OS Version

Under Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 you can check the current version at START => SETTINGS => SYSTEM => VERSION INFO. For support inquiries please report the Build ID of the affected device.

Under Windows Embedded Compact 7, please go to START => SETTINGS => CONTROL PANEL => VERSION INFO.

Serial Number

You can determine the actual device at runtime by calling functions SysGetModelName and SysGetDeviceIDCode from our System Library API. The SysGetDeviceIDCode function returns the serial number, where the first two digits stand for the model version of the device.

Key Codes (Windows Embedded Handheld)

Please note that you cannot trap key messages for softkeys in the Compact Framework, if your Form class has a MainMenu.
 

Key Codes (Windows Embedded Compact)

Key Assignment

Our SDK provides functions to modify the key assignment, e.g. to make country-specific settings. For that purpose you can call the method "SysSetUserDefineKey" from within your own application. There is also a sample app available (KeybdConfig.zip).

Please note that other apps can also change the key assignment, e.g. the pre-installed demo software. As soon as the user defined mode is activated, those settings can become valid again, even if that app has already been exited. If you want to use own key assignments in your app, please set all keys your app relies on, in particular F1 and F4.

You can also enable/disable the user defined key assignments from START => SETTINGS => CONTROL PANEL => KEYBOARD (Windows Embedded Compact 7) or START => SETTINGS => PERSONAL => BUTTONS (Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5).

Softkeys (Windows Embedded Handheld)

You can assign your own applications to the softkeys on the today screen by adding some values to the registry:

Left Softkey: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\112]

 Right Softkey [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\113]

The F-Keys [F1] to [F4] are related to their counterparts that you already from PC (VK_F1 to VK_F4). Please note that there are additional mappings defined for Windows Mobile, e.g. F1 applies to the left softkey, and F2 to the right softkey.

Autocompletion (Windows Embedded Handheld)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sip]

Application Buttons

By pressing certain keys in combination with the Fn-key you can launch software applications being specified in the registry.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\KEYBD]

Configuration Files

Further details are explained in the Software Manual for IT-G500 series.

Under START, SETTINGS, CONNECTIONS you will find a utility to configure WLAN (WLAN Settings). The settings will be saved in a configuration file. We strongly recommend using WLAN Settings.

Alternatively you can use the Windows ® Zero Configuration. But it offers less options and the settings will not be saved to a configuration file. Please do not use both configurations concurrently.

You can also write the settings to the config file by using the "Barcode Setting" utility under START (Windows Embedded Handheld) or START, PROGRAMS, UTILITY (Windows Embedded Compact). Appropriate barcodes can be printed from PC by using the  "WLAN Setting Barcode Print Tool".

For mass installations it is a good idea to put all settings into a cabinet file (file extension CAB). A cabinet file can contain files and registry settings.

Power Management (Windows Embedded Handheld)

You can configure the device to be switched off if there is no input from the user for certain period of time. You can find the configuration dialog at START, SETTINGS, POWER, tab "Advanced" (screenshot). However, maximum idle time equals 5 minutes when running on battery power, and 30 minutes when running on external power. You can specify larger values by editing the registry directly and performing a soft reset afterwards. If you want to change the settings from within your own application without performing a soft reset, set the named event "PowerManager/ReloadActivityTimeouts" to signaled.
Please, note: The configuration dialog cannot display larger values than the standard values. If you change the registry directly, the actual settings and the settings displayed in the configuration dialog are not synchronized any longer. In other words, if you change the values in registry and open the configuration dialog afterwards, the settings made previously will be overwritten by the default settings.

Automatic Power Off (APO): [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\Timeouts]

Devices running Windows Mobile can be woken up by certain events, e.g. incoming phone calls or background services that switch the device on at noon or midnight. For that reason we recommend using "Automatic Power Off" (APO) that lets the device go to sleep again. You can find the options for APO at START, SETTINGS, POWER. Have a look at the tab "Advanced". There should be a checkmark in both boxes next to the entry "Turn off device if not used for". If you want to disable APO for your own application temorarily, you will call functions like SysDisableAPO/SysEnableAPO from our System Library or SystemIdleTimerReset from Win32 API.

Backlight (Windows Embedded Handheld)

At START, SETTINGS, SYSTEM you can adjust the settings for the backlight. Please, take care not to disable the option "Turn on backlight when a button is pressed or the screen is tapped". That applies to both "Battery Power" and "External Power".

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Backlight]

Low Battery Warning (Windows Embedded Handheld)

The mobile device can play a warning when the battery is running low. By default, there is no way to change or disable that notification. If you want to edit it from the settings menu at "Sounds & Notifications", you will have to modify the registry accordingly.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Notifications\{A877D663-239C-47a7-9304-0D347F580408}]

Low Battery Warning (Windows Embedded Compact)

You can specify in the registry whether to show any warnings or not. Please, note: Each setting applies to both main battery and backup battery. Example: If you disable to show the warning icon, no warning icon will be display at all: neither for the main battery nor for the backup battery. Those settings do not exist by default and must be created. If there are no settings, all warnings will be enabled (default).

[[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Power]]

Error Reporting (Windows Embedded Handheld)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ErrorReporting\DumpSettings]

Customer Feedback (Windows Embedded Handheld)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Customer Feedback]

Quality Management (Windows Embedded Handheld)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\SQM]

Security Settings (Windows Embedded Handheld)

Each Windows Mobile-powerd device has a security policy that determines what is and what is not allowed to run, and what a running application is allowed to do. By factory default, IT-G500 is configured with the One-Tier-Prompt security configuration, where the user is always asked to trust an unsigned application.

Internet Explorer (Windows Embedded Compact)

If you want to allow the download of CAB files from Internet Explorer, please configure the registry as described below:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cab]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cabfile]

You can find further details at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb762506(v=vs.85).aspx

Software Input Panel (Windows Embedded Compact)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sip]

SIP (Software Input Panel)

If you change "Regional Settings" at  START => SETTINGS => SYSTEM to one of the cyrillic languages, the "BIG" SIP can also be switched to Cyrillic by selecting "RU" (IT-G500 Big Keyboard 1.00 or later required). You can switch to English again by selecting "Aa":