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Download to Memory Sector “ACT”:
1. Press the navigation key [Down] to move down to the active memory sector, “ACT”, which
may be unoccupied already. Press [Enter] to select it.
2. Select a desired interface for downloading.
3. Connect the interface cable if required.
4. On your PC, run the utility ProgLoad.exe. Make necessary configuration on its user’s interface,
select the program to download, and press OK button to proceed. The mobile computer will
start to download the assigned program.
If the active memory sector has already been occupied by an application program, the newly
downloaded program will overwrite the old one and come to activation immediately.
4.1.2 ACTIVATE
Select this item to activate a program on the mobile computer. When this item is
selected, it first lists all the spare programs stored on the mobile computer that isn’t
active at the moment.
Select any one from the list (from 1 to 6) or select the SD card. The selected program
will be copied to the active memory sector and replace the current one.
Note: A font file cannot be activated.
As soon as a program is activated, the mobile computer shuts down. When you power it
on again, a screen appears showing the message <New Program Start>, take the
following action to keep or clear out the files in the SRAM:
TO CLEAR FILE SYSTEM
Press [ESC] to clean out the files in the SRAM. In this case, no data (transactions,
settings, etc.) is kept on the mobile computer when the new program comes into play.
TO KEEP FILE SYSTEM
To keep the files, simply press any key other than [ESC].