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1 Introduction

Encom Discover Mobile is a portable companion to Encom Discover for

MapInfo Professional. It is a powerful Geographic Information System (GIS)

and mapping application designed specifically to run on mobile Pocket PC

devices with embedded Microsoft W indows Mobile 2003 operating system.

Discover Mobile is built on MapInfo Corporation’s powerful MapX Mobile

platform and therefore provides seamless support for all native MapInfo

Professional data. Such data can be transferred to and from the mobile device

when linked to an external PC through the use of the Microsoft ActiveSync data

exchange system.

Encom Discover Mobile provides inbuilt support for GPS devices capable of

supporting NMEA 0183 (National Marine Electronics Association) standard

data transfer protocol. This enables you to perform data capture operations,

sample logging, mapping and in-field navigation with real-time GPS

information using virtually any connected GPS device. W ith Discover Mobile

your data goes wherever you do!

Discover Mobile also supports Trimble’s TSIP (Trimble Standard Interface

Protocol) protocol, allowing connectivity with Trimble DGPS devices such as

the Pro XRS and XT, with full support for Trimble’s Post-Processing

capabilities.

Ins ta lla tion P roce dure

This section contains the information you need to install Discover Mobile

successfully on your Pocket PC device and gives you an overview of Discover

Mobile’s main features.

H a rdw a re /S y s te m R e q uire m e nts

The Discover Mobile application is designed to run on mobile devices which

use the Microsoft W indows Mobile 2003 edition operating system and an Intel

StrongArm or XScale processor. W ide selections of general commercial devices

are available from companies such as HP, Dell, Toshiba, Acer and Panasonic,

which support these hardware/software configurations. In addition, rugged

industrial or military specification devices are also available from companies

such as Trimble and Symbol Technologies.

Encom recommends the following as a minimum hardware/software system

specification:

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Pocket PC Device

Pocket PC device running Microsoft® Windows Mobile 2003 with

StrongArm or XScale Processor (400 MHz or better). Minimum 64 Mb of

RAM.

Desktop PC

PC with Pentium processor, 400MHz or higher recommended. Microsoft

Windows 2000 with Service Pack 5 installed or Microsoft Windows XP

operating with Service Pack 2 installed, 128 MB RAM (256Mb

recommended), .NET framework 1.1 installed.

Pocket PC to Desktop PC Communication

Microsoft ActiveSync version 3.7 or later.

Discover Mobile will not run on handheld devices which run Windows

CE.NET, Windows CE 3.0, Windows HPC 2000 or handheld machines running

earlier operating systems or processors.

Desktop PostProcessing Software

Post-Processing of field data collected using DGPS requires the following

desktop software:

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Installation of the DiscoverM obile_v2.5_PostProcess.exe file available

from the Encom website (www.encom.com.au)

Trimble GPS Pathfinder Office 3.10

B efore Installing Discover M ob ile

Before installing the Discover Mobile application files, make sure your Pocket

PC device is connected to your PC computer, is turned on and has established a

synchronization connection to your host computer via Microsoft ActiveSync.

Make sure the correct version of Microsoft Active Sync is installed for your PC

Operating system.

Installation O verview

Installation of Discover Mobile is a simple three-step procedure. The steps

required are:

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1. Run the DiscoverMobile_v2.5_Setup.exe application to install the

Discover Mobile installer file and User Guide PDF onto the desktop

computer.

2. Copy the DiscoverMobile_v2.5_Installer.CAB file onto the PPC. Run

this file from within the PPC to install Discover Mobile.

3. Register the software with the mobile device and install a licence file to

activate the software. You will need to obtain a licence file from Encom

Technology.

Mobile Device and PC Synchronisation

To transfer files and data to and from your PC to the mobile device, file

synchronisation and transfer software must be installed on the PC computer.

The primary software used for this is called Microsoft ActiveSync.

ActiveSync is the latest synchronisation software from Microsoft for Microsoft

Windows® powered Pocket PCs. ActiveSync software should be supplied on a

CD-ROM with your Pocket PC device. ActiveSync will be preinstalled on the

mobile device but you will need to install the application software on your PC

computer. If you do not have an ActiveSync installation CD-ROM you can

download the software for free from a Microsoft Download website. Refer to

the Microsoft ActiveSync User Guide for instructions on installing ActiveSync

software.

Discover Mobile Software Installation

To install the Discover Mobile software on your PPC (Pocket Personal

Computer):

1. Download Discover Mobile 2.5 onto your desktop computer and un-zip the

Discover Mobile Set-Up files.

2. Double-click the DiscoverMobile_v2.5_Setup.exe file. The Discover

Mobile Installer will automatically start.

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3. Click Next. To proceed to the Licence Agreement screen and choose the I

Agree option if you accept the Licence Agreement. Click Next.

4. Accept the default application path of C:\PROGRAM FILES\

MAPINFO\DISCOVER MOBILE or specify your own location to install

Discover Mobile and associated components on the desktop computer.

Press Next to continue.

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5. Press Next in the Start Installation dialog. When installation is complete,

press Finish .

The final desktop installation screen

6. With the PPC synchronised to the desktop/laptop computer via

ActiveSync, copy the DiscoverMobile_v2.5_Installer.CAB file from the

installation folder on the desktop computer to the \MY DOCUMENTS

folder on the PPC.

7. From within the PPC, tap on the DiscoverMobile_v2.5_Installer.CAB file

to install Discover Mobile 2.5

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To complete the installation of the Discover Mobile system files and fonts on

the PPC you need to perform a Soft Reset of the device. Please refer to your

PPC user manual for complete instructions on how to perform a soft reset.

Note If intending to use the Post-Processing functionality of the Trimble TSIP

protocol, the user will also need to install the

DiscoverMobile_v2.5_PostProcess.exe file onto the desktop computer; this is

available as a download from the Encom website (www.encom.com.au) and

requires Encom’s Discover 7 to be installed. Trimble’s GPS Pathfinder

Office 3.10 software also needs to be installed onto the desktop computer..

L icensing Discover Mobile

When you run Discover Mobile for the first time you will be prompted to

licence the software. You will need to obtain a licence file via email from

Encom Technology. The licensing procedure is only required once.

T o L icense the A pplication

Start Discover Mobile by tapping Start and then Discover Mobile or select

Start>Programs and tap the Discover Mobile icon.

You will be presented with the Discover Mobile licence screen displayed

below:

Licence screen showing User and Licence information

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Fill out the User Name and Company fields and then tap the Save button to save

the user information to DiscMobileLicInfo.txt file in the \MY DOCUMENTS

folder on the PPC.

Save the DiscMobileLicInfo.TXT file

1. From Windows Explorer on your desktop computer navigate to the \MY

DOCUMENTS folder on the PPC and copy the DiscMobileLicInfo.txt file

from the PPC to your host computer.

2. Email the DiscMobileLicInfo.txt file to discover_mobile@ encom.com.au

as an attachment.

You will receive by return email, a licence file with the filename extension

of .LIC.

3. Upon receiving your licence file from Encom, extract it from the email and

copy it to either the \MY DOCUMENTS folder on the PPC or preferably

the top directory level of the storage card if you have one. Start Discover

Mobile as before by tapping Start>Discover Mobile or by tapping the

Start>Programs>Discover Mobile icon. When Discover Mobile starts

you will be presented with the licence dialog again.

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4. Tap the Load button and select the DiscMobileLic.LIC file. Tap OK to

activate the software. If the licence information is valid, the software will

be activated and Discover Mobile is now ready for use.

WARNING In the event that your PPC device loses all power due to a flat battery all

information stored in the onboard RAM memory will be lost. This includes all

installed programs and data you have added to the device since receiving it from

the factory. Should this happen you will be required to reinstall the Discover

Mobile software on your PPC and then to re-licence the software. You can reuse

your original licence file to activate Discover Mobile at any time providing you

use the licence file on the same PPC device. Therefore it important that you

keep a copy of the .LIC file on your PC or another form of storage media (eg

CF Flash card, Secure Digital card, floppy disk or CD) so you can easily access

it.

Transferring Data between Devices

Transferring data between your mobile device and your desktop computer is as

simple as dragging and dropping files from one device to the other using

Windows Explorer. All that is required to activate this functionality is to

establish a connection between the two devices using Microsoft ActiveSync.

Microsoft ActiveSync is the main software used for connecting mobile devices

to a desktop PC. It can provide communication between the mobile device and a