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Falcon ® Management Utility User’s Manual.
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User’s Ma nual i Table of Contents Datalogic Mobile Falcon ® Management Utility ™ End User License Agreement .............. ...................... .......................... ....................... .......... v Preface ............ ..............
ii Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) FMU Compone nts ........ ...................... .......................... ....................... ...................... ...... 15 FMU Start Page .. ...................... ....................... ................
User’s Ma nual iii Terminal Prop erties ...... ...................... .......................... ....................... ...................... 38 Working with File s ................. .......................... ...................... ..............
iv Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Windows Firewall Issue s .................... ....................... ....................... ......................... ...... 65 How to Open Po rts in the Windows Fire wall ............ ..........................
User’s Manual v Datalogic Mobile Falcon ® Management Utility ™ End User License Agreement NO TICE: Y our use of the F alcon Management Utility (FMU) So ftware and Documentation (“Licensed Products”) is conditioned on your accepting and agreeing to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
Datalogic Mobile Falcon ® Management Utility ™ End User License Ag reement vi Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) 2.3 End User represents that the Licensed Products acqui red under this Agreement will be acquired for End User’ s sole use, and not for resale or transf er.
Datalogic Mobile Falcon ® Management Utility ™ End User License Agreeme nt User’s Manual vii 7. Infringement. 7.1 Datalogic will def end End User against any claim that t he Licensed Pr oducts fu.
Datalogic Mobile Falcon ® Management Utility ™ End User License Ag reement viii Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) 11. General Provisions. 11.1 Entire Agreement; Amendment.
User’s Manual ix Preface Overview This manual contains information about installing and operating the F alcon ® Management U tility (FMU). It covers both M icrosoft Windows ® CE and Wind ows Mobi le ® (WM) operating systems. •T h i s “P reface ” describes the s tyle and form atting conventions used in this manual.
Preface xF a l c o n ® Management Utility (FMU) Registration Please take a few moments to register elect ronically with the Datalogic Product Registration Utility , or complete the Pr oduct R egistration form located on Data- logic’ s website ( www .
User’s Ma nual 1 Chapter 1 Getting Started Quick Start F ollowing is a brief summary of the steps needed to set up FMU for configur- ing terminals. See the r eferences to each section for fur ther information. 1. Read “System R equirements ” on page 4 and “Before Y ou Begin ” on page 5 .
Getting Started 2 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Overview This section covers the follo wing topics: • “Introduction ” on page 2 • “Before Y ou B e gin ” on page 5 • “System Requir.
Introduction User’s Manual 3 Features FMU is included with Windows-based Datalogic mobile computers. FMU pro vides administrators with tools for managing the deployment of terminals, including: • .
Getting Started 4 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) System Requirements Supported portables FMU supports Windows ® CE and Windo ws ® M obile PDT s and PD As, including: • P egaso I ndustrial PDA .
Before You Begin User’s Manual 5 Before You Begin Establish Communication to Terminals Before installing FMU, you must set up communication from the terminal(s) to the host. See “T erminal to FMU Ser ver Communications ” on page 49 for information.
Getting Started 6 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) 3. After you agre e to the EULA and click Next , the Install Options dialog will open. 4. Select the type of install ( Server , W orkstation , or Complete System (W ork- station + Server) you want to perform and click Next .
Before You Begin User’s Manual 7 Server Dire ctory Share After the FMU Server installation is com plete, you will need to share the folder for the directory where the ser ver files w ere installed (the default is C:P rogram F ilesDatalogicFMUServer).
Getting Started 8 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Setting Up FMU Depending on the type of install y ou selected (Server Install, W orkstation Install, or Complete System), the pr ocess for set up will v ary .
FMU Server Archite cture User’s Manual 9 FMU Server Architecture Single Server Support FMU is included with each supported Windows-based Datalogic terminal. FMU Console can connect to a single server and configure individual termi- nals. Y ou can cr eate groups within that server and assign as many terminals as desired to those groups.
Getting Started 10 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Multiple Server Support FMU also enables administrators to manage mor e than one FMU ser ver from a single console, making it easier and more efficient to manage a large distrib- uted deployment of terminals.
User’s Ma nual 11 Chapter 2 About FMU Overview This chapter will introduce you to the concepts of FMU. Y ou will find infor- mation that will help you to understand FMU’ s technology and inter face.
About FM U 12 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) F or more information on this topic, go to: http://www .microsoft.com (Internet connection r equired).
User Int erface User’s Manual 13 With an SNMP agent always running on the terminal, other SNMP-based network management tools, such as HP Openview ® , IBM’ s Tivoli, Computer Associates ’ Unicenter , or CastleRock SNMPpc ® , may also be used to config- ure/manage the terminals.
About FM U 14 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Figure 3. FMU Inter face M ost features of FMU can be accessed several different ways: Menu Access items from the M enu by clicking on the desired option, then selecting a command. See Men u for a detailed description of each menu item.
FMU Components User’s Manual 15 Shortcut Menu Right-click the selected item in T ree View to open a shortcut menu. Options relev ant to the select ed component will be displayed.
About FM U 16 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Figure 4. FMU Tree View Servers A Server represents an F MU Server . Each ser ver contains define d groups of ter- minals. The ser ver component also contains an A vailable P ackages dire ctor y , which holds defined sets of files.
FMU Components User’s Manual 17 See “G roup Configuration S ettings ” on page 29 . Assigned Packages Assigned Pac kages provides a list of those packages assigned to the selected group . When selected, the list of packages for that group will display in the List View .
About FM U 18 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Menu Click on items in the menu to access the menu featur es. File Figure 5. File Menu The following topics are co vered in this section: • Add • Assign P ackages • U pdate T erminal(s) N ow • Exit Add Figure 6.
Menu User’s Manual 19 Assign Packages Adds or re moves packages assigned to the selected gr oup. See “ Assigning a P ackage” on pag e 36 Update Terminal(s) Now Figure 7. Update Termi nal(s) Now Menu When Update T erminal Now is selected, the server will send a message to each terminal indicating that the terminal ne eds to be updated.
About FM U 20 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Edit Figure 8. Edit Menu Cut (Ctrl+X) Mov es the selected data into the clipboard to be pasted in another location. Copy (Ctrl+C ) Copies the selected data into the clipboard so it can be pasted in another group or server .
Menu User’s Manual 21 View Figure 9. View Menu FMU T oolb ar Shows/hides the T oolb ar . Large Icons Displays list view in Lar g e Icon mode . Small Icons Displays list view in Small Icon mode . List Displays list view in List Icon mode. Details Displays list view in Details mode .
About FM U 22 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Figure 10. Go To Menu Help Figure 11. Help Menu The Help menu enables you to r etrieve help information quickly . Y ou can also print specific topics from the help system. T o access help about a specific dialog from within FMU, press F1.
Toolbar User’s Manual 23 Toolbar The FMU T oolbar is provided as a wa y to access commonly-used functions. Table 1. Toolbar Icons Printing Reports FMU allows you to view and print server log data as well as system reports for individual terminals.
About FM U 24 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) NOTES.
User’s Ma nual 25 Chapter 3 FMU Operation Overview This section covers the follo wing topics: • “Managing S er vers ” on page 25 • “W orking with Groups ” on page 29 • “ Adding and A.
FMU Operation 26 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Adding a Server If you installed the complete system, you do not need to specify the initial ser ver information. D uring a complete install, a local ser ver is automatically created for you. A dd itional servers can be added after installation.
Managing Servers User’s Manual 27 Deleting a Server To delete a server: 1. Select the se rver you want to delete. 2. Go to th e Edit menu and click on Delete . 3. The server refer ence will be deleted from the FMU T r ee View . Server Error Log FMU pro vides users with the ability to view and print error log data for each server .
FMU Operation 28 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) 2. Click on Properties in the List View to view Server Properties . 3. View or change information as desir ed. 4. Click OK to complete. Name Enter the desired ser v er Name. Domain Name or IP Address Enter the server ’ s Domain Name or IP address.
Working with Groups User’s Manual 29 Working with Groups A Group is a defined set of terminals associated with a specific function, i.e. picking, receiving, etc. S ee “Groups ” on page 16 for more information. A Default G roup is created with each server installation.
FMU Operation 30 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) 3. The Configuration Settings dialog will open: Within this dialog you can modify configuration values. The changes will be applied to all terminals within the selected group the next time the terminals are updated.
Adding and Assigning Packages User’s Manual 31 Renaming a Group To rename a group: 1. In T ree V iew , click on the group you want to rename. 2. On the Edit menu, select Rename .
FMU Operation 32 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Adding a Package Us e Add P acka ge (Ctrl+Shift+P) to create a new package definition and specify its contents. To add a package: 1. In T ree V i ew , click on Av ailable Packa g es on the server to which y ou want to add a new package.
Adding and Assigning Packages User’s Manual 33 Source Enter the filename or bro w se to the location of the file(s) y ou want to add. Destination Enter in the file's directory on the ter minal. Te r m i n a l Select a ter minal type from this list to specify that files will only be down- loaded to terminals of that type.
FMU Operation 34 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Adding a Firmware Image File To add Firmware Image f iles to a package: 1. In T r ee View , click on the package to which you want to add firmwar e image files. 2. On the File menu, click on Add > Firmware Image File to open the Add Firmware Image dialog.
Adding and Assigning Packages User’s Manual 35 Viewing a File List The List View displays the file s contained within the Pack ag e selected in the Tr e e V i e w . To view a file list: Click on a P ackage to view th e files contained in it. *If not specified, files will be sent to all terminals.
FMU Operation 36 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Assigning a Package Assign packages allows you to assign packages to the selected group . All pack- ages that are available to the selected gr oup will appear . To assign packages: 1. Select the group or package to which y ou want to assign a package.
Terminals User’s Manual 37 Adding Terminals Terminal Setup Before a terminal can be added to FMU for the first time, the terminal must be set up to recogniz e FMU. See “Enabling a T e rminal for FMU with D irect Connect” on page 50 and “E nabling T erminals for RF Connectivity ” on page 52 for detailed information.
FMU Operation 38 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Delete Terminal To delete a terminal from a group: 1. On the T ree View , click on the terminal you want to delete from the selected group. 2. On the Edit menu, select Delete , or press the Delete key on y our com- puter keyboard.
Working with Files User’s Manual 39 Working with Files File Properties Figure 17. File Properties About Fi les F ile select ions ar e simple file lists selected from a standard Windows dialog box. F iles are defined and manipulated at a package level.
FMU Operation 40 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) NOTES.
User’s Ma nual 41 Chapter 4 Configuration Settings Overview This section covers the follo wing topics: • “Symbology S e ttings ” on page 43 • “Device Settings ” on page 44 • “N etwor.
Configuration Settings 42 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Reset Values Globally resets all values in the selected Configuration dialog. Figure 18. Reset Values Factory Default Returns all Configuration items to their f actory default settings.
Configuration Settings User’s Manual 43 Symbology Settings Symbology S e ttings in FMU allo w you to select desir ed symbologies and options for terminal bar code scanning. Settings can be applied to entir e groups using the Gr oup Configuration feature.
Configuration Settings 44 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Device Settings FMU’ s Device Settings configuration capabilities allow you to perform central- ized, automated updates of selected terminal settin gs automatically .
Configuration Settings User’s Manual 45 Network Settings Click the Network Settings tab to view and select available options. Figure 21. Ne twork Co nfiguration Settings Table 2. Network Configuration Settings Network Settings Description Action Enable DHCP Automates configuring of computers using TCP/IP .
Configuration Settings 46 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) FDU Configuration Settings F alcon Desktop U t ility (FDU) allo ws admi nistrators to configur e Windows CE or Windows Mobile terminals to contr ol individual user access. See the PRG for your terminal type for detailed information about each parameter .
Configuration Settings User’s Manual 47 2D Imager Settings This panel contains settings for 2D bar c ode s ymbo logi es, a s well as co nfig ura- tion items for Image Captu re. 2D Imager Settings in FMU allow you to set additional symbologies beyond those li sted in the Symbology tab.
Configuration Settings 48 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) NOTES.
User’s Ma nual 49 Chapter 5 Terminal to FMU Server Communications Overview P r ior to installing FMU for the first time, you should set up terminals to com- municate with FMU. This requires the completion of two steps: 1. Establish communication from the terminal(s) to the host computer .
Termina l to FMU Server Communica tions 50 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Direct Connect F or terminals using a physical connection, communication needs to be estab- lished with the computer where the FMU Ser ver will be installed.
Direct Connect User’s Manual 51 Explore Terminal U se the Microsoft ActiveS y nc Explor e option to vie w directory structure on direct connect terminals. Refer to the PRG for your terminal for instructions on establishing a direct connection between the terminal and PC.
Termina l to FMU Server Communica tions 52 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) RF Connection F or RF units, terminal(s) need to have existing communi cation to a wir eless network. See the PRG for your terminal for complete information. Enabling Terminals fo r RF Connectivity Each terminal that you want to connect to FMU must be enabled for FMU.
RF Connection User’s Manual 53 Figure 24. FMU Client Se ttings - RF AB Enable FMU Client Check to enab le the ter minal to work with FMU. Connection Select Network. Discovery Select Man ual or DHCP . IP Address Enter the server name or IP address. Group Name Enter a group name, o r leav e blank f or the Default group .
Termina l to FMU Server Communica tions 54 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) . 6. On the terminal, enter the group to which y ou want to add the termi- nal. If you leave the field blank th e terminal will automatically be assigned to the Default G roup.
RF Connection User’s Manual 55 Exploring an RF Terminal Y ou can use FMU to view the contents of a terminal’ s memor y , similar to the way you view files in Windows Explorer . FMU uses FTP technology to estab- lish communication with t he terminal.
Termina l to FMU Server Communica tions 56 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Figure 26. Termin al Updater prompt If the operator taps Ye s , the terminal will be immediatel y updated. Scheduled Update Time A second option is available only on th e terminal itself .
RF Connection User’s Manual 57 2. Click on T erminal Configuration in the terminal List View pane. 3. T erminal Configuration will open: Within this dialog you can modify configuration values for the selected termi- nal. See “Configuration S ettings ” on page 41 for a detailed description of each configuration option.
Termina l to FMU Server Communica tions 58 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Terminal Report A T erminal Report lists the following information: • Scanner settings • Device settings • N etwork settings • FDU settings T o access a terminal r eport: 1.
User’s Ma nual 59 Appendix A SNMP Interface Overview SNMP Concepts The Simple N etwork Management P rotoc ol (SNMP) is a standar d ized proto- col for network management services us ing a client/ser ver model. The network management program (client) issues queries and commands to the remote device (agent/server).
SNMP Interface 60 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Datalogic MIBs Beyond the standard values, SNMP allo ws manufacturers to define their own private MIBs. F or example, Datalogic has been assigned a MIB by th e I nternet Assigned N umbers Authority that allows Datalogic to define SNMP values relating specifically to devices that we manufacture.
User’s Ma nual 61 Appendix B DHCP Server Setup Setting up your DHCP Server In or der for FMU to be able to use DHCP D iscovery , the network DHCP Server must be configured to pro vide an FMU server address. T o set up your DHCP Server to supply the FMU Server information to each terminal, you will need to add a new DHCP option.
DHCP Server Setup 62 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) NOTES.
User’s Ma nual 63 Appendix C Troubleshooting Overview This section contains the following information: • “RF Connectivity ” on page 64 • “Windows F irewall Issues ” on page 65 • “N e.
Troubleshooting 64 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) RF Connectivity U se the RF Con nectivity T roubleshooting F lowchart when experiencing prob- lems connecting a Datalogic terminal to a host. If you have questions, please call Datalogic Mobile T echnical S upport.
Windows Firewall Issues User’s Manual 65 Windows Firewall Issues How to Open Ports in the Windows Firewall T o work correctly , the FMU server must be able to send and receive infor ma- tion over the networ k. The information enters your computer through an inbound port .
Troubleshooting 66 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) T o manually open ports in the Windows F irewall with Windo ws XP SP2 installed: 1. Go to Star t > Contro l Pane l > Security Center . 2. Click on Windows Firewall . 3. On the General tab, uncheck the Don’t allow e xceptions checkbox.
Windows Firewall Issues User’s Manual 67 4. Click on the Exceptions tab. If you want to view the P or t number for a service, click Edit . 5. Click Add P or t .
Troubleshooting 68 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) 6. Enter the P ort number (refer to T able 4 on page 65 ). In the Name field, enter a name to identify the port you want to open. Enter a name that will help you re memb er the service and the port, such as those listed in T able 4 on page 65 .
Network Domain File Tr ansfer Troubleshooting User’s Manual 69 Network Domain File Transfer Troubleshooting If any of the files to be sent to a term inal are located on a computer other than the one designated as the FMU S er ver , th ose files need to be shared.
Troubleshooting 70 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) 3. Double-click FMU Server to display its P roperties. 4. Click the Log On tab and choose This account: .
Network Domain File Tr ansfer Troubleshooting User’s Manual 71 Y ou can bro wse the domain users by clicking Bro wse and selecting the domain where the FMU server is locate d. 5. Once the domain users information is entered, click OK . This will enable the server to retrieve files from a remote computer within the Doma in.
Troubleshooting 72 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Windows XP Home Creating a Share in Windows XP Home Installing the Server Only componen t using XP Ho me Windows XP Home Setup Windows XP H ome does not allow for an Active D irector y domain.
Windows XP Home User’s Manual 73 3. Select a drive letter that is av ailable. 4. Make sure the Reconnect at logon checkbox is checked . 5. Enter the network path for the server’ s shared directory . (Example: myserverserver , whe r e myser ver is the name of the server and server is the shared directory .
Troubleshooting 74 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Technical Support Datalogic Mobile Website Support The Datalogic M obile website ( www .mobile.datalogic.
Sample Rep orts User’s Manual 75 Sample Reports Terminal Report See “T erminal Report” on page 58 for information about accessing a T erminal Repo rt .
Troubleshooting 76 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) NOTES.
User’s Ma nual 77 Appendix D Glossary Many definitions for this Glossary were taken directly from the Microsoft Developer’ s N etwork website at http://msdn.
Glossa ry 78 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) Device Par t n ers hi p A registry key on a Windo ws CE device that a desktop computer uses to identify the device when it is conn ected.
User’s Manual 79 ISSN International Standard Ser ial Number . An ISSN consists of eight digits comprising two groups of f our digits each, separated by a h yphen. The eighth digit is a check digit used as a computer valid ity check; it consists of a number betw een 0 and 9 or an uppercase X (for the ar abic numeral 10).
Glossa ry 80 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) SSID Secure Set Identifier (32-character unique I dentifier) — a sequence of characters that uniquely names a wireless local area network (W LAN). This name allows workstations to connect to the desired network when multiple independent networks operate in the same physical area.
User’s Ma nual 81 I NDEX .NET 11 A Add Server 18 Adding a Server 26 Adding a Terminal 37 architecture 9 B Basic Files 39 C Complete System 8 Configuration Settings 41 context sensitive help 77 contr.
Index 82 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) K Keystrokes entered by user x L List View 14 M Map Network Drive 72 Menubar 14 , 18 File Menu 18 MIB 79 MIB Files 59 N Network ID 79 Network Settings 45 P .
Index User’s Ma nual 83 Terminals 17 , 36 Group Assignments 36 Updating 51 , 55 Toolbar 14 , 23 Tree View 14 Troubleshooti ng 63 U Uniform Resource Locator (URL) 80 Update Terminal Now 55 Updating T.
Index 84 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) NOTES.
Index User’s Ma nual 85 NOTES.
Index 86 Falcon ® Management Utility (FMU) NOTES.
ASCII Character Set The tab le on this page shows a set of ASCII char acters and their corres ponding He x V al- ues. The Hex V alues in this table are neede d f or setting symbolog y sp ecific label identifi- ers, as w ell as enabling custom prefix and suffix characters .
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