Affirmative 7375 Mode D'Emploi
YEStablet 7375 User Guide
10. You will see a box called Updating WinCE OS and a Copying data progress bar.
11. After completion of the file copy, which will take several minutes, you will see a Verifying WinCE OS
11. After completion of the file copy, which will take several minutes, you will see a Verifying WinCE OS
progress bar. When this bar is complete, click on Update.
12. You will see messages on a DOS-like screen, but no progress bar. This step takes several minutes.
13. After the upgrade is complete, the 7375 boots up automatically.
14. Reconfigure your 7375.
13. After the upgrade is complete, the 7375 boots up automatically.
14. Reconfigure your 7375.
Cradle USB
Sometimes an FTP or Local upgrade may fail, or may result in corrupted flash memory. When that happens, there
still is a way to recover, in most cases, through a cradle USB connection to a Windows 2000 or Windows XP PC.
The PC must also have Microsoft’s ActiveSync program installed. You can download and install ActiveSync from
the following link:
still is a way to recover, in most cases, through a cradle USB connection to a Windows 2000 or Windows XP PC.
The PC must also have Microsoft’s ActiveSync program installed. You can download and install ActiveSync from
the following link:
The PC must also have the utility software, 7375_usb_update.exe, available in a folder. You can obtain this utility
from Affirmative Computer Products Tech Support. This utility is used to select and coordinate the OS image to be
sent to the client (7375) side. After all the required software is installed, execute the following procedure:
1. Temporarily disable the ActiveSync USB connection at the PC by:
from Affirmative Computer Products Tech Support. This utility is used to select and coordinate the OS image to be
sent to the client (7375) side. After all the required software is installed, execute the following procedure:
1. Temporarily disable the ActiveSync USB connection at the PC by:
a. Right-click the mouse button on the ActiveSync icon, which is located in the Taskbar.
b. Select Connection Settings... and then UNCHECK Allow USB connection with this desktop computer.
b. Select Connection Settings... and then UNCHECK Allow USB connection with this desktop computer.
2. Place your 7375 on a cradle.
3. Connect a USB cable from the PC to the cradle.
4.
5. Press the Suspend button again to turn on the power and quickly (BEFORE the display shows the Affirmative
3. Connect a USB cable from the PC to the cradle.
4.
5. Press the Suspend button again to turn on the power and quickly (BEFORE the display shows the Affirmative
logo) press and hold the Virtual Keyboard button (
) AND the Cradle USB button (
)
simultaneously. You will see the following selection menu on the screen:
• WinCE OS
• WinCE OS
• Clear Registry
• Clear FileSystem
• EBoot
• USB Update
6. Use the 4-Way Down button, (
) to move the cursor down to Update via Cradle USB.
7. Press the Virtual Keyboard button on the device front bezel. An "Update OS image via USB port" message
will appear, and now your 7375 is ready to accept an OS image from a server through the USB port.
8. Run the 7375_usb_update.exe utility on the PC, either by double clicking on the file name in Windows
Explorer, or by running from the command line. You will see a USB Update window, and at the bottom of that
window you should see "USB Devices Connected”
window you should see "USB Devices Connected”
9. In the Select Update Image box, leave the setting at WinCE OS.
10. Click Select to browse to the new OS image file (xxx.dtr).
11. Highlight the image file name and click on Open.
12. Click on Update to start the transfer of the OS image.
13. The OS update process will be done automatically in the 7375 after the OS image has been successfully
10. Click Select to browse to the new OS image file (xxx.dtr).
11. Highlight the image file name and click on Open.
12. Click on Update to start the transfer of the OS image.
13. The OS update process will be done automatically in the 7375 after the OS image has been successfully
downloaded.
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