User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- IMPORTANT NOTICES
- RELEASE NOTES
- INTRODUCTION
- USING MOBILE COMPUTER
- LEARNING SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE
- SYSTEM MENU
- PROGRAM MANAGER & KERNEL
- SPECIFICATIONS
- DOWNLOAD UTILITY
- TROUBLESHOOTING
- CANNOT TURN ON WHEN PRESSING POWER KEY
- CHARGING ERROR
- BUZZER SEEMS NOT WORKING
- LED INDICATOR SEEMS NOT WORKING
- LCD TOUCH SCREEN SEEMS NOT WORKING
- KEYPAD SEEMS NOT WORKING
- VIBRATOR SEEMS NOT WORKING
- MOBILE COMPUTER SEEMS NOT WORKING
- CANNOT SCAN BARCODES
- CANNOT DECODE DATA AFTER SCANNING
- CANNOT TRANSMIT/RECEIVE DATA
- KEY REFERENCE TABLES
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8700 Series Mobile Computer Reference Manual
4.2.2 KERNEL UPDATE
Updates the kernel and bootloader. Suc h up date may be necessary to improve system
performance, or for the mercy of other cons iderations. Refer to Appendix I
Download
Utility
.
To download a kernel (K8700.shx) or bootloader (BL8700.shx) update, the procedure
is the same as that for downloading a program.
Any attempt to download an older version of bootloader will be rejected.
The system will restart itself right after downloading.
Warning: Whether during the downloading of ker nel update or d uring the system
re-start right a fter the kernel upda te, the mobile computer mustn’t be
powered off as it could lead to the permanent crash of the kernel.
Note: When RS-232 is selected for the transmission interface, the mobile computer stays
in download mode for about 30 seconds only. The preparation (such as connecting
the RS-232 cable) and the kernel update s hould be done before the download
mode expires.
Files downloadable through Kernel Menu | 2. Kernel Update are as listed below:
.SHX Program
Download one of the following firmware files:
Kernel update:
K8700.shx Firmware File
Bootloader update:
BL8700.shx
SETTINGS
Interface