Users Guide

NOTE: Not all rugged devices support programmable buttons. See your device user guide for more information about
how to assign actions to programmable buttons your device supports.
NOTE: Availability of both press and hold touch types depends on your rugged device. See your device system manual to
determine the touch types your system supports.
Both hardware and virtual programmable buttons may support two types of touch: press, and press and hold. If your device supports
these two types of touch, each button can be configured to perform up to two different tasks depending on the type of touch used. See
Table 1 for the variety of programmable task options available, and their corresponding description.
1. Launch Dell Rugged Control Center on your tablet or laptop.
2. Click at the top of the Ribbon.
TheDell Rugged Control Center Dashboard is displayed.
3. Click in the Programmable Hardware Buttons section of the Dashboard.
The Edit Programmable Hardware Buttons window displays.
4. Click task options for a programmable button, selecting one task option for a short press, and one for a long press of the button. See
the following table for available task options:
NOTE: Available task options are dependent upon the model of your rugged device and hardware configuration; not
all options may be available to you.
Table 3. Programmable task options
Task Description
Move backward Go backward in a web browser.
Move forward. Go forward in a web browser.
Open favorites Open Favorites list in a web browser.
Open home page Open home page in web browser.
Open search page Open default search page in web browser.
Refresh page Refresh web browser page.
Scroll down Scroll page down.
Scroll up Scroll page up.
Show/hide tablet PC input panel Open Windows on-screen tablet input panel (tablets only).
Show/Hide Windows Mobility Center Open Windows Mobility Center.
Open tablet PC settings Open Windows Tablet PC Settings panel.
Key combination Press a user-definable key or key combination such as Alt+4.
Open Windows Action Center Open Windows Action Center, Windows+A. (Windows 10 only)
Windows Flip Open Windows Flip, Alt+Tab.
Windows Modern Task Switcher Open Windows Flip 3D, Windows Key+Tab.
Open Dell Rugged Control Center Open Dell Rugged Control Center Dashboard.
Turn off display Switch display on/off (cannot be assigned to virtual buttons).
Toggle display rotation Toggles between 2x portrait (90 left, 90 right/normal landscape
orientation).
Night Mode Turns display to lowest brightness setting. Pressing again
resumes previous backlight settings.
Microphone mute Switch microphone on/off.
Touch Screen On/Off Switch touch screen on/off.
Launch program Opens user-defined program (only files with .exe, .com, .cmd.
or .bat file extensions).
Barcode scan Triggers the barcode scanner
Option 1: Data only
Using the Dashboard in Dell Rugged Control Center 13