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i Contents Introducing MidasPAD..................................... 1 Before you Beg in ................................................... 1 Caring fo r your Mida sPAD ..................................... 2 Chec klist ................................................................ 2 Getting to know MidasPAD ............................. 4 Left [...]

ii MidasPA D API/SDK Ki t ....................................... 22 Resettin g MidasPAD ........................................... 23 Using Applications......................................... 24 Microsoft File V iewers ......................................... 2 4 MidasPAD Personal In formation Manag er ........... 25 MidasPAD con figurat ion a[...]

SouthPro T echnology Introduci ng MidasPAD MidasPAD Quick Start Guide 1 Introducing MidasP AD Thank you for purchasing the MidasPAD smar t display. This quick start guide provides you wit h information you need to start effectively usi ng MidasPAD. There is also a troubleshooti ng section. We expect you will use your MidasPAD often, but t here are [...]

SouthPro T echnology Introduci ng MidasPAD 2 MidasPAD Quick Start Guide • Your MidasPAD can safely go through an x-r ay machine, but never put your MidasPAD through a metal detec tor. • If you are in a humid cl imate and moisture for ms on your MidasPAD, allow it to evaporat e before using. Caring for your MidasPAD Although your MidasPAD i s re[...]

SouthPro T echnology Introduci ng MidasPAD MidasPAD Quick Start Guide 3 If any item is missing don’ t use your MidasPAD, repack it , and take it back to the vendor t hat sold it to you.[...]

SouthPro Tec hnology Getting t o know MidasPAD 4 MidasPAD Quick Start Guide Getting to know MidasP AD Your MidasPAD is feat ure-rich and we recommend yo u completely read t his section so you can fully use it. This chapter describes different part s of your MidasPAD. Suspend button Display Fu LED indicator Exter n Stylus H e CompactFlash slot M i S[...]

SouthPro Tec hnology Getting t o know MidasPAD MidasPAD Quick Start Guide 5 Left Right Top Suspend button The Suspend button is located in the upper l eft-hand corner of your MidasPAD and l ets you manually force Mi dasPAD into or out of Suspend mode. Display The MidasPAD touch screen is an 8.4 inch TFT LCD screen. DC- p ower in Mini-VGA/RS232 USB [...]

SouthPro Tec hnology Getting t o know MidasPAD 6 MidasPAD Quick Start Guide Function buttons Function buttons all ow you to perform common tasks wi th a simple touch. Although t hese buttons have default values, you can customize the tasks they perform (see section i n manual that discusses customizi ng the Function buttons). Expansion slots Slot L[...]

SouthPro Tec hnology Getting t o know MidasPAD MidasPAD Quick Start Guide 7 range of USB peripherals including mice, keyboards, printers, and also add storage with USB hard drives. VGA/RS-232 PORT Right side Can interface with modems, slide projectors, any rs232-supporte d device. DC-in jack Plug one end of the AD adapter in your wall socket, and p[...]

SouthPro Tec hnology Getting t o know MidasPAD 8 MidasPAD Quick Start Guide AC adapter and power cord The AC power adapter is plugged into t his location. Please only use the AC adapter and power cord that was included with your MidasPAD. The AC adapter and power cord also recharg es the battery. The LED indicator on the front of MidasPAD indicates[...]

SouthPro Tec hnology Getting t o know MidasPAD MidasPAD Quick Start Guide 9 This LED indicator lets you know when t he battery is fully recharged. Color Description RED Battery is still charging. GREEN Battery ha s completed charging. Charging times wi ll vary depending on your Mi dasPAD model. Model Charging time MidasPAD (2 hour) 1.5 hours MidasP[...]

SouthPro Tec hnology Getting t o know MidasPAD 10 MidasPAD Quick Start Guide Soft keyboard Besides the stylus, you can also input text usi ng the on- screen keyboard. There are two keyboards, a smalle r one and a larger one. Both offer an al ternative to the stylus and allow you to type text . Battery pack The battery th at comes with M idasPAD pro[...]

SouthPro Tec hnology Getting t o know MidasPAD MidasPAD Quick Start Guide 11 MidasPAD (6 hour) Up to 6 hours Up to 7 days Warnin g! If your batt ery becomes co mplet ely drained you will los e all data and any appli cations you have inst alled. Make sure you b ack up any dat a or any appli cation s you have ins talled (see the back up sect ion for [...]

SouthPro Tec hnology Getting St arted with MidasPAD 12 MidasPAD Quick Start Guide Getting S t arted with MidasP AD Congratulations on pur chasing your SouthPro Mi dasPAD. Start sharing digit al photos, movies, music, or other personal files on your desktop PC wi th friends and famil y anywhere in your home. No more crowding around a monitor, Mi das[...]

SouthPro Tec hnology Getting St arted with MidasPAD MidasPAD Quick Start Guide 13 .NET a familiar Windows interface that anyone with previous Windows experi ence will instantly f eel comfortable wit h using. • Wireless connection possibiliti es– Plug in a wireless networking card, and as soon as you’re wit hin range of a wireless access point[...]

SouthPro Tec hnology Getting St arted with MidasPAD 14 MidasPAD Quick Start Guide slide in a storage card (SD/M MC, PCMCIA, CompactFlash or USB) , plug in your headphones and now you’ve got your own personal mp3 player wit h gigabytes of storage.[...]

SouthPro Techn ology Using MidasPAD MidasPAD Quick Start Guide 15 Using MidasP AD This chapter explai ns how to get up and running using MidasPAD. Although your MidasPAD is intuitive and easy to use, we s till recommend y ou read this chapter to take full advantage of all th e MidasPAD features. Charging the MidasPAD for the first time The first th[...]

SouthPro Techn ology Using MidasPAD 16 MidasPAD Quick Start Guide accommodate any Microsoft Windows CE. 4.2 supported card.  To use an expansion card , simply plug it into the appropriate slot. Using the stylus The stylus is the pen-like obj ect that came with your MidasPAD. The stylus is what you use to interface with the screen much in the sam[...]

SouthPro Techn ology Using MidasPAD MidasPAD Quick Start Guide 17 3. Tap the Calibration tab, and then tap Recalibrate . 4. Follow the onscreen i nstructions. Inputting text There are three ways you can input text according to your needs: • Handwriting r ecognition • A software keyboard • An external keyboard H ANDWRITING AND SOFTWA RE KEYBOA[...]

SouthPro Techn ology Using MidasPAD 18 MidasPAD Quick Start Guide Customizing Button functions MidasPAD buttons all ow you to quickly perform common tasks. Button Task (default) 1 Smart key board on/off . Push twice and you can toggle the smart keyboard, large keyboard and turni ng off the keyboard. 2 Media Player 3 Scroll up , push twice to functi[...]

SouthPro Techn ology Using MidasPAD MidasPAD Quick Start Guide 19 5. Tap OK . Changing display properties You can change the default background i mage on your touch screen and use a personal pi cture.  To change th e backgroun d image: 1. Double-tap Displ ay . The Display di alog box appears. 2. Type the name of the picture, or t ap Browse to na[...]

SouthPro Techn ology Using MidasPAD 20 MidasPAD Quick Start Guide 2. Follow the on-screen i nstructions. 3. Plug one end of the incl uded USB cable to the port on the right side of MidasPAD and plug the other larger end to a regul ar USB port on your desktop computer. 4. Make sure MidasPAD screen display is on (not i n Suspend mode), and the Window[...]

SouthPro Techn ology Using MidasPAD MidasPAD Quick Start Guide 21 MidasPAD, we strongly r ecommend you backup both yo ur data and any custom applications.  To back up your data and custo m applications: 1. Tap Start > Control Panel . The Control Panel appears. 2. Double-Tap System Backup and follow th e onscreen instructions. Connecting to an[...]

SouthPro Techn ology Using MidasPAD 22 MidasPAD Quick Start Guide 2. On MidasPAD, double-t ap the Remote Desktop Connection icon. The Remote Deskt op Connection dialog box appear s. 3. Tap Connect . Installing applications Besides th e default applicatio ns that come in cluded with MidasPAD, you can also instal l custom applications. The number of [...]

SouthPro Techn ology Using MidasPAD MidasPAD Quick Start Guide 23 making it possible f or developers to create their own MidasPAD applicat ions. Resetting MidasPAD If MidasPAD locks or “freezes” up, you can perform a soft reset to resolve the issue. When you perfor m a soft reset, any data that has not been saved will be lost. However, any save[...]

SouthPro Technol ogy Using Applications 24 MidasPAD Quick Start Guide Using Applications MidasPAD comes wit h many default Microsof t File Viewers and other applic ations such as Internet Explorer . If you have used Microsoft Windows pr eviously, then using any of the Microsoft appli cations should be very similar. Just double- tap on the icon of t[...]

SouthPro Technol ogy Using Applications MidasPAD Quick Start Guide 25 • Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer • Microsoft Word Viewer MidasPAD Personal Information Manager The MidasPAD Personal Infor mation Manager* is an all- in-one solution that l ets you manage contacts, remember dates, and perform various calc ulations. For det ailed instruction info[...]

SouthPro T echnology Appendix A: Troublesh ooting 26 MidasPAD Quick Start Guide Appendix A: T roubleshooting This section contai ns troubleshooting i nformation for common issues that may occur. MidasPAD automatically shuts down: This means tha t the power is too low to run MidasP AD. Connect to the AC power a nd charge the battery. For quicker cha[...]

SouthPro T echnology Appendix A: Troublesh ooting MidasPAD Quick Start Guide 27 When I touch the stylus to the screen, the mouse arrow appears in a different place: This usually means that you need to r ecalibrate your stylus with your touchscreen. To recal ibrate, refer to the Using your stylus secti on in this manual.[...]

SouthPro Techno logy Appendix B: Specifica tions 28 MidasPAD Quick Start Guide Appendix B: S pecifications Hardware Specifications Processor Intel XScale  PXA255 400MHz for supply operation and perform ance Syste m memory • ROM: 32MB Flash (Modularized & Expandabl e to 64MB for S trataFlash, to 256MB for M-System DOC) • RAM: 64MB (also a[...]

SouthPro Techno logy Appendix B: Specifica tions MidasPAD Quick Start Guide 29 Hardware Specifications distance 1 meter) I/O port • 2x USB Host port • 1x USB Client port • 1x Stereo earphone jack • 1x microphone jack • 1x CRT/RS-232 port Wireless communication (Option) Wireless LAN supply 802.11b or Bluetooth Battery • One Li+ battery p[...]

SouthPro Techno logy Appendix B: Specifica tions 30 MidasPAD Quick Start Guide Software Specifications • Internet Expl orer 6.0 • Windows Media Player 9.0 • Windows Messenger • Inbox • Microsoft Office Viewer and Wordpad– (Word, Excel, PDF, PowerPoint, images) • RDP 5.1 and ICA 6.2 (optional) • Personal In formation Manager- Name ca[...]

SouthPro Techno logy Appendix B: Specifica tions MidasPAD Quick Start Guide 31 Applications Included • Flash Update Tool • Backup Tool: Registry, File, Object Store Dat abase Recommended • GPS Navigator • Java VM • Macromedia Flash Player • Fax Manager • Dialer, SMS, MMS Accessories Included • AC adapter • MidasPAD case/stand • [...]

SouthPro Techno logy Appendix B: Specifica tions 32 MidasPAD Quick Start Guide Accessories • Screen protect film[...]