Mobile Industrial Solutions

Training Course

Mobile Industrial Solutions

Casio DT-X7 Stocktaking Sample

Name: Arne ReineltFunction: Product Support

Mobile Industrial Solutions

Mobile Industrial SolutionsDT-X7 Stocktaking Sample

Upload data to PC

Mobile Industrial SolutionsWorkflow

• Get user name, rack number, and article numbers

• Deactivate certain records due to wrong input• Write all data to specific files• Upload data files to PC by using Casio

LMWin communication software

Mobile Industrial SolutionsData Flow

DATA.TMP

DATA.DAT

Barcode

Date

User

Rack

Time

Price

Quantity

APPEND

RACK1.DAT RACK9.DATRACK2.DAT

Mobile Industrial SolutionsFlow Chart

Collect Data

Delete Data

Upload Data

Mobile Industrial SolutionsObject Orientated Design

Presentation Layer(Dialog Classes)

Business Layer(Business Transaction Class )

Data Layer(Data Class)

• Show data• Get data from user• Show system status

• Collect data• Delete data• Upload data

• Read/write to file• Read/write to DB• Query DB

Mobile Industrial SolutionsCasio Libraries

• System Library (System Settings)– Keyboard– CPU Speed– Mouse Pointer– Speaker / Vibrator

• OBR Library (Scanner)• Flink Library (Data Communication)

Mobile Industrial SolutionsOBR Conditions

closed opened

• Scanning disabled

• Changing the settings enabled

• Trigger keys not occupied

• Scanning enabled

• Changing the settings disabled

• Trigger keys occupied

OBROpen(...)

OBRClose(...)

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Synchronization done by CCriticalSection object

OBR Workflow

Scanning No

Settings Global

Execution Once

Duration 3-5 sec.

Data

Sub DialogMain Dialog

OBROpen…

OBRGets…

OBRClose

Reader Thread

Scanning Yes

Settings Specific

Execution Multiple

Duration 50 ms

Fast Switching

Mobile Industrial SolutionsData Communication

FLKOpen

do

while( false )

FLKFileAdd

CheckStatus

CheckStatus

CheckStatus

FLKClose

Error: break

Exit

OK

OK

OK

CheckStatus

FLKDateTime

Err

or:

retu

rn

CheckStatus: Necessary due to asynchronous function calls

Error: break

You must disable

ActiveSync when using

FLink

Mobile Industrial SolutionsSpecial Features

• Full Screen Mode• Color buttons• Custom Fonts• Keyboard Navigation• Hot Keys (Red, Yellow, and Blue)• Custom Title and Task Bar• MFC Collection Classes

Mobile Industrial SolutionsFull Screen Mode

Custom Title Bar

Custom Task Bar

Client Area

Mobile Industrial SolutionsFull Screen Mode

• Client windows are smaller than the main application window

• Custom taskbar stays visible all the time

• Using dialog template to avoid duplicating common functions

Mobile Industrial SolutionsCustom Fonts

Different Font Styles

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And now something completely different…

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Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away…

Mobile Industrial SolutionsWorkshops

Casio DT-X7Stocktaking Application

Star Wars Edition

Mobile Industrial SolutionsInstallation

• Install latest libraries to your DT-X7• Copy OBRDRV.ini to \FlashDisk\System

Settings\, and overwrite the existing one if necessary

• Deploy release version of DTX7_Stocktaking application to your mobile device

• Test the application…

~ 15 Minutes

Mobile Industrial SolutionsSystem Library

• Add new function to CHelper class in order to get the device ID of your DT-X7

• Use this newly added function to display the device ID when the [Make Settings] button from main menu is pressed (display only relevant digits)

• Play warning sound through buzzer when battery power drops below 15 percent

• Repeat that warning every 5 seconds• Hint: Use CheckBatteryPower( ) function in

CDTX7_StockTakingDlg class as starting point

~ 30 Minutes

Mobile Industrial SolutionsOBR Library

• Enable notification by vibrator for scanning complete condition

• Two possibilities:– Modify InitSettings( ) in CDTX7_StockTaking class

and Init( ) in COBRWedgeBase class– Modify Modify OnBprdok( ) in CTX7_ProductDlg

class• Allow to read Code128 instead of Code39 for the

user name• Hint: Modify MakeSettings(…) in COBRWedge class

~ 30 Minutes

Mobile Industrial SolutionsFlink Library

• Modify the application to copy all data files one by one to PC instead of appending all data to only file on PC

• Hint: You will have to make your changes in SyncJobStandard(…) in CFLCEWedge class

~ 30 Minutes

Mobile Industrial SolutionsHomework

• Modify the data layer (CData class) to use a database of your choice instead of MFC collection classes

• Modify the communication part to use Bluetooth or WLAN instead of LMWin

• Add more thread functions to the CFLCEWedge class, e.g. to receive new program versions from PC

• Add your own functions to the settings menu, e.g. to configure the trigger keys

• Add your own submenus to collect data for different departments

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Questions & Answers