How to Create an Enterprise Terminal

The Enterprise Terminal configuration provides a starting point for devices such as retail point of sale and electronic payment terminals. To create an Enterprise Terminal platform, you can use the New Platform Wizard that includes a pre-configured option or you can build a custom platform by selecting the appropriate features for your device.

Once you have created the starting point for your Enterprise Terminal, you can customize the configuration by adding components from the Platform Builder catalog or by adding customized features, files, or drivers that you develop. For more information about default components for this configuration, see Enterprise Terminal Features.

Hardware and Software Assumptions

To track your progress in the following table, select the check box next to each step.

  Step Topic
1. Create a platform for Enterprise Terminal. The following list shows the choices to make:
  • In the New Platform Wizard, from the Available BSPs list, select CEPC: x86.
  • From the Available configurations list, choose Enterprise Terminal.
Creating a Platform
2. (Optional) Add to the configuration.

Depending on the requirements for your platform, you can include additional functionality by selecting features from the Platform Builder catalog and adding them to the build, or by adding existing projects to your platform.

Customizing the Enterprise Terminal Platform
3. Prepare to build the Enterprise Terminal. Preparing to Build a Project
4. Build the platform for the CEPC.

From the Set Active Platform Configuration dialog box, choose <Platform Name> CEPC: x86 Win32 (WCE x86) Debug.

Building a Platform
5. Configure a connection to a CEPC. The following list shows the choices to make:
  • In the Active Named Connection box, select your platform name.
  • From the Available Devices list, choose your CEPC device name.
Configuring a Connection for Downloading and Debugging
6. Download the OS image to the CEPC. Downloading an OS Image to a Target Device

See Also

Enterprise Terminal Features | OS Image Types | Enterprise Terminal Configuration

Last updated on Wednesday, April 13, 2005

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