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ORiNOCO Technical Bulletin 019 / B April 1999

Introduction

This bulletin is prepared to provide information for users of Hand-held Palmtop

Computers (H/PC) devices running under the Windows CE operating system, who

have a need for wireless connectivity using ORiNOCO/IEEE PC Cards.

Wireless connectivity within a ORiNOCO infrastructure allows the you, as a user of

the H/PC, to synchronize the unit with the software in your desktop PC, from any

given location within the range of an AP-1000/500I system that has a physical

connection to your desktop PC. You no longer need to return to your desk to get

close to the desktop to synchronize the unit, as the path between the H/PC and the

desktop runs via the ORiNOCO PC Card, the AP-1000/500 systems and the

infrastructure that connects the to the desktop computer.

So far, several vendors have provided an H/PC under Windows CE and, though all

devices have the same operating system, there are differences in implementation,

such as processor type and type of batteries used. These differences may make

the use of the current implementation of ORiNOCO/IEEE in these devices less

trivial, and in some instances, even not possible at all. The minimum HW

requirements are:

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the presence of a type-II PC Card slot

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sufficient battery power to drive the ORiNOCO card

The smallest members of this growing family of H/PC devices, for instance, do not

have a full size type-II PC Card slot but merely support type-II compact flash cards,

such as the Casio Cassiopeia E-10/11. Obviously this device cannot support a

ORiNOCO/IEEE PC Card.

Even if these H/PC devices are fitted with a full size type-II PC Card slot, network

adapters such as the ORiNOCO PC Card may not always be supported. In this

bulletin we address some of the issues concerning the use of ORiNOCO in H/PC

devices under Windows CE.

Windows CE versions

Today you will find two major releases of Windows CE on the market:

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CE 1.0

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CE 2.0 (CE 2.10 and CE 2.11)

Windows CE 1.0 does not support the networking functions that would allow the use

of LAN device such as the ORiNOCO/IEEE PC Card. Therefore there is no

ORiNOCO support for Windows CE 1.0.

Summary of content (7 pages)

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... and Windows CE ORiNOCO Technical Bulletin 019 / B April 1999 Introduction This bulletin is prepared to provide information for users of Hand-held Palmtop Computers (H/PC) devices running under the Windows CE operating system, who have a need for wireless connectivity using ORiNOCO/IEEE PC Cards.
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... and Windows CE Using a ORiNOCO/IEEE PC Card under Windows CE 2.0 is possible, but whether or not the current releases of the ORiNOCO driver run properly depends upon the type of processor used in the H/PC. See the next section for more information. Windows CE 2.10 and 2.11 include minor updates to version 2.0, therefore using the ORiNOCO/IEEE PC Card under these versions is also supported. Processor types H/PC devices use on board processors, integrated within their hardware.
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... and Windows CE Brand Model CE Processor Compaq C series 2010C 2.0 MIPS HP Color Palmtop PC HP620LX 2.0 SH3 HP Jornada 820 2.11 StrongARM Sharp Electronics Mobilon TriPad PV-6000 2.11 MIPS (R4000) NEC Mobile Gear-II MC-R700 2.11 MIPS NEC Mobile Pro 750C 2.0 MIPS NEC Mobile Pro 770 2.
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... and Windows CE Installation and SW distribution Windows CE devices are typically used in combination with desktop computers running ‘Windows CE Services’ to transfer data between the desktop computer and the H/PC device. To use ORiNOCO IEEE 802.11 in your Windows CE device, you will need to: 1. Use the installation instructions provided by Lucent Technologies to install the ORiNOCO miniport driver plus the Config files onto the desktop computer.
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... and Windows CE Card requires a certain amount of power to execute its operation that may impact battery-life significantly. To minimize battery consumption as a result of wireless communication, the user is recommended to use NiCad re-chargeable batteries, and keep the PC Card out of the PCMCIA slot when not in use.
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... and Windows CE Appendix The following text is also provided as the Readme.tx file together with the software: Readme.txt for installation of ORiNOCO/IEEE driver on WinCE 2.0 =============================================================== The installation consists of the following files : SETUP.EXE : Installation file for setup of ORiNOCO/IEEE driver on WinCE. README.TXT : This readme.txt file NETSETUP.
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... and Windows CE Extra NETSETUP.EXE : -------------------On some devices (like NEC and HP) the networking files are not include on the device. To check this, open the "Control Panel" and look for the "Network" icon. If this is missing then the netsetup.exe should be installed first. After this the setup.exe can be installed. On some device it is necessary the do a "RESET" of the device. This can be done by the reset button on the underside of the device.