Atid 870 User manual

ATID 870 USERS
MANUAL
01/28/2012
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Table of Contents
ATID 870 USERS MANUAL...................................................................................................................1
Revision Log......................................................................................................................................5
Installing Windows Mobile Device Manager or ActiveSync...............................................................6
Windows 7......................................................................................................................................................6
Windows XP...................................................................................................................................................6
Connecting Your Portable Device To A PC........................................................................................6
Connecting Portable To PC The First Time....................................................................................................7
Setting Up A Partnership...................................................................................................................8
Sync Options.................................................................................................................................................11
Creating The Partnership..............................................................................................................................12
Messages Displayed When Connecting And Syncing ................................................................................13
Connecting Your Portable To Virtual Doxx..................................................................................................14
Sync Folder Path...........................................................................................................................................15
3 Steps To Downloading Files To Portable From Virtual Doxx.........................................................16
Step One.......................................................................................................................................................16
Step Two.......................................................................................................................................................16
Step Three.....................................................................................................................................................16
Step One: Downloading Locations and Items Files To Your PC's Sync Folder...........................................17
Download Confirmation Messages..........................................................................................................19
Step Two: Synchronizing Locations and Items Files to Portable.................................................................20
Step Three: Importing Locations and Items Files From PC to Virtual Doxx Software On Portable...........21
Using Virtual Doxx Portable Software....................................................................................................22
Entering User ID......................................................................................................................................23
Adding New User....................................................................................................................................24
Menu Options..........................................................................................................................................25
Sync Function..........................................................................................................................................26
Sync Options............................................................................................................................................27
Import......................................................................................................................................................27
Export Options.........................................................................................................................................29
Completing Sync.....................................................................................................................................30
Simple Inventory..............................................................................................................................31
Steps for Simple Inventory ..........................................................................................................................31
Selecting A Location................................................................................................................................31
Scanning Items During Simple Inventory...............................................................................................33
Changing Location During Simple Inventory.........................................................................................34
Clearing or Resetting Simple Inventory..................................................................................................35
Completing Simple Inventory..................................................................................................................35
Asset Inventory Function.................................................................................................................36
Selecting A Location And Scanning Items In Asset Inventory................................................................36
Saving Items in Asset Inventory..............................................................................................................37
Completing Asset Inventory....................................................................................................................37
Exporting Files From the Portable to Virtual Doxx...........................................................................39
Importing New File Changes To Virtual Doxx..................................................................................39
Find Feature....................................................................................................................................40
Additional Features..............................................................................................................................41
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Asset Inventory................................................................................................................................41
Right Click Options......................................................................................................................................41
Details......................................................................................................................................................42
Locate (only available in Asset Inventory)..............................................................................................43
Locating A Specific Item.........................................................................................................................44
Check All.................................................................................................................................................45
Uncheck All.............................................................................................................................................46
Invert........................................................................................................................................................47
Selecting A Different Item Type..............................................................................................................48
Power Setting................................................................................................................................................49
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Revision Log
Revision # Date Notes
1 01/28/12 Initial Version
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Installing Windows Mobile Device Manager or ActiveSync
Depending upon your version of Windows you must install one of the following
Windows 7
For Windows 7, download Windows Mobile Device Manager from
http://www.microsoft.com/ and install
Note: You must be an administrator
Windows XP
For Windows XP, there is an older product called Microsoft ActiveSync. Download from
http://www.microsoft.com/ and install.
Connecting Your Portable Device To A PC
Both Windows Mobile Device Manager and ActiveSync allow you to set up a partnership between
your PC and one or more portable devices. When first installed there are no connections
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Figure 1.1

Connecting Portable To PC The First Time
The first time you plug the portable to the PC via the USB cable you may see a message like this,
depending on your version of Windows, notifying device drivers for the device have been installed.
Figure 1.2
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Setting Up A Partnership
When you plug in the portable USB cable to your PC for the first time you should see this
Figure 2.1
Click Set up your device
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Note: Ignore this message-Click the red X
Figure 2.2
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You can connect to a single computer or two computers, normally one computer is sufficient. Select
desired option and click Next
Figure 2.3
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Sync Options
You will ONLY sync files between your PC and portable device. Select Files option only and click
Next
Figure 2.4
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Creating The Partnership
Click Set Up on the screen below to establish the partnership between your PC and portable device.
Figure 2.5
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Messages Displayed When Connecting And Syncing
When you connect your USB to the PC you will see this message notifying connection is being
established.
Note: You may also see a message “syncing” when sync is in progress.
Figure 2.6
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Connecting Your Portable To Virtual Doxx
Under Mobile Device Settings select the option Change content sync settings.
Figure 2.7
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Sync Folder Path
In Change content sync settings choose sync settings option under Files
You will now see a path to your PC's new Sync Folder. This path is unique to your PC, selected based
on your PC's user and portable names.
This path needs to be set up in your Virtual Doxx project. Write this path down and send to Virtual
Doxx via email to Hugh@virtualdoxx.com with subject: NEW SYCH FOLDER PATH. Include
customer information and Logon in the body of the email.
Figure 2.8
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3 Steps To Downloading Files To Portable From Virtual Doxx
You must complete these steps before using the portable for the first time so that there are Locations
for inventory and Items to find/inventory.
Step One
Download Locations and Items Files from Virtual Doxx tracking screen (See page 15).
Step Two
Reconnect portable via USB to PC to sync all newly downloaded Locations and Items. This sync will
occur automatically any time portable is connected to PC after partnership is established (See page
18).
Step Three
Opening and importing Locations/Items Files to Portable in Virtual Doxx portable software (See pages
19-27).
NOTE: Disconnect the portable's USB cable from your PC before downloading Locations and Items
files from Virtual Doxx Tracking Screen.
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Step One: Downloading Locations and Items Files To Your PC's Sync Folder
Go to dev.virtualdoxx.com and select the Download option at the top right of the screen.
•Logon with your User ID and Password
Figure 3.1
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Two files must be exported from Virtual Doxx for the portable to operate correctly:
Once logged in, click the Tracking tab on the top column
•Locations file in Tracking screen named Locations.csv contains a list of all tracking locations
•Items File in Tracking screen named Items.csv contains a list of all items that you are tracking
•Both must be downloaded to the portable before first use
•Download again whenever you add/change locations/items
•Frequent downloads are recommended to update portable on Locations/File Items changes
Figure 3.2
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Download Confirmation Messages
After clicking the Download Locations tab, Virtual Doxx will build a file containing all locations in
your project and place them in your sync folder.
Once the download is complete, this window will pop up confirming a successful download.
Figure 3.3
Click OK and repeat for Download Items File.
Figure 3.4
Click OK.
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Step Two: Synchronizing Locations and Items Files to Portable
Reconnect the portable to your PC via USB and portable will automatically synchronize with PC with
all updated Locations and Items Files.
Figure 3.5
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