Advantech Windows CE 3.0 User Manual
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1. villains allows GladysL AnnD and the SomeGroup group but restricts the KimYos user and the villains group or allows all users and or denies all users The string is interpreted sequentially in other words if GladysL is member of the Finance group the following strings will allow GladysL GladysL Finance Finance GladysL GladysL Finance Admins GladysL GladysL Finance GladysL GladysL GladysL Finance The following strings will restrict GladysL GladysL Finance GladysL Finance Finance GladysL GladysL GladysL GladysL Note is a group and it must be marked as such in the list It is possible that parsers understand both and syntax but they always use syntax Note that Administrators always have access to virtual roots with A set to 1 even if they are not on the UserList for that root and even if they are denied access explicitly in the UserList value How to login the telnet server 1 Use ipconfig exe to detect the IP address of the Windows CE device 2 Run telnet client program on your desktop machine For example telnet exe on Windows 98 3 Use the ID and password that are belong to the NT Domain and also listed on the User Lists to login Limitation The Windows CE telnet sample supports only a small subset of the telnet session negotiation flags2. Device Properties window Click on the OK button to close the Direct Connection window Close the remnet exe window Open control panel Double click the Communication icon Select the PC Connection Tab Select the Change button Select the name chosen for the connection made above e g My Connection Click the OK button to close the Change Connection window Close the Communications Properties window Close the Control Panel window Run regsave exe to save the registry 7 S amp S t oe Communic Date Time Dialing Display Display Input Panel Keyboard Mouse Resolutions ay q Ae 3 ras ci A FW a A Network 5 communications Properties d F Device Name PC Connection Volume amp go These settings control the connection between your Window s CE Sounds E device and desktop computer Warning Adjusting these settings Qe may result in an inability to connect with your desktop computer Allow connection with desktop computer when device is attached Connect using My Connection start 34 Control Panel communications Pro Re 7 07 AM 3 Download ActiveSync 3 1 from Microsoft web site to your PC www microsoft com pocketpc downloads activesync asp 4 Install ActiveSync 3 1 on your development host PC 5 Run ActiveSync 3 1 When the Get Connected screen is shown on the host system On the Windows CE system click on the St
3. Windows CE 3 0 Based Embedded System Users Manual Important Note Read Carefully This product is protected by the End User License Agreement EULA Please read it carefully before using the product Copyright Notice This document is copyrighted 2000 by Advantech Co Ltd All rights are reserved Advantech Co Ltd reserves the right to make improvements to the products described in this document at any time without notice No part of this document may be reproduced copied translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Advantech Information provided in this document is intended to be accurate and reliable However Advantech assumes no responsibility for its use nor for any infringements upon the rights of third parties which may result from its use Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries All brand and product names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders Part Number Table of Content Introduction Installation and Setting Tutorial Using Windows CE 3 0 Shut down the system Task Manager Command Prompt CMD EXE Advantech Registry Edit Utility Protected Registry Keys and Values Advantech Auto Launch Application Solution VGA Touch screen Keyboard Software Keyboard Mouse File system and Storage Floppy IDE Hard Disk Flash Disk CompactFlash
4. Stop web server and wait about 10 seconds 6 Start web server 7 Use the above Domain user name and password for remote login 8 When you update the settings it may create some keys Remember to restart stop and start the web server if you update the web server settings Virtual path and other web server settings You may use the browser to remote change the web server settings Note The web server or system will hang if you point virtual path to the DiskOnChip or it s sub directories You may point to IDE Flash disk directory e g DiskA DiskB and DiskC or other storage s directories to store the web pages For more information see 1 Online document Microsoft Windows CE 3 0 Web Server http msdn microsoft com library techart webserver30 ht m 2 MSDN Article Windows CE Web Server Using Web Tools to Monitor and Manage Embedded Devices http msdn microsoft com msdnmag issues 0500 wince wince asp 3 Microsoft Platform Builder 3 0 online help Internet services section or MSDN web site http msdn microsoft com library techart webserver30 ht m Application Programming Cross Development For Windows 98 NT 2000 application programming the development tool like Visual C and application can be on the same PC So developer can develop debug and test application on the same PC However this is impossible for most embedded system development Because some embedded systems are headless no display keyboard
5. see Microsoft Platform Builder 3 0 or Programmer s Guide to Internet Explorer for Microsoft Windows CE http www microsoft com windows embedded ce develop er applications appdevelopment iece30 asp Telnet Server Sample Windows CE Telnet Server Windows CE 3 0 includes a sample telnet server also referred to as telnetd which allow remote administration through a standard telnet client Using the telnet sample you can alter Windows CE exactly as if you were running the command prompt cmd exe on the device itself For example this can be an extremely convenient way to administer Windows CE devices that do not have displays You can use any of the built in commands for cmd exe when running telnet such as copy del and dir You can also run any executable program that does not create a Windowed UI through a telnet client This sample telnet server only allows one connection at a time Base Registry Keys for Telnet The protected registry contains named values for telnetd configuration Note HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE COMM TELNETD is a protected access restricted registry key on some devices that run Windows CE 3 0 or later Refer to the Windows CE Platform Builder documentation for more information about the protected registry Value Description IsEnabled Set to O to disable the sample telnet server otherwise set to nonzero If the telnet sample is started and this value is not present this value defaults to accepting conn
6. The system can periodically to check and mount the Floppy or mount by manual You may use the Floppy mount utility flmount exe to change the polling interval or start stop the polling Note If there is problem to access the floppy please check the BIOS setting and cable connection Hard Disk Flash Disk CompactFlash Disk If the target hardware does not support IDE device please skip this session The IDE driver built in for the pre configured Windows CE Image supports the IDE Interface Hard Drive Flash disk and CompactFlash Card Directory Name There is no drive letter C D or E in Windows CE The directory name for the IDE disk is Primary Master DiskA Primary Slave DiskB Secondary Master DiskC Secondary Slave DiskD Note For 256MB below Advantech PCD 100A PCD 250A PCD 350A PCD 1240V and PCD 1244H CompactFlash and IDE Flash disks the BIOS setting must be Normal mode Or the system may not get the correct Cylinder Head Sector data and cause errors DiskOnChip The M Systems DiskOnChip driver is built into the pre configured Windows CE Image if the CPU board has onboard DiskOnChip socket Please skip this session if the target hardware does not have DiskOnChip socket Note You must not change the memory jumper setting for DiskOnChip or the system will not work Directory There is no drive letter A C and D in Windows CE The directory name for DiskOnChip is DiskOnChip Serial Port
7. or mouse or the CPU is not powerful enough to install the development tool Cross development is the solution The cross development includes a powerful development host target embedded system and the cable connection between two system Windows CE Application Cross Development Environment Host PC with development tools Target Your Windows CE Embedded System Connection Ethernet or serial port connection Application Development Tools 1 Windows CE eMbedded Visual Tools 3 0 Microsoft Visual Tools 3 0 You may purchase Microsoft eMbedded Visual Tools 3 0 from Microsoft online store or Microsoft local Embedded distributor http www microsoft com windows embedded ce tools e mvt30order asp 2 Advantech Platform SDK To develop Windows CE application for Advantech platform you need to install the SDK There are two SDKs in the CD one is for Visual C and the other is for Visual Basic Development Host System Requirement 1 PC with Pentium processor Pentium 150 MHz or higher 2 Windows NT Workstation 4 0 with Service Pack 5 or later or Microsoft Windows 2000 Development Host Installation 1 Install Windows NT 4 0 Service Pack 5 or later or Windows 2000 2 Install Microsoft eMbedded Visual Tool 3 0 3 Install Advantech Platform SDKs Visual Basic and Visual C Remote Connection between Host and Target You may select Ethernet or serial port connection However you can only select one at a time for a tar
8. API Extension The default value is 48K MaxLogSize Maximum size that a log file can become before it is rolled over If this value is not set or if it is set to 0 no logging is performed MaxConnections Maximum number of HTTP requests the web server will handle simultaneously If this value is not set the default is 10 After the maximum number of connections are established additional client requests will be sent a 503 Server Too Busy message How to start web server Run httpdsvc start It will create IsEnabled key if it is not existed How to stop web server 2 Run httpdsvc stop Authentication and remote management You may use browser to remote manage the Windows CE web server However you have to take care of the authentication setting first Web server remote management 1 Run ipconfig exe to get the Windows CE device IP 2 Use any PC with browser to open http CE Machine Admin URL to manage the web server Remember to use httpdsvc exe to restart stop and start web server e g http 172 16 5 23 Admin NTLM Authentication 1 Make sure you have a Windows NT Domain on the network 2 Key in the Domain name for registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE COMM Redir DefaultDomain 3 Make sure Basic key is O and NTLM key is 1 4 Use regcedit exe to add the AdminUsers Key Type REG_SZ if it is not existed Add administrator user names must be NT Domain user to AdminUsers key 5
9. Also the telnet sample does not handle escape sequences such as backspace or Control C Some telnet clients only send a carriage return to signify a new line You must configure your telnet client so that it sends both a carriage return and a line feed a CRLF to use the sample telnet server See the documentation of your specific telnet client for information on how to do this Even there are many limitations of this sample telnet server however you may develop your own telnet server and using this Microsoft sample code as a starting point For more details please refer to Microsoft Platform Builder 3 0 online help Internet Services section Web Server httpd Windows CE is targeted to be the embedded operating system for all sorts of devices and systems telephones vending machines factory automation home security systems and so on A Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP server or Web server that is installed on any of these devices can be monitored configured controlled and managed remotely Users need to have an Internet connection and a browser only Note 1 The Windows CE Web Server does not provide proxy services 2 The Web server implements a subset of the HTTP 1 0 protocol It supports most of the same components as IIS but does not support CGI since ISAPI and ASP applications are more efficient 3 The authentication and permissions checks that are performed by the Web server should not be confused with a
10. Disk Serial Ports Parallel Port Ethernet Audio Digital I O Watchdog timer USB IrDA Communication Programs Browser Telnet Server Web Server Application Programming Cross Development Host and Target Development Tools Windows CE eMbedded Visual Tools 3 0 Remote Connection Serial Port ActiveSync Ethernet Visual C Programming Visual Basic Programming Q amp A Appendix Introduction Microsoft Windows CE is a compact highly efficient scalable operating system that is designed for a broad range of embedded systems and products Its multi threaded multi tasking fully preemptive OS environment is targeted specifically toward hardware with limited resources It s modular design enables embedded system and application developers to customize it for a variety of products such as industrial controllers and embedded communication devices Using Windows CE developers can leverage their existing Windows based programming skills Windows CE supports subset of Microsoft Win32 APIs and several additional programming interfaces Advantech s Windows CE based Embedded System It comes with the pre configured Windows CE OS Image and Windows CE license You don t need to waste time and energy on developing on board device drivers or using the Platform Builder to build the Windows CE Image we ve done that for you All you need to do is develop your Windows CE applications Advantech Enhancement for Windows CE Advantech continue
11. Serial Port Testing Procedure 1 Prepare a Null Modem cable to test RS 232 ports 2 Prepare another Windows 95 98 NT PC 3 Start the HyperTerminal exe Hypertrm exe on Windows 95 98 NT PC set the baud rate 4 On the Windows CE Target device Start the pegterm exe Make a New Session Input any number in the Telephone Number Select Force Local Click Configure Select Manual Dial in Port Settings Set the same baud rate as in 95 98 NT PC 1 Type some characters on both keyboards to verify the connection Parallel Port Windows CE only comes with PCL printer driver Most HP printers should support PCL If your printer does not support PCL then you have to develop the Windows CE printer driver To test the printer port you may 1 Connect a printer and use Advantech utility tstlpt exe to print a simple plain text page 2 Connect a PCL compatible printer and use the Browser to print out the web page Ethernet Network Setting If the hardware you have does not have network chip please skip this session Windows CE needs you to change the Device Name in the Control Panel before using the network functions Please follow the procedure below 1 Go to Control Panel gt Communications Properties 2 Change the default WinCE to any other name You have to select a unique name in the network 3 You may change the Network and TCP IP settings at this time Go to Control Panel gt Network The default IP setting is to obta
12. W32 in the directory of your choice Also select the proper platform e g Win32 WCE x86 and Win32 WCE x86em Click OK New 21 x Files Projects Workspaces AJWCE Application Project name e WCE ATL COM Appwizard Helow3d WCE Dynamic Link Library WCE MFC Activex Controlwizard Location Ed WCE MFC App Wizard dll CAT est 4P Hellow32 al WCE MFC App Wizard exe WCE Pocket PC Application Create new workspace WCE Pocket PC MFC App wizard exe Add to current workspace 5 WCE Static Library F Dependency of Win32 WCE SH3 CWwin32 WCE SH4 Win32 WCE THUMB The WCE Application Step 1 of 1 window is shown Select A typical Hello World application and click Finish This generates a Win32 application that displays you know what by now You can see in the left panel called the Workspace some files being listed Select Build HelloW32 exe from the Build menu The entire project is built in a few seconds and the executable HelloW32 exe is copied to the target Windows CE device through serial ActiveSync or Ethernet connection you set before MFC Programming This sample shows you how to develop a simple MFC application Start eMbedded Visual C 3 0 Select New from the File menu click on Projects and select WCE MFC AppWizard exe Then enter the project name HelloMFC in the directory of your choice Also select the proper pla
13. ailable on CD or Floppy You may copy it to the Flash disk when you need it The embedded system you get should have Windows CE software properly installed Please be careful not to delete or modify the important systems files in the flash disk System files Followings are the systems files in the root directory of Flash disk Please don t delete it or the system may not boot or work normally Configuration file bootcepc cnf Boot loader needs this file to load image Please don t delete this file or change the default setting Boot logo pcx file bootcepc pcx You may replace the bootcepc pcx with your own logo file but the file name must be the same Please backup this file before using your logo file The resolution should be 640x480 and color depth should be 256 colors Kernel I mage file nk bin This is the Windows CE image file Please don t delete it or modify it Note Microsoft Windows CE and Advantech software is protected by copyright laws Please don t make any illegal copy Tutorial Using Windows CE 3 0 Shut down the system Unlike other Windows Operating Systems there is a shut down button The Windows CE default shell is designed for Hand Held PC the Suspend button does not work for x86 Windows CE Embedded System To shut down the x86 Windows CE system you have to close all applications Then turn off of the power supply or reset the system Advantech has developed the solution to use the Suspend but
14. art then click on Run and type repllog but don t hit OK 6 On the Host system Get Connected screen click Next Then click OK on the Windows CE device Run screen a connecting to box will appear 7 When a serial connection has been established between the host system and the Windows CE device the ActiveSync icon on the Host PC task bar will turn green and a New Partnership screen will appear Microsoft ActiveSync Oe x File View Tools Help 0 Details Explore Options Guest Connected Syne Stop Information Type Status New Partnership Eg Set Up a Partnership fe t kd Before you can synchronize information between your mobile device and this computer you must set up 4 partnership between them Would you like to set up a partnership Yes Set up a partnership so that can synchronize information between my device and this computer don t want to synchronize information Set up my device as a quest so that can copy or move information between my device and this computer lt Back Cancel Help 8 Select the No option that states I don t want to synchronize information Note If a partnership has been made by clicking Yes option in the New Partnership dialog box to synchronize information it will NOT be possible to establish a connection between the host and Windows CE device T
15. cified in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE COMM Redir DefaultDomain Note The password itself is still sent unencrypted between the telnet client to the server Another potential risk of using the Windows CE telnet sample is that if a malicious user could log onto the device they would have complete control over it This could involve deleting or modifying key system files and the registry Security Considerations Because serious security risks it is recommended you only run the telnet sample on an internal network where you trust the users It is highly recommended you do not put this sample Telnet server on a public network such as the Internet How to enable Authentication 1 Make sure you have a Windows NT Domain on the network 2 Key in the Domain name for registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE COMM Redir DefaultDomain 3 Key in the user name in the UserList describe below 4 Set UseAuthentication to nonzero to require a password check on the user User Lists for Telnet and web Server It is possible to set access permissions on a per virtual root basis In this way specific users can be granted access to certain directories without allowing everyone access or having to add the users to the Administrative groups To do this set the UserList value for the appropriate virtual root with the list of users and groups who either have access to it or are denied access to it Examples UserList GladysL AnnD KimYos SomeGroup
16. e if they attempt to use the following registry functions in any of the above registry directories RegSetValueEx RegCreateKeyEx RegDeleteKey RegDeleteValue All applications including unauthorized applications will still be able to read any registry key or value Advantech Auto Launch Application Solution The default way to launch applications during Windows CE booting is to put your applications in a special Registry key and rebuild the Windows CE Image This is too complicated and not flexible for most application developers To solve this problem Advantech has developed the Auto Launch solution With this solution you can let the system run your applications without rebuilding the Windows CE Image 1 Go to Control Panel gt Registry Settings 2 Click Auto Launch 3 Click New 4 Add the applications with the full path name and arguments to the list Example Windows cmd exe k dir Windows pvbload exe DiskOnChip my vb Note You need to use pvbload exe to run Visual Basic programs vb files Advantech Memory Adjust Solution The Windows CE default setting for Storage Memory and Program Memory ratio is fixed Even you can change the setting however the setting will go back to the default after resetting the system Because x86 platform does not have battery to backup the setting in DRAM also the setting is not in Registry so the Windows Image has to be rebuilt for the new setting Advantech has de
17. ections UseAuthentication Set to nonzero to require a password check on the user otherwise set to 0 By default the telnet sample requires authentication For more information see Authentication and Security Considerations UserList List of users to grant or deny telnet access to Starting the Sample Telnet Server To start the telnet server make sure set the IsEnabled registry value to nonzero Stopping the Sample Telnet Serve To stop the telnet server when running it is necessary to set the IsEnabled registry value to 0 Note The telnet sample reads the values in the registry before servicing each request Therefore changes made to the registry take affect immediately and do not require the telnet sample to be stopped and restarted Authentication and Security Considerations If authentication is required a prompt requesting the user s name and then password will be sent to the telnet client on establishing a connection The password will not be echoed back to the client Note In all versions of Windows CE that support the telnet sample the password is sent in plain text across the network and is therefore vulnerable to packet snooping A malicious user could obtain the password to the device by watching packets sent back and forth between the telnet sample and client during the authentication stage On Windows CE 3 0 and later devices the password is checked using NTLM authentication using the domain controller spe
18. g Run gt Start Debug 6 Make your program into vb file Download Copy vb file to target Windows CE device Q amp A Why are the I nbox and Pocket Word missing Because most of the Embedded applications do not need Inbox and Pocket Word So we choose Full version as the default Windows CE license For Microsoft Inbox and Pocket Word applications the license Professional Version License is needed When I copied files to the root directory or Windows directory and reset the system they all disappeared Why The Windows CE uses the RAM based File system So directories such as Root and Windows are actually loaded in RAM For x86 platform there is no battery to backup the data in RAM The data will be lost after power is off If you need to store your files you may have to copy them to the following storage devices Floppy DiskOnChip or IDE Flash disk CompactFlash Card Hard Drive Does Advantech offer Windows CE system integration service Yes we can provide the complete Windows CE Embedded System based on your requirements You simply choose the Advantech hardware and Windows CE configuration we build the customized Windows CE Image The Windows CE Embedded systems we ship to you will include Advantech hardware Flash disk with pre installed Windows CE Image and Windows CE license Our Windows CE experience and strong customer focus enables us to understand your requirements and specifications By
19. get platform device If the platform has Ethernet please select Ethernet connection Because Ethernet is much faster Also if you use serial port connection on a platform with Ethernet there will be network conflict issue between Ethernet and the serial connection If the platform doesn t have Ethernet please select serial connection ActiveSync Serial Port Connection 1 Prepare a Null Modem serial cable Please make sure the cable pin out is exactly the same as in the Appendix Use this cable to connect the development host PC and Windows CE device 2 On the Windows CE device Run remnet exe Double click the Make New Connection icon Enter a name for the connection e g My Connection click the Direct Connection option Then click Next Select Serial Cable on COM2 Click on the Configure button Set the Connection Preferences as follows Baud Rate 19200 or other speed Data Bits 8 Parity None Stop Bits 1 Flow Control Hardware Device Properties Port Settings call Options Connection Preferences Manual Dial user supplies dial f0 rw strings Baud Rate 19200 Data Bits a x Use terminal window before Parity dialing Stop Bits Use terminal window after dialing Elow Control Hardware x Note You have to make sure the your host PC has the same serial port setting Baud Rate and others as the above Click on the OK button to close the
20. in an IP address via DHCP You may change to static IP 4 Run regsave exe to save the Registry setting 5 Reboot the system 6 You can use net command and UNC to access Windows 95 98 NT 2000 share directories and files However Windows CE does not support Windows 95 98 NT 2000 to view or access files on Windows CE device You may develop an application such as FTP applications to help out with this solution Microsoft UNC Universal Naming Convention To access files on the network you may need UNC It is A Server Name Share Name For more details please refer to Microsoft document net command The net command is helpful to view or access files on Windows 95 98 NT 2000 The Help information is available by net net view lt computername gt DOMAIN lt domainname gt net use lt local name gt lt remote name gt user lt username gt d Example net view MyServer MyShareDirectory cd My Server My Document cd MyServer MyShareDirectory Audio If the target hardware does not support audio function please skip this session You may go to Control Panel gt Volume amp Sounds to control the volume or change the WAV file for system events Advantech Audio Recorder Test Utility record exe SND AW record exe 1 Connect the microphone and speaker 2 Run record exe 3 Select sample rate 4 Record your sound 5 Play the sound Note If there is any pr
21. le pin out is correct or the ActiveSync connection will fail 2 Windows CE 3 0 related links Microsoft Windows CE 3 0 Software Developer Documentation http msdn microsoft com library wcedoc wceintro cestart htm Microsoft Windows CE Home Page http www microsoft com windows embedded ce default asp
22. lopment host and Windows CE device to the network Make sure they both get the IP addresses Run eMbedded Visual C 3 0 Run Tools gt Configure Platform Manager COON HAY Select the right platform device e g Advantech_ X86 to configure Click Properties Select TCP I P Transport for Windows CE Click Configure Select Fixed Port and press OK button Click Advanced button 10 Select Manual Server and press OK button 11 Press Test button to test the connection 12 It shows following prompt write down the long command line on paper Press OK Manual Server Action x Please make sure the following files are on the device WINDOWS tcpipe dll WINDOWS CEMGRC EXE WINDOWSSCETLSTUB DLL And launch CEMGRC EXE with the following cmd line ps T TCPIPC DLL D 88133137322E31362E 352E 313300 Cancel 13 Enter the long command line on Windows CE device You may need to enter this long string very frequently for the future debugging The best way is to write a bat file and reuse it 14 Once connected you may use the remote tools like Remote Registry Editor Visual C Programming Win32 Programming This sample shows you how to develop a simple Win32 Hello World application Start eMbedded Visual C 3 0 Select New from the File menu click on Projects and select WCE Application Then enter the project name Hello
23. n utility is in the Control Panel Calibration Utility You need to calibrate at least once for each system Here is the procedure 1 Run the calibration utility for the touch screen 2 Following the instruction to calibrate 3 Save the registry 4 Reboot the system Keyboard Most Embedded applications don t need a keyboard You may need to connect a standard keyboard to configure your Embedded system After that you may power off the system remove the keyboard and reboot Software Keyboard Run sipselect exe then there will be a red pen icon on the right of the shell bar To enable software keyboard you may 1 Single click the icon wait for the pop up menu then click keyboard or 2 Double click the icon To hide the software keyboard you may 1 Single click the icon wait for the pop up menu then click Hide input panel or 2 Double click the icon Mouse PS 2 Mouse is the default Windows CE Mouse device For the few platforms that do not support a PS 2 Mouse a Serial Mouse will be the pointing device Like the keyboard the system does not need a mouse for most Embedded applications Floppy IDE There is no drive letter A B in Windows CE The directory name for Floppy drive is Floppy Windows CE is different from other Windows operating systems the Floppy must be mounted before using it Mount utility Advantech has developed the driver and utility with auto mount feature
24. o remove the partnership select File Delete Partnership then reconnect Configure Platform for ActiveSync Serial Connection 1 2 3 CON OUA Run eMbedded Visual C 3 0 Run Tools gt Configure Platform Manager Select the right platform device e g Advantech_X86 to configure Click Properties Select Microsoft ActiveSync Click Advanced button Select Microsoft ActiveSync and press OK button Press Test button to test the connection Note You have to change the device name in Windows CE control panel for every new ActiveSync connection or there will be a duplicate name warning on Windows CE device Windows CE Platform Manager Configuration Select a platform or device to configure E B ADYVANTECH_x86 Add Device 2 ADVANTECH_86 Default Device Add Device w H PC Pro 2 11 Delete H Palm size PC 2 11 Pocket PC Properties About Testing Device Connection 9 Once connected you can use remote tools e g Remote Registry Editor on the eMbedded Visual Tool at Windows CE Remote Registry Editor Bol ales BA e e My Computer ag ADVANTECH_X66 Default Device ab value not set H HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT ii 17 H HKEY_CURRENT_USER B HKEY _ LACAL MACHINE 2 oa i ae AsyncMac H A AsyncMact 4 HTTPD Ei NE20001 2 pppl H PROXIM Ethernet Connection 1 Ww Connect deve
25. oblem please check the audio chip IRQ I O and DMA BIOS or hardware settings are the same as the Registry settings For Image size consideration it may be provided in Floppy CD rather than Windows CE Image Digital O If the target hardware does not support Digital I O function please skip this session You may use _inp _inpw outp and _outpw functions in your Windows CE application to access the I O address directly Advantech I O Port Test Utility ioport exe You may use the utility to read and write data of I O ports and test the digital O functions Watchdog timer If the target hardware does not support watchdog timer function please skip this session You may use _inp _inpw _outp and _outpw function calls in your Windows CE application to access the I O port to enable disable the watchdog timer Different CPU boards may have different ways to enable disable watchdog timer For more details please refer to hardware manual USB If the target hardware does not support USB please skip this session To enable USB please follow the procedure 1 Enable USB in BIOS setting 2 Power off the system 3 Power on the system 4 Plug in USB device like USB mouse Note 1 The pre configured Windows CE Image only includes USB mouse driver 2 To enable other USB device you need the Windows CE driver for the USB device In most case USB device vendor doesn t provide Windows CE driver That means
26. s the effort to develop Windows CE optimized drivers tools and components to further enhance Microsoft Windows CE package Followings are the key enhancements DOS less boot loader Persistent Registry Solution Auto Launch Application Function Memory and Storage Setting Solution Floppy Support IDE hard disk or Flash disk support Enhanced Serial Port Driver Enhanced Parallel Port Driver Installation and Setting Windows CE is an embedded operating system not a general purpose desktop operating system The Windows CE Image that comes with the product is pre configured for the dedicated hardware and settings for on board devices So in most cases you may not change the related BIOS jumper IRQ DMA I O address and memory address settings for the on board devices If you really need to change the settings please write down the original setting before changing any settings DRAM Installation 16MB DRAM is usually too small to run the full configuration Windows CE Image e g MAXALL configuration you may encounter memory low message Program Memory is Critically Low We recommend 32MB DRAM for most applications Currently the default system support up to 32MB for 486 platform and 128MB for pentium above platform Utility Programs Bigger Windows CE image file nk bin will consume more memory and make booting time longer In order to save resource some utility programs are not in Windows directory It is av
27. secure connection The Web server does not support any form of encrypted transmission such as Secure Sockets Layer SSL Therefore all data with the exception of Windows NT Challenge Response NTLM passwords that is sent between the client browser and the server is in plain text Note that basic authentication is vulnerable to packet sniffing so care should be taken when sending sensitive information to and from the server across a public or insecure network such as the Internet Base Registry Keys The protected registry contains named values for HTTPD configuration The registry key name is HKEY LOCAL_MACHINE COMM HTTPD If you change any value you must stop the Web server and then restart it to enable the new settings The following shows the named values for the protected registry HTTPD configuration parameters Note Some of the keys are not existed by default You may follow the example to add it or use regcedit exe to add the keys and values Value Description IsEnabled Set to 0 to disable the Web server otherwise set to nonzero Run httpdsvce exe start will create this key Port The port that is used to receive http connections This default port setting is 80 Do not change the port setting Basic If this value is nonzero Web server uses Basic Authentication for client connections NTLM If this value is nonzero the Web server uses NTLM Authentication for client browser connections Also if this
28. t up every time How to change Registry settings 1 Modify by Control Panel Some registry settings can be modified in Control Panel 2 Modify by Remote Registry tool in Microsoft eMbedded Visual Tool 3 Modify by Advantech Registry Edit Utility regcedit exe 4 Write your own application to call Registry related APIs Example APIs RegOpenKeyEx RegQueryValueEx RegSetValueEx and RegCloseKey How to backup the Registry into persistent storage Automaticly Advantech s utility will backup registry if you use Suspend button to restart system Manually You may also manually use Advantech Registry backup utility regsave exe The Registry backup file registry dat You may have to delete this file if you need to update or reinstall a new image nk bin Protected Registry Keys and Values Windows CE prevents untrusted applications from changing registry keys or values in certain crucial registry directories These registry directories are protected and can only be modified by applications certified as trusted by the original equipment manufacturer OEM Untrusted applications are unable to modify keys or values in the following protected registry directories or in any of their subdirectories HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Comm HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Drivers HKEY_LOCAL_MACHI NE HARDWARE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Init HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE WDMDrivers Untrusted applications receive the ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED error cod
29. tform e g Win32 WCE x86 and Win32 WCE x86em Click OK You may use default settings for the reset of Wizard steps and click Finish Select Build HelloMFC exe from the Build menu The entire project is built in a few seconds and the executable HelloMFC exe is copied to the target Windows CE device through serial ActiveSync or Ethernet connection you set before Visual Basic Programming 1 Start eMbedded Visual Basic 3 0 2 Select the right platform project e g Windows CE Advantech_ X86 Project New Project Microsoft Visual Basic 3 0 1991 2000 Microsoft Corporation All Rights Reserved New Existing Recent me See Windows CE Windows CE Windows CE Windows CE Sunita Formless Palm size forthe Poc HPCPRO Meyda x86 Project _ Cancel Help rl Tl Don t show this dialog in the future 3 Select the Windows CE Visual Basic components for this project Components M Microsoft CE Comm Control 3 0 Microsoft CE Commandbar Control 3 0 M Microsoft CE Common Dialog Control 3 0 M Microsoft CE File System Control 3 0 M Microsoft CE Grid Control 3 0 M Microsoft CE Image Control 3 0 M Microsoft CE ImageList Control 3 0 Microsoft CE ListView Control 3 0 M Microsoft CE PictureBox Control 3 0 M Microsoft CE TabStrip Control 3 0 M Microsoft CE Treeview Control 3 0 Microsoft CE ontrol 3 0 4 Write your Visual Basic code 5 Remote Debuggin
30. ton as the restart function When you push Suspend button the system will close all device drivers and then restart safely Task Manager Press Alt Tab key to run Task Manager Button description Switch To You can use arrow keys to select the task End Task You can stop the selected task Cancel Exit Task Manager Command Prompt CMD EXE The command Prompt provides similar commands as the DOS prompt You will be able to copy delete move and execute files Type Help for a list of commands Select Start gt Programs gt Command Prompt or just run cmd exe Advantech Persistent Registry Solution amp Setting The default storage for Windows CE Registry is DRAM However the x86 platform does not have a battery to backup the DRAM data after power off So the Registry settings will be gone after the power is off You will find the Registry settings will go back to the default value when you power on again To solve this problem Advantech had developed the solution for x86 Persistent Registry Setting for Persistent Registry The persistent registry solution needs a persistent storage Flash disk or hard drive to store the backup registry registry dat Please go to control panel and double click Registry Settings Key in the path to store the registry dat Example Key in DiskOnChip to store backup registry in DiskOnChip registry dat If you don t complete this setup the system will prompt you when system star
31. utilizing the core technology and intellectual property derived from our past projects we may already have the solution to your toughest problems solved before we even start By using these proprietary technologies as a foundation to your solution we can minimize the actual custom work saving you time and money With this total solution you can focus on what is most important to you your creative application What do I do to get a Windows CE device driver for my add on module Windows CE is tied directly to the hardware so many of the standard PC peripherals requiring drivers have been left out Advantech has developed hardware specific drivers for on board functions such as network VGA 1 0 of its specific single board computers All these drivers are well ported into the Windows CE image file to be shipped together with the single board computer or Panel PC Windows CE is different than Windows 98 or NT in that you can get the driver from the chip or board vendors and install the device drivers In most cases the Windows CE image needs to be re built with the add on PC 104 ISA or PCI devices Windows CE drivers Usually the add on devices do not come with a Windows CE driver So you may have to develop or purchase one from a third party Appendix 1 Null Modem Cable pin out DB 9 to DB 9 1 and 6 short 4 2 3 3 2 4 1 and 6 short 5 5 7 8 8 7 Please make sure your Null Modem cab
32. value is enabled failure of Basic authentication forces NTLM authentication DirBrowse If this value is nonzero directory browsing is allowed DefaultPage List of DLL names separated by commas that specify the filters to use DefaultPage List of page names separated by semicolons that specify file names interpreted by the web server to be default pages When browsing a directory the web server traverses this list looking for a file of the same name in the directory If present this file is sent to the client If no matching file exists the web server either sends a directory listing or returns an error See also DirBrowse above If more than one file name is matched the web server uses the first matching filename Filter DLLs List of DLL names separated by commas that specify the filters to use If no value is present default htm and index htm are used as the default pages AdminUsers List of user names separated by semicolons A user who has gained user access must be listed in this key to gain Administrator access LogFileDirectory Name of the directory in which to put logging files If the name is not set logging files are placed in the windows www directory If the directory that is specified is inaccessible no logging is performed PostReadSize Maximum number of bytes that the Web Server reads when receiving POST data To read more data you must either use a raw data filter or call ReadClient in an IS
33. veloped the solution and integrate into the pre configured Windows CE Image You only have to follow the procedure to change the setting 1 Go to Control Panel gt System 2 Click Memory 3 Move slider to the left for more memory to run programs move slider to the right for more storage room 4 Restart the system VGA Display Setting 1 Go to Control Panel gt Display Resolution 2 Select the resolution and color depth 3 Restart the system Note 1 This utility is only for Flat display driver This Flat display driver supports display chips with VESA 2 0 compatible VGA BIOS For the other display chip driver Advantech may develop special utility In this case please refer to the related document for more details 2 Please don t select the resolution and color depth which are not supported by the display chip You may also need to update the VGA BIOS to support different resolution or LCD type For more details please check the hardware user manual Touch screen If the target hardware does not come with the Touch screen please skip this session Touch screen is available as an option on most Panel PCs For the other CPU board platforms the default pre configured Windows CE Image does not include Touch screen driver and the serial port is available for the other device To add a Touch screen to the Windows CE platform the Windows CE Image needs to be rebuilt with the Touch screen driver The touch screen calibratio
34. you may have to develop the driver IrDA SIR If the target hardware does not support IrDA function please skip this session Please follow the procedure to enable IrDA 1 Enable IrDA in BIOS setting Make sure to select half duplex mode 2 Connect an IrDA Adapter to the CPU board Example ACTiSYS ACT IR210L http www actisys com IROL Advantech IrDA File Transfer Test Utility IrDA_snd exe and IrDA_rcv exe Prepare two Windows CE Embedded Systems with IrDA adapters and IrDA function is enabled Transfer file between two Windows CE devices Usage IrDA_snd exe filename IrDA_rcv exe filename Example Sending side IrDA_snd exe send txt Receiving side IrDA_rcv exe receive txt Note When you enable the IrDA it will use one COM port resource So the COM port will not be available to connect serial port devices Communication Programs Select Start gt Programs gt Communication to run the programs The on line Help information is in Start gt Help Select Remote Connections Remote Networking remnet exe See Topics about Connecting to an ISP Connection to a Network and Adjusting Remote Connection Properties Terminal pegterm exe Select Using Terminal Browser The browser is from Platform Builder 3 0 ESample Microsoft provides it as a sample Developers can refer to the sample code to customize the browser Note The browser doesn t support Java Applet For more information
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