When Motorola introduced the MK500 and MK4000 we developed the StepOne PCK Emulator. This allowed customers to extend their investment in the software they had developed for the PCK9100 and MK1100/MK1200/MK2000 series of kiosks.
We even went so far as to support the existing configuration files on the MK series of devices that is located in the Applicationsymbolpck directory (display.def and PCK2000.CFG). Normally this is a simple case of connecting the device with ActiveSync and pulling the files across, but it’s an old device and needs a special serial cable to connect.
It also has a compact flash card, so that is often the easier route. But, then the problem is breaking out of the application to the Windows CE Desktop so you can actually get to the files. Fortunately there is a way to break out, by preventing the launch of the kiosk application described in the Symbol MK1200 Product Reference Guide page 6-3.
To prevent launching an application on power-up:
- Perform a cold boot: press and hold buttons B and C on the MK1200 until the display goes blank (typically 15 seconds), then release the buttons.
- To prevent the MK1200 from entering an application, simultaneously press and hold buttons A and D just after the blue Performing System Initialization (Phase 1) screen appears, and before the message changes to Phase2. Release the buttons.
- When the Enter Password prompt appears, press buttons DDBAC and touch OK, or simultaneously press the A and B buttons for Enter. The MK1200 enters Protected Mode and the Windows® CE desktop appears.
To prevent the applications from starting in the first place, look for the file Applicationmkconfig.reg. It contains the automatic start up configuration (Startup Applications on Symbol terminals) as well as many other configuration settings. Either edit it, or move it out of the way.
Now you can access the configuration files, copy them to a compact flash card and transfer them to the computer and use them with the StepOne PCK Emulator.
