configure your barcode scanning such that a key operation such as [Enter] or [Tab] or [Field Exit] etc is automatically appended after a barcode scan, you can set the postamble in the scanner configuration.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Configure Full Screen mode You can configure the application such that the display area occupies the complete display screen on the device. The “Start” bar, Application menu, toolbar and any KeyBars can be hidden. To configure full screen mode go to [Session] -> [Configure] -> [Display] -> [Advanced] -> [Hide/Show] tab. Enable the checkbox “Hide Menu Bar”, “Hide Keybar” and “Hide Toolbar”.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Run sessions over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) You can encrypt all data exchanged with your host applications over SSL.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Evaluation Mode You can download fully featured evaluation versions of our smart clients from our website (www.naurtech.com). In the evaluation mode, there is a limitation on the number of host connection attempts and the length of time for each “connected” session. When running in evaluation mode, users will be given a warning for the evaluation connection attempts and connected time.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Software Registration Although the evaluation versions of all Naurtech smart clients are fully featured, they are restricted by evaluation limitations. Following the expiration of evaluation limits, the application will fail to connect to the host and you must purchase a registration key to activate the product.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE This is a device unique License ID on which your license registration key is based on. It can be your device serial number, MAC address or another unique ID. You would have provided this License ID to Naurtech when purchasing the license. Enter your company name here Enter the registration key, which you purchase from Naurtech here. This is a unique key based upon your device license ID.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Product Version You can check your product registration and version number form the “About” dialog. Please keep the product registration key handy. You may be asked to provide this for technical support issues. Follow these steps to determine your product version number and licensing registration information.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Application Menu One of the benefits of using Windows CE / Windows Mobile platform devices is that they follow the popular desktop “Windows” metaphor. Naurtech smart clients follow the user interface guidelines as recommended by Microsoft. Windows CE uses command bars, which combine menus and toolbars together. The following image shows the application toolbar.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE The operations associated with application sub-menu options are shown below About the application, version, build, registration etc. Online application help Application exit. Can be configured to be disabled. Connect to / Disconnect from host >> << indicates current active session. indicates session is connected Open session configuration dialogs Password protect a session.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Application Toolbar An integrated application toolbar is provided for touch screen navigation. For Windows CE platform devices, this toolbar is available next to the Application menu. For Windows Mobile platform devices, you can bring up the toolbar by invoking the toolbar button next to the application menu. Below is a description of the toolbar buttons.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Configuration This section describes various configuration parameters for host connections. All these parameters are set using the configuration dialogs accessed from the [Session] [Configure] application menu. Except for "Connection" parameters, you can change or update any parameters at any time, whether the host / browser session is connected or disconnected.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE This following dialogs show the Connection tab of the host session configuration dialog. Windows Mobile Windows CE NOTE: The default settings will change depending upon the current selection of "Host Type". Host Type: This is the type of session required to connect to your host / web server application. Your choices are 3270, 5250, VT220 or HTML. The first three represent terminal emulation sessions.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Telnet Port: This is the TCP socket port number to be used to connect to the host system. The default is 23. You may change this to the telnet port on which your host application is listing. This setting does not apply to HTML sessions. Advanced This button opens an advanced connection configuration dialogs.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Confirm Exit (Connected): Check this option if you want to be prompted prior to exiting the application if one or more sessions are connected. Exit on Disconnect: Check this option to exit the application when one or more of the connected sessions disconnects. The disconnection may be triggered by either the user or by the host.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Initial Sleep: This is the time, in seconds, which the Naurtech smart client will wait during startup. This setting is useful when the client automatically starts during a device cold boot and connects to your host application. The “Initial Sleep” allows the underlying wireless network to initialize prior to the Naurtech smart client attempting to establish a connection.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE the host is alive. The network check is only performed if the pending URL is a HTTP or HTTPS type. Note that this does not check if your host web server has crashed. If this Network -> Host setting is specified, then that this host is the target of the ping. This can be useful if you have a network component or alternate host that can be used to query.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Enable SSL: Check this option to enable data encryption. Once enabled, all data sent to the host application is encrypted. All data received is decrypted Perform Certificate Checks: Check this option if you want the client to perform checks for valid certificate on the SSL server. IBM Options This tab maintains all advanced configuration attributes relating to IBM (3270 or 5250) terminal emulations.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE may also be allocated when connecting to an IBM host through an intermediate gateway. Default is blank. Error Row: In 5250 emulation sessions, the host application can send an error message for display on the terminal. The host application controls the row on which this error message is displayed. Setting this Error Row value displays the error message on this row.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE VT Modes This tab shows standard VT input and display attribute preferences. Windows Mobile Windows CE Background: This option controls the background shade for VT host sessions. Backspace: This option configures the backspace key to send either the Delete character or the Backspace character. Columns: This option specifies the number of columns for the VT host session to be 80 or 132.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE VT Options This tab shows additional VT options including support for proprietary protocol extensions. Windows Mobile Windows CE Answerback Message: Host applications may query the VT terminal for a text message answerback response. This response may be used to identify the terminal. Configure the answerback text string as per your VT host application requirement. Default is a Naurtech copyright message string.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Send Mode: Check this option to select buffering of text prior to being sent to the host. Character: This is the default VT behavior. Every character is sent to the host application as soon as it is typed. There is no local buffering. Line buffered: When enabled, all typed characters are buffered locally until a function key, editing key, Enter, or other non-character is typed.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Multi-byte: This group box wraps all configuration settings for international languages such as Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Hebrew, Greek and others. This support is only available for VT emulation sessions. Mode: This selects one of the several multi-byte modes to support single-byte and double byte character sets. Select the type of character set encoding.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\FontLink\SystemLink] "Tahoma"=\\Windows\\msgothic.ttc,MS PGothic Extensions: This group box wraps all VT protocol extensions that are proprietary to legacy emulations. These are provided to easy migration from legacy terminals to newer Windows CE terminals.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE DISPLAY This diagram shows the hierarchy of configuration attributes for the Display attributes The terminal display may be configured to optimize screen real estate and readability. These options may be configured for connected or non-connected host sessions. Hot keys are available to toggle the options on and off.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE NOTE: Except in special cases, only fixed pitch true type fonts will be visible in this dropdown list. If VT emulation has proportional fonts enabled, then you will also see proportional fonts The font weight selects the boldness level used to display the terminal text. The following shows the selectable options.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE ½ second. 100 is one second. An example of the setting can be 05300100. This will play a one second beep of 3000 Hz at half volume. Don't forget the leading zeros. Advanced: This button opens an advanced display configuration dialogs.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Hide OIA: Checking this box will toggle hiding of the OIA or the Operator Information Area. This option applies only to IBM 3270 and 5250 emulations. Pressing the hotkey[Ctrl][Shift][O] will alternate between the hide and visible states. NOTE: Hiding the application Menu, Toolbar and Keybar will give you additional rows of screen real estate and assist in locking down the device.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Colors Windows CE devices are available with a wide variety of display screens (LCD, Color, Active Matrix etc.). We provide predefined color schemes to enhance readability of the terminal text on the device. In addition to the predefined color schemes, a "Custom" color scheme is provided. The Custom scheme may be configured to suit the user's preferences.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Select Color: This button invokes the "Color" dialog to select a color for an attribute Intense: This check box, when selected, applies the custom color to the "intense" version of the selected attribute. This option applies to 3270 and VT emulations. Sample Attribute: This is a sample box that shows the foreground and background color of the currently selected attribute.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Cursor Options: This option allows you to change the cursor appearance. Three options are available: Full Block: The cursor appears as a full character block ( █ ) Half Block: The cursor appears as a bottom half block ( ▄ ) Underline: The cursor appears as an underscore line ( ▬ ) Automatic Scrolling: This option enables automatic scrolling so the current cursor position is always visible.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Font This tab holds advanced font settings for enhanced readability and international language character glyphs. Windows Mobile Windows CE Allow Proportional Fonts: Traditionally, only fixed pitch fonts have been used with terminal emulation. This option, when enabled, will allow proportional fonts in the font selection box. Some Asian language fonts are only available with proportional spacing.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Width Factor: This applies to a factor to the "nominal" width used when forcing proportional fonts to fixed width. A value of 100 is 100% of the "nominal" width. Values larger than 100 spread out the characters and values smaller than 100 squeeze them together. You may use "Force Fixed Width" and the "Width Factor" with fixed-pitch fonts to get more readable displays.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Serial Config: This button opens a serial port configuration dialog. COM Port: This is the serial communications port to which the printer is attached. Choices depend on the device. Users may select from COM, IrDA, Bluetooth, None, or one of the Virtual COM (VCOM0 - 9) ports. The default value varies with the hardware device. The None value can be selected to act as a “sink”.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE \\MyPrintServerName\PrintQueueName Name or IP address of the print server Name of the print queue on the network \\192.168.1.223\PrintQueueName To print directly to a network connected printer, enter the hostname or IP address of the printer. By default this will connect to port 6101 and send all print content directly to this port. Optionally, you can specify a different port.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE OPTIONS The diagram below shows the hierarchy of configuration attributes for the Options tab. The Options tab includes configuration for key remapping, Scripting, device access control, Indicators, Automatic licensing and touch screen features. All key remapping is configured right on the device. Configuration dialogs are accessible through the “Configure Keybars and Keys…” button.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Windows Mobile Windows CE Intermec Extended Commands: This attribute enables proprietary extensions from Intermec for controlling peripheral devices. "Extended Commands" are extensions to the terminal emulation protocol data stream (3270, 5250 or VT) that allow host applications to control serial printers, card readers etc.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Access The following configuration tab is invoked from the Advanced button. It maintains all settings for configuration Access control and Operating System lockout. Windows Mobile Windows CE Hide Start Bar: When checked, the Windows CE or Windows Mobile “Start” bar will be hidden. This option prevents users from launching other applications on the device.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE configuration. This capability prevents users from changing the configuration settings in controlled environments. Windows Mobile Windows CE NOTE: To remove the password, clear the password fields and press OK.. Info Items The Info Items tab holds attributes related to configuration and display of various Indicators.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Indicator: This is the type of Indicator for which the various configuration settings will be applied. Selection includes Battery State, RF Strength, Keyboard Mode and Browser Loading Indicators. Update: Enabling this check box will force a repaint update of the Indicator status. This setting should be enabled if the Indicator is displayed on the screen. Interval: This is the frequency of update in milli-seconds.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Manage (Automated Licensing) The Manage tab maintains all configuration attributes to manage the licensing, configuration and deployment of the application. For now, it maintains attributes for automated licensing. Device serial# or preset ID Device MAC address.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Touch This tab provides attributes to control touch screen interactions. Windows Mobile Windows CE Enable Touch Features: This is a global setting for all touch features. When checked, touch screen features are enabled, but must also be individually enabled. When un-checked, no touch features are enabled.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE NOTE: A Hotspot is a field on the terminal display where a user can tap with a stylus to execute a function. This allows a user to interact with a host application with minimal needs for special host keys. A simple example might be the use of PF Keys. An operation associated with a PF key might be displayed on the terminal as "PF1 = Help".
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Order in which the KeyBars will "cycle". Can include pre-defined KeyBars and Custom KeyBars This is the complete list of available for the KeyBars. You can select from these predefined KeyBars Windows Mobile Windows CE Add to Above: Tapping this button will add the highlighted Keybar from the bottom listbox to the top (selected) list of KeyBars.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Add to Above: Tapping this button will add the highlighted key from the bottom listbox to the top (selected) list of KeyBar keys. Delete: This button removes the highlighted Keybar key from the selected list of keys (top listbox) Enable Custom Context Menu: The keys on “Custom Keys 6” Keybar can also appear on the Context Menu.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE actions, you may need to change it in [Start][Settings][Buttons] so that the application keys can be remapped Remap Application Keys: Checking this box will allow remapping of the application keys Key: This is a list of the all the hardware application keys available on the device. This list will vary depending on the device. Select the Application key that you would like to remap.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Emulation: The custom key remapping is associated with a particular type of emulation such as 3270, 5250, VT or HTML. This keymap can be shared with other host sessions running the same host type emulation. NOTE: The external key remap, where the key remap bindings are loaded as part of a separate DLL, is no longer supported.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Keymap: Select the keymap you wish to edit. You may select the session specific map for the current session (Session #), an emulation map (3270, 5250, HTML, or VT), the Base map, or the Common map. Key: This column shows the ASCII character or "Virtual Key" symbol for the remapped physical key. If a symbol is not available, the key may be shown as a hexadecimal value.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Device specific Meta key configurations ASCII: When creating new keys, always use the "Virtual Key" (VK) mode unless the VK code cannot be determined. This usually only happens for non-standard hardware keys. If you know that the key you want to remap generates an ASCII character but you cannot determine the VK code, then use the "ASCII" mode and enter the character that is generated.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Text: This edit field is visible only if a "Text #" action is selected. You may edit the associated text directly. User Text All user text strings may be edited via this tab. Text strings may contain special escape sequences for VT or sequences of actions: \r \t \e \x5a \IDA_action\ - return tab ESC for VT sequences hexadecimal value invoke action NOTE: The \IDA_action\ text is proprietary to Naurtech.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Configure Scripting The “Configure Scripting…” button is used to create, import, edit, test and associate scripts. Our Scripting capability provides a platform to automate workflows with powerful JavaScript scripting and Workflow automation objects. It provides a "solutions platform" to build and customize business workflows.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE SCANNER Device tailored versions of Naurtech smart clients provide integrated support for barcode scanners. Scanner options may be configured and updated from the "Scanner" tab. • • • From the application menu, Select [Session][Configure] or tap the "Configure" button on the toolbar. A "Configure" dialog box will come up.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE \n New line \\ Backslash character \xYY where YY is a hexadecimal digit between 00 and FF to represent a character value %A ASCII label type (Symbol or HHP only) %C Custom label type, see config %D Date %H Device manufacturers labeltype as hex value %I AIM identifier letter of symbology, will be “*” if unsupported. %M AIM modifier digit of symbology, will be “*” if unsupported.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Aim Millisec: This attribute controls the duration of the aimer pattern prior to scanning of a barcode. Verify Input: When using IBM 5250 emulation and if Verify Input is checked, the input field at the cursor location will be checked to determine if there is sufficient space for the scanned data. If there is no input field or there is insufficient space, a warning will be displayed and the data will be discarded.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE such devices, it is recommended that you can enable only those symbologies that are being used for scanning and disable all other symbologies. Report Check: Check this box to report (or return) the check digit as part of the barcode data. NOTE: Each symbology has a separate set of configuration parameters associated with it. Selecting the symbology from the list will make these visible for configuration and update.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE “UPC” for UPC-A symbology and a custom id “C128” for Code 128 symbology. Placing a “%C” in either the pre-amble or post-amble would then add the corresponding string based upon the symbology of the barcode decoded. MAGNETIC STRIPE READER The device tailored versions of all our TE clients contain a powerful feature to select the desired data fields from the Magnetic Card Reader and to present the data to the host.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Replace: "Name:\1 Account:\2" The quantity between curly brackets "{}" is an exact number of characters to match. The first ".{4}" will match, and ignore, the first four characters of track 1. The "(.{20})" will match the next 20 characters which can be specified in the replace text as "\1". The next ".*" skips past the remainder of track 1 data.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE \d - where d is a digit [1-9] replaced by matched substring. \\ - replaced by \. Level 2 %T - replaced by MSR read time %D - replaced by MSR read date Level 3 Additional special character replacements. NOTE: Each of these must have the backslash doubled (escaped) to pass through Level 1 as a single backslash. We show only single backslashes below. 1.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Automated Licensing The automated licensing capability simplifies setting of license registration keys. When the user attempts to connect a session, a license server can be queried to provide a license key. CETerm will only query the license server if the device is currently un-licensed and if a license server URL has been specified in the CETerm configuration.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Some common error codes: 0x80070490 - License not found in XML document, check your XML. 0x800c0006 - XML document not found, check your URL and server. 0x80040154 - XML or SAX Parser not found on device. Unsupported or missing Microsoft components. 0x80004005 - General failure, cause unknown. The following steps should be followed to install the new “automated licensing” capability: 1.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Session Interaction All Naurtech smart clients allow up to four simultaneous host terminal sessions. Any or all of these sessions may be connected to a host, but only one session is in the foreground at any time. This is the active session and it receives all user interaction. Connected sessions in the background maintain their host session connections and update their (hidden) screen content.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Note: If you forget your session password and can no longer access your session, please contact us at support@naurtech.com Windows Mobile Windows CE CONNECTING / DISCONNECTING FROM HOST To connect to a host, configure the session parameters and select "Connect" from the application menu. Only disconnected sessions may be connected.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE NOTE: You can also follow these steps from the mobile device explorer running on your desktop, if your device is connected via active sync to it. AUTO-START A HOST SESSION You can configure sessions to automatically connect to the host when the emulator starts. This can be done using command line options or via an advanced connection configuration setting.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE USE BARCODES TO INVOKE OPERATIONS OR KEYSTROKES Within all Naurtech smart clients applications, you can scan a barcode with special content to simulate Keystrokes. In fact, any application operation can be invoked via ID action (IDA) codes with this approach. The barcode can be any symbology, but "Extended Code 39" is a good choice. Extended Code 39 is also called the "Full ASCII" mode of Code 39.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE RF Strength Indicator. Battery Strength Indicator. Double tab to get detailed status in popup dialog. Tap, hold and drag to screen location Configure notification message if strength falls below a specific threshold You can also include the RF and Battery strength Indicators on the Configurable Keybar so these appear as status buttons.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Show Time Show Serial # IDA_POPUP_TIME IDA_POPUP_SERIALNUMBER 6. You may want to add the same remapping to the base (unconnected) keymap as well NOTE: The device specific information, which may be queried, is dependent upon the device.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Key Remapping and Configuration All Naurtech smart clients provide functionality for key remapping and input. Users can choose one or more of the following mechanisms for key remapping and input. • Remap physical hardware keys on the device. Details for this functionality are discussed in the “Keyboard Key Remapping” section below. • Remap hardware keys or Keybar buttons and associate these with a Script.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE NOTE: External key remappings, involving a DLL file that may be built by Naurtech and placed on the device by the user is no longer supported. This is the old way of configuring key remapping. All custom key remapping DLLs (KMAPCET.DLL) from prior versions, if present, are supported.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE 6. Select the “New…” button. You will be prompted with a New key dialog. This is identical to the “Edit” key dialog 6.1 Select the key type to be "Virtual Key". 6.2 From the dropdown list, select the key you want to remap. In our remap example, you want to remap the F1 key so that when it is pressed a “W” is generated instead. (F1 t "W"). Select the key to be "F1" 6.3 Check any modifier state key checkboxes.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Meta keys can be assigned to hardware keys in much the same way that other key mapping is configured in CETerm. After Meta keys are assigned to hardware keys, they can be used in other key re-mapping assignments. For example, after the Blue Meta key is assigned, you may create the mapping where Blue + '1' switches to Session 1, etc.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE CONFIGURABLE KEYBAR Most Windows Mobile and Windows CE devices have a limited keypad. They often rely upon the Soft Input Panel (SIP) to "spell type" data. However, the SIP usage is cumbersome and it does not provide any special host keys such as those needed in a terminal emulation program.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE KeyBar slid over the application toolbar Application Menu Application Toolbar KeyBar dragged below the application toolbar Windows CE There are several pre-defined KeyBars that are provided with the application. These serve as emulation specific or operation specific templates. You may use these in addition to the customized KeyBars. The following table shows these pre-defined KeyBar templates.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE The following table shows bitmaps and associated action text for all the actions and operations that can be associated with the configurable keys.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE VT PF2 UDK F12 VT PF3 UDK F13 VT PF4 UDK F14 Numpad 0 UDK F15 Numpad 1 UDK F16 Numpad 2 UDK F17 Numpad 3 UDK F18 Numpad 4 UDK F19 Numpad 5 UDK F20 Numpad 6 Text 1 (User Text) Text 2 (User Text) Text 3 (User Text) Text 4 (User Text) Text 5 (User Text) Text 6 (User Text) Text 7 (User Text) (Text 8 (User Text) Text 9 (User Text) Text 10 (User Text) Text 11 (User Text) Text 12 (User Text) Text 13 (Use
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE VScroll Down (End) Battery charge level Home page (HTML) Time Go Back (HTML) Enables barcode scan trigger Go Forward (HTML) Scanner enabled status Page refresh (HTML) Battery strength meter SIP Up (HTML) RF Strength meter (tower) SIP Down (HTML) RF Strength meter (steps) Red / Blue Meta key press state info Run Script 1 Yellow / Green Meta key press state info Run Script 2 Device Serial Number Run
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE \r = Enter or Return \t = Tab \xDD = Hexadecimal value Customize User Text User Text is any arbitrary text that may be configured so that this does not have to be spell typed using either the hardware keys or the soft input panel on the device. You can associate the user text strings with the either software button keys on the Configurable Keybar or hardware keys.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE REMAPPING APPLICATION KEYS Most Windows Mobile devices have hardware application keys (buttons) that may be associated with installed applications. These keys may be used to launch associated applications. It is possible to remap these buttons to perform application or emulation actions. This remapping is valid only while the Naurtech client is running.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE 3270 HOST KEY DESCRIPTIONS ATTN The Attention key interrupts the host application. SYS_REQ The System Request key gives context to the System Software such as the SSCP (System Services Control Point) CLEAR The Clear key causes a CLEAR Attention Identifier key to be sent to the host and the host responds according to the host application. RESET The Reset key resets the terminal.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE PA1, PA2, PA3 The PA1 through PA3 keys communicate with the host application. Their use is defined by the host application. PF1 - PF24 The Program Function keys PF1 - PF24 communicate with the host application. Their use is defined by the host application. 5250 HOST KEY DESCRIPTIONS ATTN The Attention key interrupts the host application.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE The Roll Down key sends a request to the host computer to roll down the information on the display. DUP This DUP key is used to insert DUP characters in a field for host processing. FIELD MARK The Field Mark key is used to insert a Field Mark character in a field for host processing. DELETE The Delete key deletes data from an input field.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Bold Orange Bold blue Indicates 7 bit ASCII mode Indicates 8 bit ASCII mode HOLD The Hold key has no current action. ENTER The Enter or Return key transmits either a carriage return (CR) character or a carriage return and line feed (LF) character, depending on the VT configuration. COMPOSE CHAR The Compose Character key does not transmit a code.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE The 5 keys F1-F5 on a VT terminal are local function keys and do not send codes. When a device has physical keys for F1-F5, we send PF1-PF4 for the corresponding F1-F4 and send a custom escape sequence for F5, which depends on the device. VT KEYS ESCAPE SEQUENCE TABLE The following table shows the default association of escape key sequence with action for VT emulation within CETerm.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE CREATING CONTEXT MENUS If configured, you can tap and hold your stylus anywhere within the terminal display area of your device to invoke a context menu. This menu can be customized with specific entries. A special context menu is invoked when the user taps and holds the stylus in to top left edge of the display screen. This special context menu is never disabled.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Hotkey shortcuts All Naurtech smart clients have several predefined hot keys. These may normally be used with devices that have a keypad. The following table lists the default hotkeys.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Access Control / Device Lockdown In certain workflow scenarios, there is a need to prevent users from being able to change the application configuration. Further there may be a requirement to prevent users from exiting the application or launching other applications on the Windows CE device. The Access Control features address these needs.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Full Screen Mode You can configure the Naurtech smart client such that all device and application control menus are hidden and the whole display area is occupied by the terminal screen.. This is the full screen mode. To set up the full screen mode, you need to do the following: Hide application menu Hide application Toolbar and Keybars Hide Start bar To configure full screen mode follow these steps 1. 2. 3. 4.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE International Character Set & Code Pages In terminal emulation, support for international languages can be provided in two areas. They include (1) localizing the application and (2) input and display of language specific characters. Localization means that application dialogs; menus and other widgets are translated into the specific language.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Finnish 278 IBM01143.CAB Swedish 278 IBM01143.CAB Italian 280 IBM01144.CAB Spanish 284 IBM01145.CAB UK English 285 IBM01146.CAB French 297 IBM01147.CAB Belgian 500 IBM01148.CAB Icelandic 861 IBM861.CAB Poland Romania Hungary 870 IBM870.CAB Greek 875 IBM875.CAB Swiss 871 IBM01149.CAB Turkish 1026 IBM01026.CAB Thai 838 IBM838.CAB Multinational 256 IBM256.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE can be SBCS (Single Byte Character Set), DBCS (Double Byte Character Set), or UTF-8 encoding. If you are unsure, speak to your VT host application administrator. 4. Depending upon your encoding selection, the “Code Page” combo box will dynamically populate itself with all code pages available on your device. These code page numbers are well defined.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE HTML Browser Sessions One of the best value propositions, for upgrading to Windows CE or Windows Mobile handheld devices is the multi-application versatility and graphical user interface. The devices provide a migration path from legacy host applications, using text based terminal emulation to web-based applications with rich content.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Tab and Back Tab navigation with native HTML text objects. Tabs also work in the barcode post-ambles. • Device and Peripheral Control. Full control over barcode scanner and other peripherals (MSR, Smart Card Reader etc.) for browser based applications. Using HTML meta-tags, you can programmatically invoke any application operation from a web page. • Parse scanner decoded data.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Macros You can use macros to automate navigation across multiple host screens within a session. One simple use of macros is to automate the login sequence to the host application. Naurtech smart clients provide a Macro toolbar to control all macro operations. After recording a macro you can play this recorded macro any number of times.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE • Configure and connect a terminal session to the host application • Invoke the macro toolbar • to start recording the macro. Focus will shift to the terminal Tap the “Record” button application. The Macro toolbar title status will change to “Recording…”. You can interact with the host application as you would normally by entering text and host keys and getting response screens.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE AUTOMATIC LOGIN You can automate the login process to a host application for a given session. To do so, configure the host terminal session. • • • Starting at the first screen, record a macro for logging into the host application and navigating to the desired host application screen. Logout and playback the macro manually, using the macro toolbar, to ensure it works properly.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Printing All Naurtech smart clients support printing to a printer connected via a serial port, infrared (IrDA), Bluetooth, or over a WiFi (802.11x) network VT PRINTING VT terminal emulation in CETerm and CEVT220 support all VT printing commands. You can invoke VT pass-through printing to any configured printer.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Prior to printing, you may be prompted to provide a username and password. To directly route data to an IP port use the syntax: IPAddress:port For example if the printer IP address is 192.168.1.10 and is listening on port 2345, then you can: 1. Select "Network (WLAN)" printer connection option under [Session]->[Configure]>[Printer]. 2. Set the Print Queue value to be 192.168.1.10:2345 3.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE HotSpots A HotSpot is an area on the terminal screen where a user can tap with a stylus to execute a function. This allows a user to interact with a host application without using physical keys or the KeyBar. A simple example might be the use of PF Keys. An operation associated with a PF key might be displayed on the terminal as "PF1 = Help".
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Screen Panning Several host applications have been designed for the desktop screen form factor. These applications typically have 24 rows x 80 columns. When viewing these applications from a handheld device, only a portion of the host screen is visible because of the smaller display of the handheld device. Horizontal and vertical scroll bars are typically used to set the viewport location.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE SmartPads Depending upon the terminal emulation type, certain keys may be required to navigate within the host application. The SmartPad is a soft keypad that provides access to all emulation specific keys. You can invoke the SmartPad only if the session is connected. The correct SmartPad appears for the emulation type of the current active session.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Text Input Tool For Windows CE devices without a keyboard, data entry is usually performed using a stylus with the integrated soft keypad. This requires the user to spell-type text strings. This is a slow and tedious process. The Text Input Tool addresses this issue by sending complete text strings to the display window at the current cursor location.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Send: The Send button sends the text in the edit box to the current cursor location on the terminal display. Enter: Is equivalent to the Enter key. Tab: Is equivalent to the Tab key. BTab: Is equivalent to the “back tab” or [Shift][Tab] action. Esc: Is equivalent to the ESC key. Each entry in the list is preceded by an index value in the form “1. “ (Not shown in the image above.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Command line options All Naurtech smart clients support command line switches to launch host sessions. You can launch multiple configured sessions or one session via the following command line switch: -Sx where x is 1, 2, 3 or 4 to indicate one of the predefined session configurations S1, S2, S3 or S4 respectively.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Online Help All Naurtech smart clients have online help available on the device. This is provided through the Online Help feature of the Windows CE operating system. You can access online help from the application menu by selecting [File][Help]. Alternatively, you can invoke the device help from [Start][Help] and then select "Naurtech CETerm" You can navigate within the Online help via the Pocket Browser.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Deployment: Cold Boot Setup Since most handheld devices are diskless systems, during a cold boot, the handheld device will lose all installed applications, registry settings, shortcuts and application data. A device may cold boot for many reasons. This may be due to battery drain or hardware reset being performed by the user.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE and network settings. Visit our website at www.naurtech.com and go to the Knowledgebase articles on the support page for device specific details. COPY DEVICE IMAGE For larger deployments, it is beneficial to configure a single device and then replicate the device image settings to multiple devices. Different manufacturers provide different utilities to do this. The basic idea is the same however.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Troubleshooting The following table helps you troubleshoot problems with Naurtech smart clients. Recommended resolutions are provided for some of the common problems. Problem I connect to the host, but my host application screen does not look right.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE I cannot read the terminal screen very clearly. Is there a way to make the font bold? Can I change the foreground and background colors of my terminal? Can I use a Naurtech CETerm smart client along with a virtual barcode scanner wedge application? How can I check if I have a scannerenabled version of Naurtech TE and Browser client installed? I cannot scan barcodes.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Glossary 3270 A well defined protocol used to communicate and control IBM mainframe display terminals. 5250 A well defined protocol used to communicate and control AS/400 display terminals. 802.11 An IEEE specification that provides interoperability between mobile clients and wireless LAN access points.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE The actual software program, CETerm, CE3270, CE5250, or CEVT220 that runs on a handheld device to emulate a hardware terminal. Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange (EBCDIC) An 8-bit character set, typically used in IBM mainframe environments. Gateway A computer device residing between a terminal device and an mainframe host to "load balance" and manage the host traffic.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Radio Frequency (RF) Term used to indicate information exchange between computer devices where some or all of the communication uses radio transceivers. Random Access Memory (RAM) Fast computer memory used to store applications and data. Reboot A process to reset and restart a computer device.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE TN3270 A well defined Telnet protocol which defines the connection and interaction process for terminals to communicate with IBM 3270 mainframes. TN5250 A well defined Telnet protocol which defines the connection and interaction process for terminals to communicate with IBM AS/400 servers.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Index A Access Control · 58, 60 Aim Millisec · 72 Answerback Message · 40 App Keys · 64, 96 Auto Connect · 33 Auto Launch when device boots · 81 Auto Reconnect · 33 Auto Start host session · 82 automatic login · 33, 113 Automatic Scrolling · 50 Auto-Start a host Session · 95 Autowrap · 39 B Baud Rate · 53 Block Mode · 41 build version · 27 C C1 Controls · 39 Certificate Checks · 36 Code Page · 10, 37, 42, 106 Cold
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE I IBM Host key descriptions · 96 IDA action · 83 Include Common Map · 66 Initial Sleep · 34 install · 19 Installation · 24 Intermec Extended Commands · 114 password · 80 Playback · 112 Postamble · 71 Preamble · 71 Print Queue · 53 Printer Connection · 52 Proportional Characters · 51 Proportional Fonts · 51 R K Key · 25 Key Remap · 86 Keybar Custom · 63, 94 Keybar Cycle · 62 Keymap (Edit) · 66 Keymap Type · 65 re
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE U User ID · 25 User Preference · 41 UTF-8 · 42 VT Keys Escape Sequence Table · 101 VT printing · 114 W Width Factor · 52 V Verify Input · 73 VT Backspace · 39 VT Columns · 39 VT Host key descriptions · 99 VT Keyboard · 40 CETerm | CE3270 | CE5250 | CEVT220 X XOnOff Recv · 53 XOnOff Xmit · 53 Page 133
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Appendix A: ID Action Codes (IDA Codes) The following table lists all supported ID Action codes, which may be used with our Terminal Emulation and Web Browser sessions. Some IDA codes can only be used in restricted circumstances, such as IDA_URL.
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Symbolic Name Friendly Name IDA_b … IDA_z b … z IDA_LEFT_BRACE IDA_PIPE IDA_RIGHT_BRACE IDA_TILDE IDA_DEL { | } ~ DEL C1 ASCII Controls IDA_IND IDA_NEL IDA_HTS IDA_RI IDA_SS2 IDA_SS3 IDA_DCS IDA_PU1 IDA_PU2 IDA_CSI IDA_ST IDA_OSC IDA_PM IDA_APC Index Next Line Horiz Tab Set Reverse Index Single Shift 2 Single Shift 3 Device Ctrl Str Private Use One Private Use Two Ctrl Seq Intro String Term OS Command Privat
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Symbolic Name Friendly Name Description IDA_SESSION_S1 IDA_SESSION_S2 IDA_SESSION_S3 IDA_SESSION_S4 Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Switch to session 1 Switch to session 2 Switch to session 3 Switch to session 4 IDA_TOOLBAND_HIDE IDA_TOOLBAND_TOGGLEHIDE IDA_KEYBAR_HIDE IDA_KEYBAR_TOGGLEHIDE IDA_KEYBAR_LEFT IDA_KEYBAR_RIGHT Hide ToolBar Toggle ToolBar Hide KeyBar KeyBar Toggle Prev KeyBar Next KeyBar
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Symbolic Name Friendly Name Description IDA_OIA_VISIBLE IDA_OIA_TOGGLEHIDE OIA Show OIA Toggle Show IBM OIA bar Toggle OIA bar visibility IDA_PF1 IDA_PF2 IDA_PF3 IDA_PF4 … IDA_PF24 F1 F2 F3 F4 … F24 (Not VT PF1) (Not VT PF2) (Not VT PF3) (Not VT PF4) IDA_HOME IDA_DOWN IDA_UP IDA_LEFT IDA_RIGHT IDA_ENTER Home Down Up Left Right Enter IBM Actions IDA_IBM_HOME IDA_DELETE IDA_INSERT_ON IDA_INSERT_OFF IDA_INS
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Symbolic Name Friendly Name IDA_REMOVE IDA_SELECT IDA_VT_PF1 IDA_VT_PF2 IDA_VT_PF3 IDA_VT_PF4 IDA_VT_COMMA IDA_NUMPAD_0 IDA_NUMPAD_1 IDA_NUMPAD_2 IDA_NUMPAD_3 IDA_NUMPAD_4 IDA_NUMPAD_5 IDA_NUMPAD_6 IDA_NUMPAD_7 IDA_NUMPAD_8 IDA_NUMPAD_9 IDA_VT_ENTER IDA_VT_MINUS IDA_VT_PERIOD Remove Select VT PF1 VT PF2 VT PF3 VT PF4 Numpad Comma Numpad 0 Numpad 1 Numpad 2 Numpad 3 Numpad 4 Numpad 5 Numpad 6 Numpad 7 Numpad 8 Nu
NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION W EB BROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS MOBILE Symbolic Name Friendly Name Description IDA_USTRING_0 IDA_USTRING_1 … IDA_USTRING_63 Text 1 Text 2 … Text 64 Send user text 1 Send user text 2 IDA_SIP_HIDE IDA_SIP_SHOW IDA_SIP_TOGGLEHIDE IDA_SIP_LOCKDOWN IDA_SIP_UNLOCK IDA_SIP_UP IDA_SIP_DOWN IDA_SIP_FORCEDOWN SIP Hide SIP Show SIP Toggle SIP Lockdown SIP Unlock SIP Up SIP Down SIP Forcedown IDA_IM_KEYBOARD IDA_IM_LOCKED IM Keyboard IM Locked Send user t