1-10 Workstation 4 Setup Guide
What is The Workstation 4?
Software Components
Software Components
The WS4 is comprised of several software components, described below.
Boot Loader
The Boot Loader is stored in a 2MB Flash EEPROM and is specific to the
SC3200 processor. It performs chip level register configuration of the system
board devices, executes a Power On Self Test (POST) specific to the WS4
hardware, then copies the OS image into RAM and starts it.
The Boot Loader also includes custom extensions unique to the WS4
hardware. These functions permit access to platform specific hardware such as
the Compact Flash Card, and handles such tasks as checking the CF card for an
updated copy of the operating system at boot time, then copying it to the DOC
if present.
Windows CE .NET
Windows CE .NET is a modular operating system sometimes found in
hand-held and portable information appliance devices. Classified as an
embedded operating system, Microsoft provides a tool called the Windows CE
Platform Builder (CEPB), that allows MICROS to custom build an operating
system using with only the modules and drivers required to support the WS4
hardware and application software. This results in an operating system where
the memory footprint and CPU requirements are substantially less than a
traditional desktop operating system.
POS Application
The Workstation 4 is a hardware platform, capable of supporting one of several
MICROS POS Applications and possibly third party applications. Throughout
this manual, the term ‘POS Application’ is used somewhat generically, and
could in fact apply to any of the following software products.
• RES - 3700 Client
• 8700 - Workstation Client
• 9700 - WinStation Client
• e7 - Restaurant Management System
Refer to the appropriate application documentation for more information.
MICROS Serial Application Loader (SAL)
The SAL provides the Workstation 4 with the same serial interface software
found in the MICROS User Workstation/3. This allows the Workstation 4 to
download 8700 or 9700 client software via the 8700 or 9700 Confidence Test.
See MD0006-025 for more information about using SAL with 9700;
documentation for 8700 is currently pending.
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