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Rugged Tablet PC M133 Series Windows 10 IoT Enterprise Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Pro Windows 7 Professional for Embedded System

OS Deployment Guide Version 1.1

Release date: 17-Apr-2017

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Document Revision History

Version Date Note

1.0 09-Mar-2017 Initial document release

1.1 17-Apr-2017 Add Graphics Settings

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 3

CHAPTER 2: BIOS 4

2.1 BIOS and OS Support Overview 4

2.2 Changing BIOS Mode for OS Installation 4

2.3 BIOS Navigation Keys 5

2.4 Changing BIOS Settings to Install OS 7

2.5 BIOS and EC Firmware Update Guide 11

CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP OS FIRST TIME 24

3.1 Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 24

3.2 Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Pro 30

3.3 Windows 7 Ultimate / Professional for Embedded System 35

CHAPTER 4: DRIVER INSTALLATION 40

4.1 Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 40

4.2 Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Pro 41

4.3 Windows 7 Professional for Embedded System 42

4.4 WMMIO Driver Installation (For Windows 7/8/10) 52

CHAPTER 5: UTILITY INSTALLATION 54

5.1 List of Winmate AP and Utilities 54

5.2 Installation Procedure 55

CHAPTER 6: SERIAL COM PORT SETTINGS 56

6.1 COM Port Settings 56

6.2 Adjusting COM Port Number 57

6.3 Setting Up Bluetooth COM Port 59

6.4 How to Check COM Port Proprieties 61

CHAPTER 7: OS SETTING ADJUSTMENTS 63

7.1 Microphone Setting Adjustment 63

7.2 Display Size Adjustment 66

7.3 On-screen Keyboard Adjustment (For Windows 10 Only) 69

7.4 Graphics Setting 74

CHAPTER 8: WINMATE SDK SUPPORT 78

8.1 Winmate Download Center 78

8.2 Download SDK from Winmate File Share 78

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

This document contains references and instructions on operation system and utility

installation. This guide describes the procedure how to update BIOS or change

BIOS settings to install the OS different from Winmate shipment.

For standard installation Windows OS installation, you can use Winmate’s

Recovery CD/ DVD or use Recovery Wizard following procedures described in

the M133 Series User Manual.

For alternative way, if customer installs Windows from Microsoft CD/ DVD; this

document explains some key important information (especially for consumer

versions of Windows, Non-Embedded OS).

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CHAPTER 2: BIOS

2.1 BIOS and OS Support Overview

Newer operating systems such as Windows 8 and Windows 10 are supported when

the BIOS is in UEFI mode, while Windows 7 is only supported when the BIOS is in

Legacy Mode. Please make sure the BIOS is in the corresponding mode before

proceeding to OS installation:

BIOS Mode Supported Operating System

UEFI Windows 8, Windows 10

Legacy Windows 7

2.2 Changing BIOS Mode for OS Installation

There are two ways to change the BIOS mode on the tablet for new OS installation

1. Through change of BIOS settings (UEFI / LEGACY mode) using the BIOS

menu

2. Update the BIOS to the corresponding preset versions dedicated to different

Windows versions.

IMPORTANT:

Choose only one BIOS Setup method for OS Installation: either change BIOS settings (UEFI/LEGACY mode) or update the BIOS to the corresponding preset versions dedicated to different Windows versions.

The choice depends on your preferences.

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2.3 BIOS Navigation Keys

This section describes the procedure to enter BIOS settings and introduces BIOS

navigation keys. To enter the BIOS setup, you need to connect an external USB

keyboard, press Del key when the prompt appears on the screen during start up.

The prompt screen shows only few seconds so need press Del key quickly.

BIOS Navigation Keys

The following keys are enabled during POST:

Key Function

Del Enters the BIOS setup menu.

F7 Display the boot menu. Lists all bootable devices that are connected to the system. With cursor ↑and cursor ↓and by pressing <ENTER>, select the device used for the boot.

Pause Pressing the [Pause] key stops the POST. Press any other key to resume the POST.

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The following Keys can be used after entering the BIOS Setup.

Key Function

F1 General Help

F2 Previous Values

F3 Optimized Defaults

F4 Save & Exit

Esc Exit

+/- Change options

Enter Select or execute command

Cursor ↑ Moves to the previous item

Cursor ↓ Goes to the next item

Cursor ← Moves to the previous item

Cursor → Goes to the next item

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2.4 Changing BIOS Settings to Install OS

This section describes how to change operating system mode in BIOS settings to

install OS that is different from the version that is shipped.

2.4.1 Default Windows 8/8.1 change to Windows 7

The instruction below describes how to change Windows 8/8.1 to Windows 7.

1. Enter BIOS Setup utility.

2. Go to “Boot” at BIOS setup menu. Click on Select Operating System.

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3. Change OS setting to Windows 7.

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2.4.2 Default Windows 7 change to Windows 8.1

1. Enter BIOS Setup menu.

2. Go into item “Boot” at BIOS setup menu.

3. Change OS setting to Windows 8.X.

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4. Now you can put your device to Boot Option #1 then you will start installation

process.

IMPORTANT:

Pay attention to the mode you created on the Recovery DVD. PE3.0 only support legacy mode for Windows 7, PE5.0 can support Win7/8/8.1 at legacy or UEFI mode. Creation and installing process of the chosen mode must match.

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2.5 BIOS and EC Firmware Update Guide

This section contains the procedures required to perform updates to BIOS and EC

firmware. The update procedures require user to prepare USB drive containing

BIOS/EC update files first, and then boot the computer to BIOS UEFI Shell Mode,

and perform BIOS and EC firmware update using the update script file prepared on

the USB drive.

2.5.1 Tools needed

1. Tablet PC to be updated

2. One empty USB drive

3. Winmate BIOS Update files

4. USB hub powered with an external AC adapter (Note: if the USB Hub is not

externally AC powered, the BIOS and EC firmware update run the risk of being

corrupted)

5. USB keyboard

6. Another Windows PC to prepare update USB drive

2.5.2 Where to Download BIOS Update Files

Download the latest BIOS version from Winmate Download Center or File Share.

If you cannot find the latest BIOS version, please contact Winmate sales department

at sales@winmate.com.tw.

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2.5.3 Preparing USB Drive with BIOS/EC FW Update Files

1. Plug in an empty USB drive to a PC.

2. Unzip files from USB BOOT Disk Tool(rufus-2.11p).zip into any location on

your computer first as a folder. This folder will be used in the next few steps.

NOTE:

The actual files listed in the screenshot below may be different.

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3. Right-click on the Hrufus-2.11p.EXE, and select Run as administrator.

4. The disk format tool will appear as shown below.

Make sure the Device is targeted at the removable USB drive (from Step 1)

Partition scheme and target system type is MBR Partition scheme for

BIOS or UEFI

File system is FAT32

New volume label is USB

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5. Select Quick Format and create a bootable disk using FreeDOS.

6. Next, click on the Start button, and a Warning message will be shown. Click

Yes to proceed.

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7. The USB drive will then be formatted to a FreeDOS startup disk. Click OK to

finish and Close the tool.

8. Download the latest BIOS update files, and extract the files into an UPDATE

folder.

IMPORTANT: It is important that the folder name is shorter than 8 characters, otherwise update procedure cannot start.

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9. Copy the UPDATE folder into the formatted USB.

The USB drive is now ready to be used to perform for BIOS and EC firmware

update procedure detailed in the next section.

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2.5.4 Update/Flash BIOS and EC under DOS Mode

1. Prepare the Tablet PC to be updated by plugging in the AC Adapter, USB

hub, the USB drive (prepared in the previous section), and the USB

keyboard.

2. Power on the Tablet PC while pressing DEL key on the keyboard to enter the

BIOS Setup Menu.

3. Use the direction keys on the keyboard to navigate to the submenu “Boot”,

and then choose “CSM Parameters” by pressing Enter.

(If you do not have this option, jump to step 5)

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4. Once in the menu, select “Launch CSM” and hit Enter. Select Enabled and

hit Enter again.(Jump to step 6)

5. Use the direction keys on the keyboard to navigate to the submenu “Boot”,

and then choose “Select Operating System” by pressing Enter. Select

Windows 7 and hit Enter again.

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6. Hit F4, and select Yes to save the setting and exit BIOS.

7. Press F7 on the keyboard to go into the Boot Select Menu while the

computer restarts automatically. Select the removable USB drive to boot into

the USB.

8. The computer now will boot into the DOS environment loaded into the USB

drive.

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9. Enter the command “dir” to show the folder inside the USB. There should be a

“UPDATE” folder that was prepared in the previous section. Browse into the

folder by entering the command “cd UPDATE”

10. Once in the UPDATE folder, enter the command “update” to initiate the

11. The update script will scan through the BIOS on the computer and

replace it with new BIOS. The user will see block of data being programmed

with percentages.

CAUTION Please do not unplug the AC Adapter, the update USB, or shutdown the computer during this update, as it may cause permanent damage to the computer that may require substantial hardware repair.

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12. Once the BIOS update is done, a FPT Operation Passed message will

be shown, and the update script will automatically run through all the

necessary update processes as shown below. No user input will be required,

and the computer will automatically restart.

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13. To ensure the BIOS and EC firmware updates are applied successfully,

please restart the computer and press the DEL on the keyboard while the

computer is starting up, to boot into BIOS Setup Menu.

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14. Once the BIOS Setup Menu starts, check under the “Main” menu to

find the Project Version and the EC Version are shown to be update that

was successfully applied.

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CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP OS FIRST TIME

This section explains how to install OS for the first time. You will find guideline for

Windows 10 IoT Enterprise as an example. For other OS, follow on-screen

instructions from Microsoft.

3.1 Windows 10 IoT Enterprise

Follow the steps below to complete the setup process.

1. Press the power button to turn on the computer.

2. First, select your country/region, your preferred app language, your preferred

keyboard layout, and your time zone, and then click Next.

3. In the opened window, click Install now.

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4. Enter the product key to activate Windows, click Next.

5. Microsoft license will appear. Carefully read the terms of license, select “I

accept the license terms”, then click Next.

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6. Select the type of installation you want. We recommend you to choose custom.

Click Custom to continue.

7. Choose the place where to install Windows, then click Next.

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8. Windows setup window will pop-up. Windows might create additional partitions

for you system files. Click Ok.

9. Windows have created partition 2. Click Next to continue.

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10. Windows setup warning message pops-up, read it carefully, and then click

Cancel. Click Next to continue.

11. Installing Windows. Please wait.

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12. Now you are ready to Setup your system. Click Use Express settings.

13. Read any introductory screens describing features of your computer, and click

Next upon completing each. You are now done with the initial setup process.

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3.2 Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Pro

Follow the steps below to complete the setup process.

1. Press the power button to power on the computer.

2. Check I accept the license terms for using Windows to accept the terms,

and then click or tap "I Accept."

3. On the Personalize screen, choose a color you like – you can always change

this later from the Start screen.

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4. In the PC name field, type a name for your computer, and then click or tap

Next.

5. On the Settings page screen, choose Use express settings for the fastest

setup.

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6. Windows will then try to connect to network. Ignore attempt to connect to

internet as you do not need internet connection to finish setup your pc.

7. On Your account screen, type your username and password to create a local

account, and then click or tap Finish.

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8. Windows may take some time to finalize your settings.

9. On the Windows Sign-in screen, enter the user name and password that you

set up earlier, and then press Enter.

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10. Once Windows finishes login, you are now ready to use the PC

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3.3 Windows 7 Ultimate / Professional for Embedded System

Follow the steps below to complete the setup process.

1. Press the power button to power on the computer.

2. First select your region and language information, and then tap Next

3. Type in a user name for your account to be used on this PC and tap Next

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4. Type in a password for your account and tap Next

5. Now enter the product key that came with the computer and tap Next. For this

version of the Windows, a product key entry is required when setting up the

computer for the first time.

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6. On the license terms screen, click on the I accept the license terms and tap

Next

7. For the update option, choose Use recommended settings for Windows to

install updates. If you do not wish Windows to do so, choose the other options

accordingly.

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8. Next, review the date and time settings on the computer

9. Select the computer current location for network privacy setting. Choose the

location below to your actual usage accordingly.

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10. Allow time for windows to setup your desktop for the first time.

11. Now the computer is ready to be used.

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CHAPTER 4: DRIVER INSTALLATION

This section contains the path to download drivers for Windows 10 IoT Enterprise,

Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Pro and Windows 7 Professional for Embedded

System. Install the drivers in the sequence listed below.

4.1 Windows 10 IoT Enterprise

Download drivers from Winmate Download Center:

Go to www.winmate.com > Support > Download Center > Rugged Tablet PCs >

M133W > Drivers

Driver Installation Sequence:

1. Chipset

2. Graphics

3. Management Engine

4. Serial I/O

5. Audio

6. LAN

7. GPS

8. Bluetooth

9. Wi-Fi

10. WWAN

11. WMMIO Driver (Please see Section 4.4 WMMIO Driver Installation for

detailed information)

After completing the OS driver installation, you can install Utilities

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4.2 Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Pro

Download drivers from Winmate Download Center:

Go to http://www.winmate.com/ > Support > Download Center > Rugged Tablet

PCs > M133W > Drivers

Driver Installation Sequence:

1. Chipset

2. Graphics

3. Management Engine

4. Serial I/O

5. Audio

6. LAN

7. GPS

8. Bluetooth

9. Wi-Fi

10. WWAN

11. WMMIO Driver (Please see Section 4.4 WMMIO Driver Installation for

detailed information)

After completing the OS driver installation, you can install Utilities

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4.3 Windows 7 Professional for Embedded System

Download drivers from Winmate Download Center:

Go to www.winmate.com > Support > Download Center Rugged Tablet PCs >

M133W > Drivers

Driver Installation Sequence:

1. Chipset

2. Graphics

3. Kernel-Mode Driver Framework version 1.11 Update

4. Management Engine

5. Audio

6. LAN

7. USB 3.0

8. .Net 4.5.2

9. Sensor Hub

10. LAVFilters

11. GPS

12. Bluetooth

13. Wi-Fi

14. WWAN

15. WMMIO Driver (Please see Section 4.4 WMMIO Driver Installation for

detailed information)

After completing the OS driver installation, you can install drivers for Utilities

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4.3.1 Sensor Hub Driver Installation (For Window 7 Only)

1. Open Device Manager located in Computer Management menu, and then go

to Human Interface Devices, right-click on HID-compliant device, in the

drop-down menu choose Properties.

2. Open the menu.

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3. In Details menu select Hardware Ids, the content shows

HID\VID_0483&PID_91D1&REV_0034&Col01 (refer to the picture below).

4. If the device confirmed to be the same as contents, go to the HID-compliant

device proprieties menu, go to Driver tab, and select Update Driver (If the

content is different, please select another device with the same name to view).

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5. In the opened menu, select “Browse my computer for driver software”.

6. Select “Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer”.

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7. Click on “Have Disk”.

8. Choose the location for the driver to be installed.

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9. In the specified Sensor Hub folder, STSensorHub.inf, find STSensorHub.inf,

click on Open.

10. Complete original Model name change to STMicroelectronics Sensor

Hub, and then select Next.

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11. Windows security window pops u, select “Install this driver software

anyway”.

12. Wait while the system is installing driver software.

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13. Installation complete, close the window.

14. The name of the device will be updated under the Sensors category.

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15. After the driver is installed, please open Control Panel.

16. Go to Hardware and Sound.

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17. Select Location and Others Sensors.

18. In STMicroelectronics Sensor Hub settings choose Enabled and click

Apply, now the device can work properly.

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4.4 WMMIO Driver Installation (For Windows 7/8/10)

This section details the WMMIO Driver installation required for HotTab utility

*WMMIO Driver is required for the following OS: Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 IoT. WMMIO Driver Installation steps:

i. Type “cmd” in the run box.

ii. The cmd.exe will appear in Programs

iii. Right click on the cmd.exe and click on “Run as administrator” to start command prompt.

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iv. Change directory to driver’s location, and type install to install the driver

v. When Windows Security dialog appear, select install to continue the installation.

vi. When the driver is successfully installed, you can see “Drivers Updated successfully” message in the dos prompt.

vii. “WMMIO” device should also have been added to the Device Manger under “System devices”.

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CHAPTER 5: UTILITY INSTALLATION

This section contains Winmate AP/Utility download path, the list of items provided

for M133 Series Rugged Tablet PC by Winmate and HotTab driver installation.

5.1 List of Winmate AP and Utilities

You can download Winmate AP/ Utility from Winmate Download Center. Go to www.winmate.com > Support > Download Center > Rugged Tablet PCs > M133W > Utility

List of Winmate AP/ Utilities for M133 Series Rugged Tablet PC

Item Type Description

1 Utility M133 Hot Tab Utility

*Refer to utility User Manual for detailed AP/Utility installation instructions.

M133 Series Rugged Tablet PC Hot Tab Version:

Filename M133W Model Description

M133_A40.1.72 For M133W with HotSwap Battery with or without Barcode Scanner with or without HF RFID Reader

M133_A40.1.72_SmartCard For M133W with HotSwap Battery

with Smart Card Reader with or without HF RFID Reader

M133_A40.1.72_NoBackup For M133W without HotSwap Battery

with or without Barcode Scanner with or without HF RFID Reader

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5.2 Installation Procedure

1. With Windows booted up, go to “Control Panel” -> “Programs and Features”

2. Check if there exists item “Win8HotTab”. If it exists, please uninstall

3. Install the new HotTab installation executable - “setup.exe” in the folder

4. After installation is finished, restart the tablet before again

5. Check the new version of HotTab is correctly installed by opening HotTab, go

to “Setting” icon, and check if the “HotTab Ver” information listed matches the

updated version.

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CHAPTER 6: SERIAL COM PORT SETTINGS

This section explains how to adjust serial COM port settings for all the hardware

devices to work on the M133W Tablet. In order for Winmate’s Hot-Tab software to

communicate with & control the certain devices (for example, RFID, UHF, Barcode

Reader), it is required to assign fixed COM port number for each of the devices.

NOTE: After installing Winmate AP / Utility you may require to adjust serial COM port settings to match with Winmate AP settings.

6.1 COM Port Settings

Please make adjustments to the serial COM Port settings, so they match with the

following table:

Serial Port No

Device Instance Path Device Description

COM 1 ACPI\PNP0501\10 DB9 Connector for Serial Port

COM 3 ACPI\PNP0501\11 HF RFID (optional)

COM 4 Bluetooth Auto Pairing

COM 9 u-Blox GPS

COM 15 ACPI\PNP0501\12 Barcode Reader (optional)

Refer to the section “Adjusting Com Port Number” of this deployment guide to set up

COM port number.

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6.2 Adjusting COM Port Number

1. Go to the Device Manager > Expand the Ports (COM& LPT). Right-click on the device and click on ‘Properties’.

2. In the Ports Settings tab, click Advanced.

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3. Specify the COM Port Number. Change COM port number from COM4 to

COM15. Click OK.

4. Check the device management that has been changed COM15, and then

restart your device.

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6.3 Setting Up Bluetooth COM Port

Instruction:

1. Open the Bluetooth Devices Control Panel.

2. In the Options tab, select Turn discovery on and allow Bluetooth devices to

connect to this computer.

3. In the COM Ports tab, click Add.

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4. Select Incoming (device initiates the connection) and click OK.

NOTE: The COM port number you just added would be auto paired when the Bluetooth Barcode scanner scans the barcode sticks on the tablet PC.

5. Click OK to close the Bluetooth Devices Control Panel.

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6.4 How to Check COM Port Proprieties

To check the actual location of the device:

1. Right-click on Communications Port from Device Manager and select Properties.

2. Enter Properties, then go to Details tab, in Device Instance Path check the actual location of the device.

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CHAPTER 7: OS SETTING ADJUSTMENTS

This section explains how to perform the necessary adjustments in the OS to make

sure the for all the hardware devices to work on the M133W Tablet.

7.1 Microphone Setting Adjustment

1. Use the right mouse button to click the sound icon in the lower right corner.

2. Choose Recording devices

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3. In Sound menu enter Recording, right click on the Default Microphone and

select Disable.

4. Right-click on the Microphone of Realtek High Definition Audio, and select

Properties.

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5. Enter the proprieties and select the Levels category

6. Enter Levels, adjust Microphone to 100, and Microphone Boost to +10 dB.

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7.2 Display Size Adjustment

1. Open Control Panel, and go to Appearance and Personalization.

2. Choose Display.

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3. Default setting is 100%.

4. Modify default setting to 125%, and click Apply.

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5. Warning window will pop up. Click on Log off now to log off your computer

and apply new settings.

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7.3 On-screen Keyboard Adjustment (For Windows 10 Only)

1. First, ppen Windows->Settings.

2. Open “Devies”.

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3. Selet “Typing”.

4. Set “Automatically show the touch keyboard in windowed apps when there’s no keyboard attached to your device” off->on.

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5. Automatically show the touch keyboard.

6. Search “regedit”.

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7. In the Registry Editor, use the navigation pane to locate: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SOFTWARE->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Explorer->Scaling.

8. Right-click the newly created value and click Modify.

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9. Enter the screen size of your device in diagonal inches. eg:13.3

10. Restart your machine. Windows will automatically scale your apps and UI based on the specified screen size.

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7.4 Graphics Setting

1. On the desktop open the shortcut Intel® HD Graphics Control Panel.

2. Select Power.

3. Enter the Power setting.

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4. In the upper left corner click Power and select On Battery.

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5. Enter power settings.

6. Change Display Refresh Rate Switching from Enable to Disable, and then

click Apply.

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7. A warning window will pop up asking if you want to save the newly modified

settings, click Yes.

8. You have completed changing graphics settings.

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CHAPTER 8: WINMATE SDK SUPPORT

Winmate provides Software Development Kit (SDK) for M133 Series Rugged Tablet

PC. If you cannot find SDK for your model, please contact Winmate at

sales@winmate.com.tw .

8.1 Winmate Download Center

Go to www.winmate.com > Support > Download Center > Rugged Tablet PCs >

M133 > Development Kit

8.2 Download SDK from Winmate File Share

https://app.box.com/files/0/f/7233497641/SDK

Winmate Inc. 9F, No.111-6,Shing-De Rd., San-Chung Dist., New Taipei City 24158, Taiwan, R.O.C

Tel: 886-2-8511-0288 Fax: 886-2-8511-0211 Email: sales@winmate.com.tw Official website: www.winmate.com