Nordic ID Morphic User Manual Nordic ID International Headquarters Myllyojankatu 2A FI-24100 SALO FINLAND Phone: Fax: Email: +358 2 727 7700 +358 2 727 7720 support@nordicid.com www.nordicid.
Table of Contents 3.3 Stylus and Touch Screen............................ 20 3.3.1 Input Panel: Soft Keyboard ................ 21 (i) A few words of caution..................................... 4 (ii) Trademarks......................................................... 4 3.4 Rebooting your Nordic ID Morphic ............ 21 3.4.1 Soft-resetting your device................... 21 3.4.2 Hard-resetting your device ................. 22 (iii) Safety precautions .......................................... 5 3.
4. Data Capture...................................................... 37 4.1 Bar Code Reader......................................... 37 4.1.1 Checking on Bar Code Reading........ 37 4.1.2 Enabling / Disabling Bar Code Type. 38 4.1.3 Configuring Bar Code Specifics ........ 39 4.1.4 Changing Aim/Triggering of Bar Code Reading........................................................... 39 4.1.5 Changing Scanning Timeout ............. 39 5. Connectivity.......................................................
Nordic ID Morphic User Manual V0.3s draft, December 2008 © Copyright 2008 by Nordic ID Oy. All rights reserved. (i) A few words of caution (i) Nordic ID provides this publication “AS IS” without any warranty, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. (ii) This publication can include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors.
(iii) Safety precautions Laser beam The NORDIC ID Morphic is provided with a laser barcode scanner making the device a Class 2 Laser product. The laser scanner uses a low power, visible light diode. As with any very bright light source, such as the sun, the user should avoid staring directly into the light beam. Momentary exposure to a Class 2 laser is not known to be harmful. The NORDIC ID Morphic fulfils the regulatory requirements as follows: Complies with 21CFR1040.10 and 1040.
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Battery Use only original, Nordic ID approved rechargeable batteries being intended for the Nordic ID Morphic to avoid serious health hazards to you or to your fellow-men, or damage to the surrounding property and to your device. Battery Caution: Under no circumstances must you disassemble the battery casing or damage it. If the battery casing is damaged, for example, the joint of the casing is opened when the battery has fallen onto the floor, dispose of the battery.
Wall charger Before charging the rechargeable battery, check that the mains voltage into which you are plugging the wall charger (AC/DC wall adaptor) does not exceed the AC voltage specified on the charger unit. The input voltage exceeding the specified voltage on the AC wall adaptor may destroy the wall charger, and the charger electronics on your morphic.
(iv) CE Compliance Statement Hereby, Nordic ID Oy, declares that the NORDIC ID Morphic models are in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC (v) FCC Compliance Statement This hand-held device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
1. Introduction 1.1 Nordic ID Morphic Nordic ID Morphic is a data collecting platform to develop a lightweight handheld linkage between information encoded onto bar codes and the business applications running in the edge or data center systems. For automatic identification needs it provides 1 dimension barcode reader; 802.11b/g wireless communication with strong encryption and authentication; and user interface with alphanumeric keypad, touch screen, and 2.
2. Getting Started After opening the box, in addition to Nordic ID Morphic you have the booklet containing information on how to get started with the handheld. If you have a docking cradle for your Nordic ID Morphic, the box of the docking cradle also includes the booklet giving you instructions for what you should do to bring the cradle into service. Use those booklets as a main source of information on getting started with the handheld unit and its docking cradle.
Whatever the thickness of the battery is, installing the battery remains the same. The following series of pictures depicts battery installation in its compartment on the device. STEP 1: Open battery cover STEP 2: Put battery into its compartment STEP 3: Close battery cover 2.3 About the lithium-polymer battery Note that the lithium-polymer rechargeable battery included in the box is not fully charged. Before first-time use of the device the battery must be fully charged.
2.4 Charging Battery on Nordic ID Morphic A standard option to get the rechargeable battery charged is to charge it in the battery chamber of the device. However, there are two ways how to connect up the Nordic ID morphic to the mains to get the battery charged in its chamber. When there is no docking cradle available, the lead from the wall charger is connected to the power socket on the bottom of the Nordic ID Morphic device. After that the wall charger is plugged into the mains.
If your use of the device is so intensive during the workdays that the battery cannot power the unit for the whole workday without recharging it, then the spare battery is well worth considering. You can also see that keeping your Nordic ID Morphic fully operational all the time is essential to get your job done on time.
3. Basics of Nordic ID Morphic The every day use of Nordic ID Morphic becomes more effortless if you accustom yourself to some essential features, and to the basic logic embedded in the Nordic ID Morphic. On the other hand, when Nordic ID Morphic is being integrated with business application, it is good to know of the different features belonging to Nordic ID Morphic system.
Related information: Section ‘‘tab/alt’ Key’ Section ‘’Activator’ Key’ Soft keyboard Tapping on the Soft keyboard icon on the task bar the menu of the soft keyboard opens. With the menu you can open the soft keyboard on the display as well as close the soft keyboard window. The soft keyboard is also referred to as ‘Input Panel’ in the Windows CE documentary material.
3.2 Keypad 1. Activator 2. Navigation ring 3. tab/alt 4. Backspace 1 5 5. Cancel/Esc 2 6 6. Scan 3 7 8 7. F/mode 4 9 8. Alphanumeric keypad / Function keys 9. Power button / Hardware reset, by holding down for 5 sec. Note! On the keypad all the keys with the exception of the power button are programmable, including the properties they have. In a sense, the power button is also programmable if you write your own shutdown utility.
3.2.3 ‘Navigation Ring’ The ‘navigation ring’ captures control of cursor movements in the editing context, and control of selection among the items grouped together by window elements such as menus, lists, or the desktop icons representing applications and utilities. The functionality of the ring is similar to that of the arrow keys on a PC-keyboard. 3.2.4 ‘tab/alt’ Key This key is a two-mode in nature; it is both a TAB key and an ALT key. TAB is the key’s default function.
Alphanumeric keys in the numeric mode By default alphanumeric keypad is in numerical mode, that is, the key with the figure enters only number in every key press. In this mode, holding down the key repeats the number until the key is released (auto-repeat property).
3.2.9 Scan Key The scan key press activates the bar code scanner. By default a barcode tag can be read in any field or area in which text can be inserted. For example, tag can be read in Microsoft WordPad so that the decoded bar code appears as a text string on page. Scanning bar codes Note that the scanner may need to be configured before it is able to decode the bar code type which you are reading with your Nordic ID Morphic.
The stylus and the touch screen are the means being in some way analogues to a mouse. A press of the stylus on the screen produces the same result as a left mouse button click on a Windows PC. A right mouse button click is not so obvious, but in the Windows CE desktop window a right click is to tap and hold with the stylus. However, this method does not produce the same effect on the taskbar. To ‘right click’ the taskbar needs to hold down the ‘alt’ key while tapping on the taskbar.
3.4.2 Hard-resetting your device To hard-reset your device Hold down the power button about for five seconds to reset the hardware of your Nordic ID Morphic and to boot the system up. Note that re-slotting the battery into its chamber does not reset the device but generates just sleep/awakening cycle. 3.5 Registry The Windows CE running on the Nordic ID Morphic has a database used to store configuration information for the system itself and for applications.
3.6 Non-volatile Storage Nordic ID Morphic comes equipped with a persistent storage device opening the way for business applications to store data in files on the device, for example, when data colleting is being done in the area being out of the reach of wireless communication. Especially, in the cases when the persistence of the data is a preferred quality.
the end user of the device could have access to the device’s system resources through the control panel, or whether some of those adjustable and informative features should be made available to the end user in an actual business application. The control panel is also a good starting point for understanding the features the system allows to enable / disable, to adjust, etc. 3.7.
3.8 Control Panel Applets 3.8.
3.8.5 Dialing With the current communication options of the Nordic ID Morphic the ‘Dialing’ applet is an oddity. In the future models the applet may be useful, but currently it is not possible to set dialing properties for any means of communication on the device. 3.8.6 Display With the ‘Display’ applet you can change the appearance of the window elements on the screen and the background image of the desktop. 3.8.
Note that it is not possible to get the ‘AX887721’ and ‘COM6:’ interface icons shown in the applet window before the cradle is plugged into the mains. The configuration options which the different media icons give by douple-tapping on them apply to IP-networking information with the exception of the ‘USB’ icon. It either starts establishing connection or makes it possible to disconnect the link, if connected.
Related information: Section ‘Mapping Key’s Functionality onto Another’ Section ‘Specifying Default Mode of Alphanumeric Keypad’ Section ‘Enabling / Disabling Scan Key’ 3.8.16 NID Link Watchdog With this applet you can bring a connectivity monitoring service into use, either wireless LAN (WLAN) or USB. The service informs user of the loss of connection by sounding a warning signal and showing the message you can see appropriate for the situation on the screen.
One method to reset the ‘Virtual Key’ value to its default after trying out the above-mentioned feature: Hold down the power button until the screen goes blank; after the system reboot the default ‘Virtual Key’ value has come into effect. Be aware that it is also possible to customize the ‘Shutdown’ utility by writing the shutdown executable of your own, and by setting the ‘Exec’ value to your own executable on the ‘Misc’ property sheet. 3.8.
Note! Nordic ID Morphic has the Real Time Clock chip which is powered by its own rechargeable battery to maintain system time over the resets. Related information: Section ‘Date/Time’ (‘Date/Time’ control panel applet) 3.8.20 NID Touch Screen Using this applet you can disable (also enable) the touch screen. Related information: Section ‘Disabling/Enabling Touch Screen’ 3.8.21 Owner This applet applies mainly to user identification information.
Be aware that ActiveSync connectivity requires that you have installed the Microsoft ActiveSync on your Windows-based computer in addition to the USB driver provided by Nordic ID for the ActiveSync connectivity. After that the establishing PC connection over the USB link should be a plug-and-play operation.
Related information: Section ‘Recalibrating Touch screen’ Section ‘Adjusting Double-tapping Sensitivity of Touch Screen’ 3.8.28 System The ‘System’ applet has two informative tabs, ‘General’ and ‘Copyrights’. Over and above those informative tabs the applet has two more tabs, ‘Memory’ and ‘Device Name’. On the ‘Memory’ tab there is a trackbar slider which regulates the usage of the RAM memory between program execution and storage capacity of the RAM-based file system on your device.
your Nordic ID Morphic. So, in this mode you can use your device – your device’s Flash folder, to be precise – as a USB memory dongle. Related information: Section ‘Non-volatile Storage’ RNDIS mode RNDIS (Remote Network Driver Interface Specification) is the protocol which the ActiveSync communication has been based on since the release of the version 4.0. The RNDIS mode on your device in combination with the ActiveSync on your local Windows machine provides IP connectivity across the USB serial bus.
3.9.1 Power States The Nordic ID Morphic has two main power states, either it is switched on or switched off. In addition, it can be on AC power, or it can be running on battery. However, from the user’s point of view there are four distinctive system power states on the device: On, UserIdle, SystemIdle, and Suspended. Note! In this manual both ‘Suspended’ and ‘Sleep’ is used to refer to the ‘OFF’ state of the device, that is, to refer to the situation when the Nordic ID Morphic is switched off.
of ‘Never’, and putting that setting into effect the timer does not expire but the device remains in the ‘On’ state until user powers down it. Related information: Section ‘Setting Timeout for Reduction in Screen Brightness’ UserIdle The ‘UserIdle’ is a transitional state. The point to enter this state is nothing but power saving, and at the same time giving impression that the device is still powered. Typically, the change to the ‘UserIdle’ state can be noticed when the screen brightness decreases.
it is able to power the system in the suspended state for the time to replace the flat battery with the fully charged one. The backup battery is charged by means of the main battery. For example, during the charging of the main battery in its chamber the backup battery is being charged as well. Note that when the main battery is not being charged, nevertheless it charges the backup battery, if need be.
4. Data Capture 4.1 Bar Code Reader For bar code reading the Nordic ID Morphic has the laser scan engine which supports the following bar code types: EAN-8 EAN-13 UPC-A UPC-E UPC-E1 Bookland EAN Code 128 UCC/EAN-128 ISBT 128 Codabar Code 1 Code 39 Trioptic Code 39 Code 93 Interleaved 2 of 5 Discrete 2 of 5 MSI RSS-14 RSS-Limited RSS-Expanded By default all the bar code types are enabled.
The tab shows scanning result in its output fields as follows: Field Result String Result Info AIMSI (AIM Symbology Identifier) AIM Code Identifier (AIMCI) Mod char Bar code type Description When the scan succeeds the field shows the decoded result, that is, the machine-readable symbology in the human-readable form The field tells whether the scan operation ended in success or in failure When the scan operation succeeds the combination of three characters is shown in this field.
4.1.3 Configuring Bar Code Specifics Before you begin, open the ‘NID Scanner’ control panel applet (see section ‘Control Panel’). To set optional features of the bar code type: 1. Select the ‘Codes’ tab in the NID Scanner applet 2. Double-tap the bar code list item; the options window of the bar code type opens. 3. Set the options of your choice 4. Tap the ‘OK’ button to approve your settings 5. Press the ‘Activator’ key; the selected options are stored in the registry.
5. Connectivity Wireless LAN (WLAN) is designed as primary channel to convey data from a business application to the Nordic ID Morphic and vice versa. In the enterprise environment WPA or WPA2 security protocols should form the basis for WLAN communication. In the WPA and WPA2, authentication is the deciding factor how wireless LAN service is made available. Both of them permit two options to set up authentication being either certificate-based or pre-shared key (PSK) -based.
2) Note that maximum receiver sensitivity depends on data rate being in use at a particular moment 3) Note that the PEAP uses MS-CHAP-V2 as an inner authentication method (IETF RFC2759) 4) Note that the CCMP is an AES-based block cipher protocol specified by the IEEE 802.11i, and in the context of Windows Embedded CE, AES is used as a synonym for CCMP. 5.
has gained full access to the network. On the other hand, if you select the DHCP option, the tabs show the IP address information once the device has received that information from the network after the completion of WLAN authentication and association. In a sense, the IP and IPv6 Information tabs are mutually exclusive because the IP networking is typically based on either the IPv4 or IPv6. So the IPv6 tab is not very informative in the case that the IP networking uses IPv4 addressing scheme.
In addition, the network view gives two different approaches to the wireless LAN configuration as follows: By tapping on the ‘Add New …’ list item in the network view By tapping on the network name shown in the list Note that as you specify wireless networking parameters such as authentication and encryption to join your Nordic ID Morphic to the desired service set (SSID) you make a ‘preferred network’ of that SSID.
Pressing ‘Advanced …’ button opens the configuration window of the WZC showing e.g. a preferred list of the networks for deleting network configurations from the WZC, and for rearranging the preferences for the configured networks. Pressing ‘Log …’ button reveals the WLAN events the WZC has recorded since the last rebooting of the device. 5.2.
Related information: Section ‘Setting up IP-networking’ Section ‘Making Your Configuration Settings Permanent’ Subsection ‘Network and Dial-up Connections’ of the section ‘Control Panel Applets’. 5.2.3 Setting up WLAN Interface – SSID Available If you want to attach your Nordic ID Moprhic to the network whose name is shown in the network view on the ‘’Wireless Information” tab, then you need only to double-tap on the network name in the list.
Related information: Section ‘Setting up IP-networking’ Section ‘Making Your Configuration Settings Permanent’ 5.2.4 Setting up IP-networking An established connection between your Nordic ID Morphic and the WLAN access point does not necessarily open the communication channel over the access point. What you may need to do is to assign static IP address information to the WLAN interface.
6. Configuring and Administering System Properties 6.1 Managing Registry Database The Nordic ID Morphic has a simple facility for making the changes in the registry permanent, and on the other hand, for removing the permanent changes from the registry. For example, you make changes in the registry when you change some attribute of the device property by means of a control panel applet and after that you close the applet by pressing the ‘Activator’ key.
6.1.3 Restoring Your Nordic ID Morphic to Factory Defaults If your Nordic ID Morphic does not operate as you may expect, or if you just want to start from scratch, in that case, the Registry Backup gives an option to clear all the changes you or your application have made permanent in the registry database. (Note despite the fact that you have not saved your configuration changes in the persistent registry, your changes can be in there because some part of the system called the ‘RegFlushKey’ function.
(ii) Erase the whole storage volume 1. Tap the ‘Format’ button in the ‘Storage Manager’ tab, the ‘Format the selected store?” window pops up 2. Tap the ‘Yes’ button, the storage erasing starts, and is completed when the ‘Format store succeeded’ window pops up 3. Tab the ‘OK’ button in the pop-up window (iii) Create the first partition being 30 megabytes 1. Tap the ‘New’ button in the ‘Storage Manager’ tab, the ‘Create New Partition’ window pops up 2.
To lengthening the auto-repeat delay: 1. Move the ‘Repeat delay:’ -trackbar slider in the direction of the left side, or tap the left arrow button at the left side of the trackbar 2. Tap the test entry field at the bottom of the applet window to have a quick check how the lengthening the delay has an effect on the auto-repeat property 3. Press some numeric key and hold down it for a little while to see the length of the delay 4.
To disable the auto-repeat property 3. Uncheck the ‘Enable character repeat’ check box on the ‘Repeat’ tab by tapping the box 4. Tap the ‘OK’ button on the title bar; the auto-repeat property is disabled Related information: Section ‘Making Your Configuration Settings Permanent’ 6.3.4 Mapping Key’s Functionality onto Another Before you begin, open the ‘NID Keypad’ control panel applet (see section ‘Control Panel’).
9. Tap the ‘OK’ button on the title bar; the task is finished. In this illustrative example, the key ‘0’ as an F10 key now starts the executable AskTime when pressed. Related information: Section ‘Making Your Configuration Settings Permanent’ Section ’Function keys’ 6.3.5 Specifying Default Mode of Alphanumeric Keypad The factory default mode of the alphanumeric keypad is numeric, that is, every keystroke of the alphanumeric keys enters only numbers on the display by default.
With the other slider adjustment applies to the backlight brightness when the Nordic ID Morphic is in the ‘UserIdle’ power state (for more information on the system power states, see section’ Power States’). In addition, both the sliders work as a switch. When you move the slider at the left side of the trackbar, the keypad’s backlight property is disabled in the power state to which the slider applies. Once you have the ‘NID Backlight’ applet open there are those two sliders available on the ‘Misc’ tab.
Before you begin, open the ‘Stylus’ control panel applet (see section ‘Control Panel’). To calibrate the touch screen: 1. Select ‘Calibration‘ tab 2. Tap the ‘Recalibrate’ button 3. Tap with the stylus on the centre of the reference points showed on the screen, until the calibration utility stops showing new reference points. 4. Press the ‘Activator’ key; the calibration is completed. 5. Tap the ‘OK’ button on the title bar; the task is finished.
Related information: Section ‘Making Your Configuration Settings Permanent’ Section ‘Rebooting your Nordic ID Morphic’ Section ‘Resetting your Nordic ID Morphic to the factory defaults’ 6.5 Adjusting Screen Brightness There is a trackbar slider called ‘Backlight’ available on the ‘Misc’ tab in the ‘NID Backlight’ control panel applet. Moving the slider affects directly the screen brightness in the full power state of the device (i.e. the ‘On’ power state).
Be aware that three timeout values for transition from one power state to another, which can be specified on the ‘Schemes’ tab, are associated with each other (for more information, see section ‘Power States’). In addition to the fact that the ‘Never’ settings value disables the feature of saving battery energy by decreasing the screen brightness, it also disables all the transitions to lower power consumption states. Note that this setting also affects the keypad’s backlight in the ‘On’ power state.
system will automatically power down itself. The idleness in this context means that neither the user operates the device nor the business application prevents the device from powering down. For example, application traffic over the wireless link does not stop automatic suspension from occurring. Be aware that you can disable automatic suspension by setting the ‘Suspend Timeout’ to ‘Never’. Before you begin, open the ‘Power’ control panel applet (see section ‘Control Panel’).
Disposal within European Union The rechargeable battery and the Nordic ID Morphic may not be thrown away with everyday rubbish. Please, dispose of the battery and this product in an ecologically sound manner according to the regulation governing your location. EU directive 2002/96/EC on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Nordic ID International Headquarters Myllyojankatu 2A FI-24100 SALO FINLAND Phone: Fax: Email: +358 2 727 7700 +358 2 727 7720 support@nordicid.com www.nordicid.
