Athesi E5 User manual

E5 User Manual
Rev 1.0 / 2017-08-01
ATHESI
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This User Manual is published by Athesi without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this User Manual
necessitated typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment,
may be made by Athesi any time and without notice. Such changes will, however, be incorporated into new editions of
this User Manual.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Overview............................................................................ 4
1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................ 4
1.2 Front, Rear, Side and Bottom View ............................................................ 6
1.3 LED Notifications ..................................................................................... 8
1.4 Power on/off, Reboot................................................................................ 8
1.5 Wake up and Sleep .................................................................................. 9
1.6 Charging & Battery Safety ........................................................................ 9
Chapter 2: Getting Started ................................................................ 11
2.1 Status Bar, Quick Settings & Notification Bar............................................. 11
2.2 Home Screen, Apps and Wallpaper........................................................... 12
2.3 Date & Time .......................................................................................... 13
2.4 Language & Input .................................................................................. 13
2.5 External microSD Card ........................................................................... 14
2.6 Display and Sleep LED............................................................................ 15
2.7 Audio Profiles & Sound Volume ................................................................ 16
2.8 Google Play........................................................................................... 17
2.9 Screen Capture...................................................................................... 18
2.10 Recovery & Factory Mode........................................................................ 18
2.11 Clean Reset (Restore to factory default) ................................................... 19
Chapter 3: System Information ......................................................... 20
3.1 S/N (Serial No.) and Version Information.................................................. 20
3.2 Wi-Fi Addresses ..................................................................................... 20
3.3 Phone SIM & IMEI Information ................................................................ 21
Chapter 4: Wireless Connectivity....................................................... 22
4.1 Wi-Fi & Bluetooth................................................................................... 22
4.2 Phone and SIM ...................................................................................... 24
4.3 WWAN (2G/3G/4G LTE) .......................................................................... 24
4.4 GPS and Locations ................................................................................. 25
4.5 NFC...................................................................................................... 25
Chapter 5: Kiosk Mode (User/Admin Mode) ...................................... 27
5.1 Introduction .......................................................................................... 27
5.2 Switching between Modes ....................................................................... 27
5.3 User Mode Restrictions ........................................................................... 29
5.4 User Mode Settings ................................................................................ 30

Chapter 6: File Manager, File Transfer and Sync................................ 31
6.1 File Manager (Phone Internal and microSD memory) .................................. 31
6.2 MTP USB connection............................................................................... 32
6.3 FTP Server ............................................................................................ 33
6.4 FTP Client ............................................................................................. 34
6.5 DSCloud (Synology) ............................................................................... 34
Chapter 7: Barcode (1D/2D) ............................................................. 35
7.1 Side Buttons (Left & Right) ..................................................................... 35
7.2 Honeywell 1D/2D Imager........................................................................ 36
7.3 Barcode Settings ................................................................................... 36
Chapter 8: Installing App by APKs..................................................... 37
8.1 Installing APKs ...................................................................................... 37
8.2 Extracting APKs ..................................................................................... 38
Chapter 9: Remote Support & Control ............................................... 39
9.1 Teamviewer (PC Version)........................................................................ 39
9.2 Quicksuppport (Android Version) ............................................................. 39
Chapter 10: System Upgrade ............................................................ 41
10.1 Recovery Mode ...................................................................................... 41
10.2 ROM Upgrade App (OTA Upgrade)............................................................ 42

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Chapter 1: Overview
1.1 Introduction
E5
Thanks for choosing Athesi solution. E5 is an Extra Rugged IP68 Mobile Computer equipped
with Honeywell high performance 1D/2D Imager (Barcode scanner). Designed for field service
workforce, E5 can work under tough environment and heavy duty of usage. No matter it is
used outdoor or indoor, the always-on wireless connectivity enables seamless communication to
headquarter networks.
E5 is a smartphone based on Android 6.0 operating system. Customization is made to address
specific needs of end-users as well as system administrators. For example, E5 has a unique
Athesi feature called Kiosk Mode (User/Admin mode). User mode is an environment for end-
users and is configured by administrators. Under user mode, end-users have no rights on
changing the system settings and installing/un-installing Apps. This important feature
significantly reduces ongoing support cost and minimizesApplication downtime due to incorrect
system settings and unauthorized Apps.
Target Audience
This document requires basic understanding of Android operating system and the smartphone
operations. This is written for CTO, IT professionals, system administrators, system integrators
or sellers who need to know the benefits deploying E5 solution as well as its functions and
features.
Support & Enquiry
Athesi provides unlimited support. Please feel free to contact us. Any feedback is welcomed!
Support:[email protected]
Enquiry: [email protected]
To learn more about Athesi, please visit us:
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Abbreviations
Abbrev.
Descriptions
APK
Android Package Kit (the package file format used by the Android operating
system for distribution and installation of mobile Apps)
App(s)
Android application(s)/program(s)
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (Dynamic IP addressing)
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
GPS
Global Positioning System
GSM
Global System for Mobile Communications (2G)
IMEI
International Mobile Equipment Identity (Phone’s physical address)
LTE
Long-Term Evolution (4G)
RDP
Remote Desktop Protocol
SIM Card
Subscriber identity module (A smart card stores GSM cellular telephone
subscribers)
SSID
Service Set Identifier (Wi-Fi network name)
MAC Address
Media access control address (Network interface’s physical address)
MTP
Media Transfer Protocol
NFC
Near field communication
TCO
Total cost of ownership
UMTS
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (3G)
VoLTE
Voice over LTE
WWAN
Wireless wide area network, e.g. 3G/2G cellular networks

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1.2 Front, Rear, Side and Bottom View
Volume
Buttons
Left
Button
Barcode Scanner
(Honeywell 1D/2D
Imager)
LED
Home
Button
Menu
Button
Power
Button
Right
Button
microUSB
socket
PINs for
Cradle
Back
Button
Speaker
Ear Speaker
Light
Sensor
Touch & LCD
Earphone
Jack
Top
Left
Right
Bottom
Front
Microphone
Home
Button

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Rear
Camera
Flashlight
Hand strap
hole
SIM
Cover
Hand strap
hole
Wrist strap
hole
SIM Cover
Screw
SIM Cover
Screw
Rear (SIM Cover Opened)
SIM1
Slot
microSD
Card Slot
SIM2
Slot
Microphone

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1.3 LED Notifications
Android system and Apps shares the use of LED for notifications. Some typical LED colors
controlled by the system:
LED Color
Descriptions
Amber
Battery charging
Green
Battery full
Red
Battery low
Blue
System in sleep mode (screen off)
Off
System is running (screen off)
Others
Apps are able to control LED color to indicate
different notifications, e.g. message received.
1.4 Power on/off,Reboot
Boot up / splash screen
Press and hold the power button (2 seconds) to turn on the
unit. System will vibrate once and display splash screen.
This will load the Android system.
In case of very low battery, system will only vibrate once
without displaying splash screen. Try charging the unit for
few mins and retry power it on.
Product info and S/N (serial number) is displayed on the
splash screen.
Under Android system, press and hold power button to
display power off and reboot options.
This is also one of the handy way to toggle Airplane mode.
User Mode is a Athesi’s unique feature designed to
lockdown the system environment and prohibit end-users
from changing key settings. For details, please refer to
Chapter 5:Kiosk Mode (User/Admin Mode).
Force Power off
User may “force power off”the unit. Simply press and hold the power button for 10 seconds.
However, frequent use of “force power off” may corrupt system/App files. It is used as a last
resort to power down the device for a rare case that system is not responding to power button.
It works as if battery was unloaded and the power was suddenly down.

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1.5 Wake up and Sleep
Wake up
Wake up refers to an action that userpresses the power button to wake up the system as well as
to turn on the screen. When user has no activity on the screen, system will fire timeout and
turn off the screen automatically. However, screen off is NOT necessarily equal to system sleep.
Sleep
Fromthe system point of view of Android, the term “sleep” refers to a maximum power saving
state that all Apps and most hardware components are in sleeping status. Most of the time
when user is not using the unit, system should be in sleeping mode or else battery power will be
drained quickly. Only certain events, e.g. pressing power button, receiving message/call &etc.,
will wake up the system.
Therefore, when the screen is off, it CANNOT tell if system is running or sleeping. This makes
administrator very difficult to troubleshoot battery runtime issue.This is due to a fact that
Android allows Apps to prevent system from sleeping but screening off for maximum aliveness
of running processes.
Unique Sleep LED
To address this common problem, Athesi has a unique “Sleep LED” telling if the system is
sleeping or not when the screen is off. Simply check and see if there is BLUE LED. If yes, it is
sleeping, or else some background Apps are running.
When the screen is just off,it is quite common to take some time to go into sleeping because
some system/user Apps may still need have unfinished tasks that prevents sleeping. Thus,
BLUE LED will not be seen immediately.
“Sleep LED” is configurable. For details, please refer to Chapter 2.6 Display and Sleep LED.
1.6 Charging&Battery Safety
Charging
To charge the unit, simply insert the power adaptor’s USB cable to the unit’s microUSB port or
place the unit onto the charging cradle.
Battery Low
When battery level is low, it can be classified as “low”or “very low". In case of battery low,
RED LED will be seen to notify user charging is needed. When the level is very low and is close
to 1%, system will trigger auto shutdown of the system. This prevents system from corrupting
the files in case of sudden power down.
Battery Safety
It is well known that charging is the main source of heat generation. This is especially
noticeable when battery is low and it is being charged. Excessive heat will introduce different
kind of risks and damage battery as well. Being an industrial grade rugged unit, E5 is specially
designed to meet this battery safety challenge:dynamic charging and double monitoring.

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Over temperature alert
Alert notification message
Dynamic Charging and Double Monitoring
First, the charging is dynamic based on temperature.
When battery is being charged, temperature is
monitoredthroughout the whole process. If there is over
temperature, charging will be STOPPED and ON HOLD.
Warning message will be alerted. It takes places
unattended even though the unit is still in connection to
power adaptor or charging cradle.
Thus, if the user is not aware of the situation timely,
system will stop charging on behalf. Charging will NOT be
resumed until temperature is dropped to a lower level.
Second, battery has its own temperature monitoring
circuity independent of dynamic charging mechanism.
When it reaches the maximum threshold, battery will cut
the power itself. It was like unloading the battery and cut
the power immediately. This serves as the last resort to
protect unit from over temperature.
These design and mechanism is very important to enable a
safe use of unit under high temperature that may be
caused by different and unpredictable environmental
conditions.