Application Deployment
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•
TCM (on development computer) to download the files.
Once these requirements are satisfied, the mobile computer can be upgraded by invoking IPL and navigating the
menus. See
Sending the Hex Image Using IPL on page 9-10
for procedures on downloading a hex file to the
mobile computer.
Terminal Configuration Manager (TCM) is an application used to customize flash file system partitions for the
mobile computer. The most common use is to create an application partition hex file that contains the customer's
application. TCM can also be used to load hex files to the flash memory of the mobile computer.
The program resident on the mobile computer that receives the hex file and burns it to the flash memory is called
Initial Program Loader (IPL).
The customization of partitions is controlled by TCM scripts. The scripts contain all of the necessary information for
building an image. The script is a list of copy commands specifying the files to copy from the development
computer to the partition.
TCM works with a pair of directory windows, one displaying the script and the other displaying the source files
resident on the development computer. Using standard windows drag and drop operations, files can be added and
deleted from the script window.
The DCP for MC17xxc50 includes scripts used by Motorola to build the standard factory installed
Platform
and
Application
partitions provided on the mobile computer. The standard
Platform
partition contains drivers while the
Application
partition contains demo applications and optional components. The standard TCM scripts can be found
in the following folder:
C:\Program Files\Symbol Device Configuration Packages\MC17xxc50 v1.0\TCM Scripts.
The required processes for building a hex image in TCM include:
•
Starting TCM
•
Defining script properties
•
Creating the script for the hex image
•
Building the image
•
Sending the hex image
•
Creating a splash screen
•
Flash storage.
Starting Terminal Configuration Manager
Click the Windows Start menu TCM icon (
Symbol Device Configuration Packages
,
MC17xxc50
) to start TCM. The
TCM
window appears displaying two child windows:
Script1
and
File Explorer
. The
Script1
window contains a
newly created script and the
File Explorer
window contains a file explorer view used for selecting files to be placed
in the script.
NOTE
Before creating a script to build a hex image, identify the files required (system files, drivers, applications,
etc.) and locate the files’ source directories to make the script building process easier.
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