Symbol Technologies MC3000 - Manual (Page 97)

Creating/Loading Hex Images 6-3
Introduction
Terminal Configuration Manager (TCM) is an application used to customize flash file system partitions for the mobile computer. The
most common use is to create an application partition hex file that contains the customer's application. TCM can also be used to load
hex files to the flash memory of the mobile computer.
The program resident on the mobile computer that receives the hex file and burns it to the flash memory is called Initial Program
Loader (IPL).
The customization of partitions is controlled by TCM scripts. The scripts contain all of the necessary information for building an image.
The script is a list of copy commands specifying the files to copy from the development computer to the partition.
TCM works with a pair of directory windows, one displaying the script and the other displaying the source files resident on the
development computer. Using standard windows drag and drop operations, files can be added and deleted from the script window.
The DCP includes scripts used by Symbol Technologies to build the standard factory installed Platform and Application partitions
provided on the mobile computer. The standard Platform partition contains drivers while the Application partition contains demo
applications and optional components. The standard TCM scripts can be found in the following folder: C:\Program Files\Symbol
Windows CE SMDK (MC3000)\SymbolPlatforms \MC3000\TCMScripts.
Before creating a script to build a hex image, identify the files required (system files, drivers, applications,
etc.) and locate the files’ source directories to make the script building process easier.
The required processes for building a hex image in TCM include:
• Starting TCM
• Defining script properties
• Creating the script for the hex image
• Building the image
• Sending the hex image to the mobile computer.
Screens displayed in this section are sample screens. The actual mobile computer screens may vary slightly.