Honeywell VM2W2D1A1AET0SA User Manual

Thor™ VM2

Vehicle-Mount Computer

Microsoft® Windows® Embedded Standard Operating System

User's Guide

Disclaimer

Honeywell International Inc. (“HII”) reserves the right to make changes in specifications and other information contained in this document without prior notice, and the reader should in all cases consult HII to determine whether any such changes have been made. The information in this publication does not represent a commitment on the part of HII.

HII shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein; nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

This document contains proprietary information that is protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated into another language without the prior written consent of HII.

Web Address: www.honeywellaidc.com

RFTerm is a trademark or registered trademark of EMS Technologies, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

Microsoft®Windows, ActiveSync®, MSN, Outlook®, Windows Mobile®, the Windows logo, and Windows Media are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Intel®and Atom™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

Summit Data Communications, the Laird Technologies Logo, the Summit logo, and "Connected. No Matter What" are trademarks of Laird Technologies, Inc.

The Bluetooth®word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc.

Symbol®is a registered trademark of Symbol Technologies. MOTOROLA, MOTO, MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS and the Stylized M Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Motorola Trademark Holdings, LLC and are used under license.

RAM®and RAM Mount™ are both trademarks of National Products Inc., 1205 S. Orr Street, Seattle, WA 98108.

Freefloat, Freefloat Link*One and Freefloat Access*One are trademarks of Freefloat, Mölndalsvägen 30B, SE-412 63Gothenburg, Sweden.

Qualcomm®is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. Gobi is a trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated.

OneClick Internet is WebToGo’s patented connection manager customized for Honeywell mobile devices. OneClick Internet documentation is copyright 2010 by WebToGo and modified by Honeywell with WebToGo’s express permission.

Verizon®is a registered trademark of Verizon Trademark Services LLC.

T-MOBILE®is a registered trademark of Deutsche Telekom AG.

AT&T®is a registered trademark of AT&T Intellectual Property.

PenMount, and the Pen Mount logo are registered trademarks of Salt International Corporation, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Other product names or marks mentioned in this document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of other companies and are the property of their respective owners.

Patents

For patent information, please refer to www.honeywellaidc.com/patents.

Limited Warranty

Refer to www.honeywellaidc.com/warranty_information for your product’s warranty information.

Chapter 1 - Introduction 1-1

About this Guide 1-1

Components 1-2

Front View 1-2

Back View Quick Mount Smart Dock 1-3

Access Panels 1-3

Keyboard Options 1-4

Integrated Keypad 1-4

Blue Key 1-4

Orange Key 1-5

95-Key External Keyboard 1-6

Keyboard Backlight 1-6

USB Keyboard / Mouse 1-6

Chapter 2 - Set Up A New Thor VM2 2-1

Hardware Setup 2-1

Software Setup 2-1

Quick Mount Smart Dock 2-2

Preparing the Dock 2-3

Place the Thor VM2 in the Dock 2-4

Removing the Thor VM2 from the Dock 2-4

Backlights and Indicators 2-5

Display Backlight 2-5

Power Management 2-5

Backlight Brightness 2-5

Screen Blanking 2-5

Keypad Backlight 2-5

LED Functions 2-6

System LEDs 2-7

SYS (System Status) LED 2-7

UPS Status LED 2-8

Charge Level 2-8

Charging State 2-8

SSD (Solid State Drive) LED 2-8

Connection LEDs 2-9

WWAN LED 2-9

WiFi LED 2-9

Bluetooth LED 2-9

Keyboard LEDs 2-10

Blue LED 2-10

Orange LED 2-10

Programmable LED 2-10

Power Up 2-11

Tapping the Touch Screen with a Stylus 2-12

Thor VM2 Configuration Options 2-13

Date and Time 2-13

Power Management 2-13

Speaker Volume 2-13

Connect Bluetooth Devices 2-13

Restart/Shutdown 2-14

Calibrate Touch Screen 2-14

Touch Screen 2-15

Apply the Touch Screen Protective Film 2-15

Installation 2-15

Removal 2-16

Setup Terminal Emulation Parameters 2-17

Cleaning the Touch Screen 2-18

Startup Help 2-19

Chapter 3 - Connecting Cables to the Thor VM2 3-1

Connect External Keyboard 3-1

Connect Cable - USB Host 3-2

Connect Cable - Serial 3-3

Connect a Tethered Scanner 3-3

Connecting an AC/DC Power Supply 3-4

Connecting the Headset Cable 3-5

Adjust Headset / Microphone and Secure Cable 3-6

Connecting Vehicle Power 3-7

Vehicle 10-60VDC Power Connection 3-7

Connect Vehicle 10-60VDC 3-8

Ignition Control 3-9

Auto-On Control 3-10

Manual Control 3-11

VX6 / VX7 Adapter Cable 3-12

Vehicle 72-144VDC Power Connection 3-13

Connect Vehicle 72-144VDC 3-14

Wiring Diagram 3-15

Thor VM2 Screen Blanking 3-16

Screen Blanking Box 3-17

Screen Blanking with Switch 3-18

Fuse 3-19

Chapter 4 - Product Agency Compliance - Thor VM2 4-1

Lithium Battery Safety Statement 4-5

Vehicle Power Supply Connection Safety Statement 4-7

Chapter 5 - Technical Assistance 5-1

iii

Chapter 1 - Introduction

The Honeywell Thor VM2 Vehicle Mount Computer (VMC) is a rugged, vehicle mounted computer running a Microsoft Windows®Embedded Standard operating system and capable of wireless data communications from a fork-lift truck or any properly configured vehicle.

The optional Bluetooth®module supports Honeywell Bluetooth printers and scanners. The Thor VM2 provides the power and functionality of a desktop computer in a vehicle mounted unit, with a wide range of options.

The Thor VM2 is designed for use with a vehicle Quick Mount Smart Dock. The dock installs in the vehicle and connects to vehicle power. The dock provides conditioned input power for the Thor VM2. Peripheral connections are on the dock. The Thor VM2 is designed to easily be removed from the dock with a latch on the lower rear of the Thor VM2 housing. Since the dock remains attached to the vehicle, the Thor VM2 computer can easily be moved from one vehicle equipped with a Quick Mount Smart Dock to another vehicle equipped with a Quick Mount Smart Dock.

The Thor VM2 contains a UPS battery which, when fully charged, can power the Thor VM2 for a minimum of 30 minutes. This can be when the Thor VM2 is not attached to a Quick Mount Smart Dock or when the Thor VM2 is attached to a dock but the vehicle power is interrupted, such as when the vehicle battery is being changed.

About this Guide

This Thor VM2 User's Guide provides instruction for the end-user or system administrator to follow when setting up a new Thor VM2.

This user's guide has been developed for aThor VM2with a Microsoft® Windows® Embedded Standardoperating system.

1-1

Components

Front View

1. Power Button

2. Speakers

3. Microphone

1-2

Back View Quick Mount Smart Dock

1. Antenna Connectors (on Thor VM2)

2. SIM card Access Panel (on Thor VM2)

3. COM1 Connector (on Dock)

4. COM2 Connector (on Dock)

5. USB Connector (on Dock)

6. CAN/Audio Connector (on Dock)

7. Quick Release Handle (On Thor VM2)

8. Provision for Padlock (on Thor VM2)

9. Provision for Laptop Security Cable (on Thor VM2)

10. Power Switch (on Dock)

11. Power Connector (on Dock)

12. Fuse (on Dock)

13. SD Card Access Panel (On Thor VM2)

14. Strain Relief Clamps (on Dock)

15. RAM Ball (on Dock)

Access Panels

Access Panel Door is labeled with SSD and SD.

1. CompactFlash Hard Drive

2. SD (Secure Digital) Memory Card Slot

Access Panel Door is labeled with SIM.

1. SIM card slot for WWAN radio

2. UPS battery disconnect

1-3

Keyboard Options

The Thor VM2 has an integrated keypad with five programmable keys and an available external keyboard.

Integrated Keypad

The integrated keypad contains five progammable keys, a blue modifier key and an orange modifier key. Press Orange plus P1-P5 to access P6-P10. The default programmable key functions are described below. Default functions may be overridden by custom settings. Consult your system administrator.

Key

Assigned

Function

Key

Assigned

Function

P1 F1 P6 Not assigned

P2 F2 P7 Not assigned

P3 F3 P8 Not assigned

P4 F4 P9 Not assigned

P5 F5 P10 Not assigned

Blue Key

When the Blue LEDis illuminated, the programmable keys are used to adjust speaker volume and display brightness. Press the Blue key to enter Blue mode and then press

l P1 to Increase speaker volume

l P2 to Decrease speaker volume

l P3 to Increase display brightness

l P4 to Decrease display brightness

l No function is assigned to P5 in Blue mode

The Blue key has a five second timeout. If the Blue key is pressed and no additional key is pressed within the five second timeout period, the Blue modifier mode is exited and the Blue LEDis turned off.

When the Blue modifier key is active, the LED located next to the key is illuminated. The modifier key remains active until:

l The Blue modifier key is pressed again, or

l The Orange modifier key is pressed, or

l A five second timeout with no keypress occurs.

1-4

Orange Key

When the Orange LED is illuminated, the programmable keys provide the secondary function.

l Orange + P1 = P6

l Orange + P2 = P7, etc.

When the Orange modifier key is active, the LED located next to the key is illuminated. The modifier key remains active until:

l The Orange modifier key is pressed again, or

l A non-modifier key is pressed (i.e.: P1-P5), or

l The Blue modifier key is pressed.

1-5

95-Key External Keyboard

The Thor VM2 uses an optional rugged QWERTY 95 key keyboard, designed for ease of use with the Windows CE operating system. The keyboard connects directly to the D9 USB connector on the Thor VM2 Quick Mount Smart Dock.

l The 95 key keyboard supports all 104 keyboard functions (101 standard keyboard plus Windows keys) and includes an

integrated pointing device and left and right mouse buttons. However, because the keyboard only has 95 keys, all functions are not visible (or printed on the keyboard). Therefore the keyboard supports what is called hidden keys - keys that are accessible but not visible on the keyboard.

l The 95 key keyboard keys are backlit. The keyboard backlight is manually controlled.

Keyboard Backlight

The keyboard backlight key in the top right hand corner has a light bulb icon.

The keyboard keys are backlit. The keyboard backlight is manually controlled using the backlight key in the upper right hand corner of the keyboard. Pressing the backlight key cycles the keyboard backlight through the levels of backlight intensity: Off, Low intensity, Medium intensity, Maximum intensity, Off, etc. When the Thor VM2 is powered on, the keyboard backlight defaults to Off.

By default, the external keypad backlight turns off when the Thor VM2 enters Standby.

USB Keyboard / Mouse

A standard USB keyboard or mouse can be attached to the Thor VM2 using the appropriate dongle cable.

The dongle cable attaches to the Thor VM2 and provides a USB connector. Please refer to documentation provided with the USB keyboard or mouse for more information on their operation.

1-6

Chapter 2 - Set Up A New Thor VM2

This page lists a quick outline of the steps you might take when setting up a new Thor VM2. More instruction for each step is listed later in this guide. Please refer to the Thor VM2Reference Guide for additional information and instruction.

Contact Technical Assistance if you need additional help.

Note: Installing or removing accessories should be performed on a clean, well-lit surface. When necessary, protect the work

surface, the Thor VM2, and components from electrostatic discharge.

Caution

Before shipping, the internal UPS battery must be disconnected. Please refer to the Thor VM2 Reference Guide for details.

Hardware Setup

1. Connect accessories to the Quick Mount Smart Dock.

2. Connect cables.

3. Connect power cable to the dock.

4. Secure all cables to the dock with the Strain Relief Cable Clamps.

5. Secure the Thor VM2 in the dock.

6. Press the power switch on the dock.

7. Press the Power key.

Software Setup

Hardware setup should be completed before starting software setup.

1. Set Date and Time

2. Set Power Management

3. Adjust Speaker Volume

4. Pair Bluetooth devices

5. Setup Wireless client parameters - Please refer to the Thor VM2 Reference Guide

6. Setup terminal emulation parameters

Please refer to the Thor VM2Reference Guide for additional information and instruction.

2-1

Quick Mount Smart Dock

The Thor VM2 assembly consists of two parts, the Thor VM2 computer and the Quick Mount Smart Dock.

The Thor VM2 contains an internal UPS battery that, once fully charged, powers the Thor VM2 for a minimum of 30 minutes when the unit is not mounted in the dock.

The Dock provides:

l A mount for the Thor VM2 computer. The Dock attaches to a vehicle via a RAM or U-bracket mount.

l Conditioned power for the Thor VM2. The Dock accepts 10-60VDC power input directly or 72-144VDC power input with

a DC/DC converter.

l COM1 and COM2 serial connections for a tethered scanner, printer, PC connection, etc.

l USB host and client connections via an adapter cable.

l CANbus connection via an adapter cable.

l Headset connection via an adapter cable. When a headset is not attached, the microphone and speakers on the Thor

VM2 are active.

l Strain relief cable mounts.

l Mobility of the Thor VM2, since the Dock remains attached to the vehicle the Thor VM2 computer can easily be moved

from one vehicle equipped with a Dock to another.

External antenna connectors may be present on the back of the Thor VM2. The connectors may include:

l 802.11 antenna connectors, used when the Thor VM2 is not equipped with internal antennas.

l External GPS antenna connector, when the Thor VM2 is equipped with GPS.

l External WWAN antenna connectors, when the Thor VM2 is equipped with WWAN.

Optional WWAN radio (available in North America, Europe, New Zealand,and Australia only).

2-2

Preparing the Dock

1. Attach RAM mount to vehicle (see Thor VM2 Vehicle Mounting Reference Guide).

2. Attach accessories to dock.

3. Attach power cable, 10-60VDC or 72-144VDC.

4. If the tethered I/O port cover is in place, lift the cover to expose the I/O port on the dock. The tether allows the cover to be swung over the back of the dock.

2-3

Place the Thor VM2 in the Dock

Back of Thor VM2 Front of Quick Mount Smart Dock

A. Notch on Thor VM2

B. Release lever

1. Locate the notch on the upper rear of the Thor VM2 (item A above).

2. Slide this notch over the top lip (C)of the Dock. Slide the Thor VM2 from side to side on the Dock to make sure it fully engages on the lip of the Dock. If the Thor VM2 cannot be slid side to side, the lip is engaged.

3. Pull the quick release lever (B) on the Thor VM2 down and push the Thor VM2 against the Dock.

4. Release the quick release lever. The quick release lever catches the lower lip on the Dock and secures the Thor VM2 to the Dock.

5. If necessary, adjust the viewing angle of the Thor VM2.

C. Upper Lip on Dock

D. Lower Lip on Dock

Removing the Thor VM2 from the Dock

The Thor VM2 may be removed from the Quick Mount for limited periods of use or the transfer from vehicle to vehicle.

The UPS battery inside the Thor VM2 powers a fully functional Thor VM2 for a minimum of 30 minutes.

To remove the Thor VM2 from the Dock:

1. Pull the quick release lever (item B) downward on the back of the Thor VM2.

2. Pull the bottom of the Thor VM2 away from the Dock.

3. Lift the Thor VM2 away from the Dock.

2-4

Backlights and Indicators

Display Backlight

There are several configuration options for the Thor VM2 display backlight:

Power Management

The display backlight is controlled by power management. When the user activity timer expires, the display backlight is turned off. Different timeouts can be set for when the Thor VM2 is operating in the following power management schemes:

l AC/DC

l Ignition Control (ignition on)

l Ignition Control (ignition off)

l Auto-On

l UPS.

Timeouts can be specified for each scheme when operating on external power (plugged in) and when on UPS power (running on batteries).

Please refer to the Thor VM2 Reference Guide for details.

The display backlight can be configured using this option:

Start > Control Panel > Power.

Backlight Brightness

The intensity of the display backlight can be manually configured:

l Press the Blue key to enter Blue mode

l Press the P3 key to increase backlight brightness or the P4 key to decrease backlight brightness.

l Press the Blue key to exit Blue mode.

Please refer to the Screen Control panel in the Thor VM2 Reference Guide for the current display brightness level.

Screen Blanking

The Thor VM2 can be configured to blank (blackout) the display while the vehicle is in motion.

Please refer to the Screen Control panel in the Thor VM2 Reference Guide for details.

Keypad Backlight

By default, the integrated keypad backlight follows the display backlight. The integrated keypad backlight can be disabled.

The external USB keyboard backlight is manually controlled.

2-5

LED Functions

1. System LEDs

2. Connection LEDs

3. Blue LED

4. Orange LED

5. Programmable LED

2-6

System LEDs

SYS (System Status) LED

LED Behavior System State

1. SYS (System Status) LED

2. UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) LED

3. SSD (Solid State Drive) LED

Solid Green

Green blinking very slowly External power present (1/2 sec. on, 4 1/2 sec. off)

Off External power present

Off External power not present

Green blinking slowly External power present (1/2 sec. on, 1 1/2 sec. off)

Green blinking slowly External power not present (1/2 sec. on, 1 1/2 sec. off)

l On

l On but Display Off

l Standby

l Off

l Hibernate

l Off,

l Hibernate

l Standby

CPU temperature less than -20ºC, Heater warming CPU for 30 sec.

CPU temperature less than -20ºC, Need to move unit to warmer environment

2-7

UPS Status LED

The color of the UPS LED identifies the charge level and the behavior of the LED identifies the charging state.

Charge Level

LED Color Status

Green Fully charged (>90%)

l Less than fully charged, but more than 2 minutes runtime

remaining,

Amber

l Out of safe charging temperature range (charging only occurs

between approximately -10°C and 35°C ambient temperature),

l No UPS present,

l Charge timeout (not fully charged after 8 hours).

Red Low battery, less than 2 minutes runtime until shutdown

Charging State

LED Behavior Status

Slow Blink (1 sec. on, 3 sec. off)

Fast Blink (1/2 sec. on, 1/2 sec. off)

Charging.

UPS supplying power and discharging.

On Neither charging or discharging.

Off Unit is off or is in Standby or Hiberbate.

SSD (Solid State Drive) LED