User manual - TE_SmartClient_UsersManual

NAURTECH TERMINAL EMULATION & DATA COLLECTION WEB BROWSER FOR WINDOWS CE / WINDOWS MOBILE
CETerm | CE3270 | CE5250 | CEVT220 Page 8
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 5.0 operating system versions from Microsoft. Versions 5.1 of our Smart Clients fully
support these new OS platforms and are device tailored for various terminals.
• New “device tailored” versions. We have been working closely with every major hardware
device manufacturer to provide “device tailored” versions of our Smart clients for their latest
terminals. Version 5.1 will support several new terminals. These are listed in the “Supported
Device Tailored Versions” section.
• Continued Enhancements to Data Collection Web Browser. We believe that web based
applications will continue to play a key role in handheld data collection solutions. As such, we
have added even more capability to our integrated Data Collection Web Browser, to leverage
new support available from the Operating System. We have added new events and
extensions to our browser, including tighter control with RFID reader and Barcode scanner
peripherals. The Web Browser also supports a full CETerm JavaScript engine to extend the
behavior of our Smart Clients for customization and automation of your data collection
solution workflows.
• Scripting Workflow Automation Engine. This is one of the key features of version 5.1
product release. It introduces a full JavaScript environment running inside our Smart Clients,
which is separate from the Browser JavaScript engine. It allows the ability to write scripts to
customize and automate both terminal emulation and web browser applications using
JavaScript scripts. The CETerm JavaScript engine (Workflow Automation Engine) provides
capability to examine and control the OS, device and its peripherals (barcode scanner, RFID
reader, printer) through terminal emulation and browser sessions. This makes our Smart
Clients a robust platform to build any customized data collection application.
• RFID Read / Write control. Unlike barcode scanner data, which is scanned and decoded a
single entity at a time, RFID data can be read from multiple entities with a single read.
Further, this data may require being parsed, validated, sequenced, filtered, computed or
possibly reformatted prior to submitting it via a terminal emulation or web browser session to
the backend host application. Tight integration of our Smart Clients with the device RFID
readers allows for this data processing to happen right on the device, as opposed to the
backend host application or some middleware. This eliminates the need to make any
changes to the backend legacy host application for RFID enabled solutions. The Scripting
Workflow Automation Engine provides association with barcode scanner and RFID data read
events to build device local intelligence in your data collection solutions.
• Network Awareness Features. This is set of capabilities, first introduced in version 5.0,
added throughout the product to keep our Smart Clients aware of the network connection /
disconnection states, RF signal strength and host / server availability. Version 5.1 builds on
these “Net Awareness” capabilities to allow users to better manage their operational
workflows during network connectivity exceptions such as roaming out of RF range or loss of