User's Manual

Chapter 7 — Managing the Computer
98 70 Series Mobile Computer User’s Manual
• You can update individual computers by transferring the packages
to the mobile computer and then installing them from the mobile
computer.
If you are using SmartSystems Console to update the computer, you
can purchase a Provisioning License to send the Image Update silently.
For more information, see “Sending the Image Updates Silently” on
page 99.
Updating Multiple Computers Using SmartSystems Console
You can use the SmartSystems console to update the operating system
or system software on your mobile computer. The console is part of
SmartSystems Foundation and is available from the Intermec web site
through the Intermec Developer Library (IDL). Before you can update
your mobile computer, you need:
• SmartSystems Foundation. To download SmartSystems
Foundation, go to www.intermec.com/idl and open the Device
Management page.
• the SmartSystems bundles you want to install. The SmartSystems
bundle contains the Image Update package file. These
SmartSystems bundles are available from the Intermec web site at
www.intermec.com. Go to Support > Downloads.
To update the mobile computer using SmartSystems Foundation:
1) Open the SmartSystems console.
2) Make sure the SmartSystems console and the mobile computer are
on the same subnet and they are connected wirelessly or through
Ethernet.
3) Make sure the mobile computer is in communications dock or a
charging dock or that power management is disabled.
4) Download the SmartSystems bundle to your PC.
5) Double-click the SmartSystems bundle on your PC to extract the
update files to the software vault.
6) From the SmartSystems console, locate the bundles to install and
drag them to each mobile computer (or group in a folder) you want