Chapter 2 - Getting Started; Overview; About This Guide - Honeywell Marathon User Manual

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Getting Started

Overview

The Marathon hand held computer is a rugged, Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer equipped with a Windows operating system.
Information in this guide includes instruction for all operating systems. Procedure differences are highlighted as follows:
Icon Operating System Instruction
Windows® 7 Professional
Windows® Embedded Standard
Windows® XP Professional
The Marathon is capable of wireless data communications using an 802.11a/b/g/n radio. Additional connectivity options include
Bluetooth and GPS.
The Marathon is a tablet-style computer with a 62-key QWERTY keyboard with number pad and features a 7.1" color display.
The touch screen display supports WVGA (800x480 resolution) and is available optimized for either indoor or outdoor lighting.
The keyboard is illuminated to facilitate use in dimly lit areas. A biometric mouse is included for security and screen navigation.
Available add on modules include a magnetic stripe card reader and a 2D imager.
The Marathon provides the power and functionality of a desktop computer in a portable unit. The desktop dock, much like a
docking port for a conventional laptop, provides ports for an external monitor and USB connections for devices such as a USB
keyboard and mouse.
Note: Contact Customer Support
the application or control panels presented in this guide.

About this Guide

This User's Guide provides instruction for the system administrator to follow when configuring a Marathon. This guide has been
developed for a Marathon with a Microsoft® Windows® Embedded Standard operating system, Microsoft® Windows® 7
Professional operating system or a Microsoft® Windows® XP® Professional operating system.
Terminal Emulation Software
Honeywell provides RFTerm or Freefloat AccessOne for terminal emulation needs for the Marathon. Click
website.
Bar Code Decoder Software
Honeywell provides Freefloat Link*One for bar code decoding needs for the Marathon. Click
Click here for the Motorola web site SDK link for the Symbol 4400 2D Imager.
Keyboard Keymapping Software
There are many keyboard key-mapping applications available on the world wide web. There is no keyboard mapping application
available from Honeywell for the Marathon.
Magnetic Stripe Reader Software
The Magnetic Stripe Reader software supports the Microsoft Windows OLE for Point of Service (OPOS) / Unified Point of
Service (UPOS) driver. Click
POS for .NET is Microsoft's implementation of UPOS for the .NET platform. POS for .NET is backward-compatible with existing
implementations of UPOS on the Microsoft Windows platform, OPOS. POS for .NET is implemented for Microsoft .NET
Framework v1.12.
Fingerprint Reader / Biometric Mouse
The Fingerprint Reader / Biometric Mouse SDK is available from the AuthenTec Developer Community web site. Click
access to the AuthenTec Developer Community web site SDK link.
(page 14-1) for upgrade availability if your application or control panels are not the same as
here to download Microsoft Point of Service for .NET.
here for the Freefloat
here for the Freefloat website.
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