Symbol PD8500 User Manual
posPacker
User Guide
posPacker
User Guide
72E-86035-01
Revision A
July 2006
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Table of Contents
About This Guide
Introduction.................................................................................................................... v
Chapter Descriptions ..................................................................................................... v
Notational Conventions.................................................................................................. v
Related Documents and Software................................................................................. vi
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1-1
Using posPacker ........................................................................................................... 1-1
Source Explorer ...................................................................................................... 1-2
Destination Explorer ................................................................................................ 1-3
IFB Functions .......................................................................................................... 1-3
IFB Files .................................................................................................................. 1-4
IFB Header Variables .............................................................................................. 1-5
Chapter 2: Multi-IFBs
Introduction ................................................................................................................... 2-1
PD8500 Multi-IFB Support ............................................................................................ 2-1
Creating Multi-IFBs Using posPacker ........................................................................... 2-2
Installing NK.BIN ........................................................................................................... 2-3
Installing Flash.bin ........................................................................................................ 2-3
Chapter 3: posUnpacker
Introduction ................................................................................................................... 3-1
Source Explorer Section ............................................................................................... 3-2
Destination Explorer Section ......................................................................................... 3-2
IFB File Contents Section ............................................................................................. 3-2
IFB Header Properties Section ..................................................................................... 3-2
Index
iv posPacker User Guide
About This Guide
Introduction
This guide provides instructions for using the posPacker software package.
Chapter Descriptions
Topics covered in this guide are as follows:
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Chapter 1, Getting Started explains how to use the posPacker tool.
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Chapter 2, Multi-IFBs describes Multi-IFBs and how to create them with posPacker.
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Chapter 3, posUnpacker explains how to use the posUnpacker tool to unpack (expand) or examine the
contents of an existing IFB.
About This Guide
Notational Conventions
The following conventions are used in this document:
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“Device” refers to the Symbol PD8500 POS device.
•
Bold text is used to highlight the following:
- Dialog box, window, and screen names
- Drop-down list and list box names
- Check box and radio button names
- Icons on a screen
- Button names on a screen.
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Italics are used to highlight specific items in the general text, and to identify chap ters and sectio ns in this
and related documents.
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Bullets (•) indicate:
- action items
- lists of alternatives
- lists of required steps that are not necessarily sequential
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Sequential lists (e.g., those that describe step-by-step procedures) appear as numbered lists.
vi posPacker User Guide
Related Documents and Software
The following documents provide more information about PD8500 devices.
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posBuilder Software Development Toolkit, p/n 72E-63755-xx
•
posPortal CE Integrator Guide, p/n 72E-64639-xx
•
PD8500 Product Reference Guide, p/n 72E-65797-xx
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