background image

SHARP SL-C1000

SL-C3000/3100/3200

Linux Personal Mobile Tool

Revision 4.1E 4/12/2006

Summary of Contents for SL-C1000

Page 1: ...SHARP SL C1000 SL C3000 3100 3200 Linux Personal Mobile Tool Revision 4 1E 4 12 2006 ...

Page 2: ...ice backside 12 Hard Reset 13 One Handed Use 13 Keyboard functions 14 Japanese keys 14 Quickstart keys 15 OK Cancel Esc Cursor keys 15 Umlauts Euro 16 Screenshots 16 Software for SL 5500 G 17 Software installation Windows 17 USB Driver 17 IntelliSync 17 Workaround for IntelliSync 18 Communication via Neighborhood 18 Telnet Access 18 The Zaurus USB port 19 USB OTG color coding 19 Page 2 SHARP SL C1...

Page 3: ...e 25 Alternative Roms 28 Options 28 Rom Image for which dog 29 Back to the SHARP ROM 29 Restoring the harddisk 3x00 models 30 Diag service menu 31 Accessing the service menu 31 Quit service menu 32 Backup with service menu 32 Restore with service menu 34 Boot to command line 35 The harddrive SL C3x00 models 36 Helpful links 36 Zaurus portals 36 Software 36 Accessories for your Zaurus 37 SHARP acce...

Page 4: ...onmental notice Recycling 40 Notice according to the battery directive Batterieverordnung 40 Notice according to the WEEE directive Elektronikgerätegesetz 40 Page 4 SHARP SL C1000 3x00 TRIsoft OHG SL C1000 3x00 Quickstart ...

Page 5: ...22 Please note that SHARP Electronics Europe SHARP USA does not support this device For further information links and questions visit us in the internet at http www trisoft de The largest german speaking sorry Zaurus Community is to be found at http www z portal info Tons of english information is available at http externe net zaurus forum and on http www zaurususergroup org In case of technical p...

Page 6: ...60 SL C860 OS Lineo uLinux Kernel 2 4 20 Linux OpenPDA CPU Intel Xscale PXA 270 416 MHz Intel Xscale PXA255 400 MHz Memory C1000 3100 3200 128 MB Flash C3000 16 MB Flash 64 MB SDRAM 64 MB Flash 64 MB SDRAM 128 MB Flash 64 MB SDRAM Harddrive C3000 4 GB HD C3100 4 GB HD C3200 6 GB HD C1000 not avail not available Display SHARP CG Silicon 640x480 I O Ports USB Slave Host Infrared Headphone jack AC ad...

Page 7: ... black Cover black SL C760 white SL C860 silver Dimensions 124 x 87 x 25 mm 120x 83 x 18 6 mm 120x 83 x 23 2 mm Weight C1000 Ca 278 g C3x00 Ca 298 g Ca 225 g Ca 250 g Unpacking The package should contain the following items Item SL C1000 SL C3000 SL C3100 SL C3200 Zaurus with stylus and covers for CF and SD slot 1 1 1 Battery EA BL11 1 1 1 PC USB cable long black mini USB plug 1 1 1 ZHost USB host...

Page 8: ...Page 8 SHARP SL C1000 3x00 TRIsoft OHG SL C1000 3x00 Quickstart Item SL C1000 SL C3000 SL C3100 SL C3200 Manual japanese 1 1 1 This short manual already found 1 1 1 ...

Page 9: ... end leading to the border of the enclosure Put the cover for the battery compartment back onto the device There is a marking dash at the border for orientation which should be aligned to the border of the compartment Lock the cover by sliding the switch to the right Charging the battery You should now connect the power supply with the Zaurus the AC in is located on the backside of the device The ...

Page 10: ...it snaps into the maximal possible position When opened the display can also be turned clock wise and overback onto the keyboard Attention NEVER turn the display using violence or in opposite to the designated direction Such damages Zaurus in two parts are not warranted Please touch the device at both sides when the display is turned Do not touch it at the upper border ...

Page 11: ...ontrols Bottom 1 Lug for fastening the Zaurus for instance a chain 2 Slot for CompactFlash cards with protective cover 3 Stylus 4 Slot for SD MMC cards with protective cover 5 Speaker 6 Switch to lock unlock the battery compartment 7 Battery cover 8 Infrared 9 On Off switch ...

Page 12: ...ossibly destroy the charging electronics of the Zaurus Cheap power supplies often provide 6V instead of the printed 5V Comment regarding the Serviceport Zaurus enthusiasts will assume that there s the well known SHARP I O port hidden behind the cover Wrong Behind this cover you will find the same connector as in all previous Zauris but for the SL C1000 SL C3000 there is NO longer serial or USB com...

Page 13: ...tensive Linux sessions you may reset it here Remove the battery cover as described on page 9 You will see a small black button in the upper third left side of the compartment Take the stylus and give the button a short prick Reset done One Handed Use The controls at the left side offer a fast and convenient navigation if the display is turned over onto the keyboard ...

Page 14: ...ocess are described in this section Japanese keys The two Japanese keys are redefined to Ctrl and Alt with the help of the applet KeyHelper Now you may ask yourself Why do i have two Ctrl keys Good point The previous models missed the Ctrl key and the actual solution is simple compatible to our previous localisation of the SL C series If you have a good idea for a better remapping please give us a...

Page 15: ... in Settings Application Key If you would like to start the terminal or the browser with the Calendar key no problem OK Cancel Esc Cursor keys On the right side of the keyboard you find the OK Cancel and Cursor keys Cancel is used to close a dialog In the terminal Cancel is your Escape key With OK dialogs are confirmed In the terminal OK is working as an additional Enter key The ring around the OK...

Page 16: ...ves Ä FN O gives ö FN Shift O gives Ö FN U gives ü FN Shift U gives Ü FN S gives ß FN Shift E gives FN N gives FN M gives The Shift key is in this configuration sticky That means you can press Shift alone and the next pressed key will react as pressed with Shift Please note Umlauts Euro and other special characters are not implemented in all charsets If you see only black bordered boxes instead th...

Page 17: ... software there is not necessarily needed The USB driver must be installed in the device manager so that Windows is able to recognise the Zaurus It can be found on the CD in the directory drive USBdrivers Network There should be a new network adapter SL Series Ver3 NDIS 5 in the network configuration after successful installation The Zaurus runs a Samba server for communication purposes which answ...

Page 18: ...g a simple workaround For this you need the japanese Version of IntelliSync that is found on CD 1 of the SL C3000 SL C3100 CDs or the one SL C1000 CD A detailed document how to install a working IntelliSync in english is available as zipped RTF document in our download area http www trisoft de download c3000sync zip Communication via Neighborhood Files can be exchanged easily between Windows via t...

Page 19: ...lient capable not invented yet black Device is client Clientcable Die USB jack at Zaurus is grey because the Zaurus is capable to be host or client The client PC cable has a black plug the hostcable that came with your Zaurus has a white plug Access as USB Mass Storage Zaurus is client The SL C1000 SL C3000 SL C3100 provides a special setting for the PC Link you can choose between PC Link Setting ...

Page 20: ...unt works as follows Connect the USB memory with the Zaurus using the Mini A cable In Settings System Info the USB storage should be listed in the USB area like in the picture Now start the terminal application and mount the memory bash 2 05 su mount dev sda1 mnt usbstorage o umask 000 The memory device should now be listed in the Files area That s all Before you disconnect the memory please unmou...

Page 21: ...ctual as of 03 28 06 mplayer version with the needed wmm extensions would be mplayer bvdd iwmmxt_1 1 5 1_arm ipk To convert movies in the Zaurus friendly format you will find a lot of information at http www double co nz zaurus PIM Applications KO Pi KA Pi Since January 2005 we preinstall on the SL C series the PIM applications ot the PI Sync project by Lutz Rogowski KOrganizer and KAddressbook ar...

Page 22: ...be read back via Restore The difficulty lies in the recognition of the correct icons to click but don t worry Here comes the easy step by step guide with pictures for your short journey through the japanese world of Zaurus Attention The backup needs to be placed in a subdirectory called Backup_Files The Zaurus checks only this directory for backup sets Reset Flashmenu To access the flash menu the ...

Page 23: ... and turn on the device with the button On Off The flash menu appears in Japanese The 4 shown menu options mean from top to bottom Cancel quit flash menu and boot normally Execute FSCK filesystem check Reset reset factory defaults Reset also deletes the data partition of the harddisk Flash Update ...

Page 24: ...tensive harddisk check before recovering This option may take 1 5 hours or longer First start A nice red logo from SHARP appears and the Zaurus is reset After a minute the well known CG Silicon Zaurus screen is visible which means that there is another exciting minute to wait Next there is a writing saying Zaurus and two lines of Japanese text Translated they would mean something like Take the sty...

Page 25: ...le advance directly to restore Run restore Insert a CompactFlash or SD card which contains the desired backup into the Zaurus Note A backup image is downloadable from our website http www trisoft de if needed Use only the matching backup for your Zaurus Please don t try to restore a backup from another model in your SL C1000 or SL C3x00 Please remind that the backup needs to be placed in the subdi...

Page 26: ... 26 SHARP SL C1000 3x00 TRIsoft OHG SL C1000 3x00 Quickstart Please activate the tab with the wrench in the upper bar There select the green icon which represents a sheet of paper with two horizontal arrows ...

Page 27: ...or the SL C3x00 also the HD Next choose the backup set to be restored in the right dropdown box Push the middle button at the bottom when the desired backup can be seen in the selection to the right Another dialog appears and asks for confirmation Yes you are sure Click the left button and the time of Kanji on the Zaurus will be over for the time being While restoring the backup the CG Silicon scr...

Page 28: ...e There are more different distributions and also forks of the listed Roms Name What s this Internet link TRIsoft Rom Shipping state QT based with 2 4 20 kernel English www trisoft de D E SHARP Rom Standard system QT based with 2 4 20 Kernel Japanese www ezaurus com OpenZaurus OpenEmbedded QT or GTK based alternative OpenEmbedded comes with kernel 2 6 openzaurus org oe handhelds org OpenBSD OpenBS...

Page 29: ...xer SL C1000 Akita SL C3000 Spitz SL C3100 Borzoi SL C3200 Terrier For the SL C3000 you will need an image from the Spitz feed an SL C1000 would require a system from an Akita feed etc SL C1000 SL C3100 3200 Before experimenting with other systems you should first create a normal backup and additionally a NAND backup see page 31 So you have a comfortable way back if you want to return to the SHARP...

Page 30: ...l state you need to re set the partition table and place the proper files and directories in the system partition s To make this easy and comfortable we provice all neccessary informations for the models SL C3000 3100 and 3200 in our download area Please find the data and informations for the system partitions here http www trisoft de download SLC3000SYSPART zip http www trisoft de download SLC310...

Page 31: ...tal loss Once again Attention Apart from the key combination DM explained later there exists another combinations D which causes a reaction by the Zaurus There are no exciting functions to discover besides from operating modes you do not really want except for the Command line see page 35 Accessing the service menu Set the battery switch to Offen remove the battery and wait a couple of seconds Re ...

Page 32: ...our server A CompactFlash card with at least 134 MB for the SL C1000 SL C3100 SL C3200 is needed to create a backup The backup is that huge because a complete image without any compression including administrative information will be built Note for SL C3000 For the former SL C models making a NAND backup was the simplest way to create a complete memory image of the whole Zaurus Recovering a Zaurus...

Page 33: ...kup of the harddisk Let s say it again It s useless you won t need it Keep your hands off option 10 HDD 00 Clear That s a really bad idea because you would erase the harddrive and may use your Zaurus as a beautyful doorstop During the backup a green progress bar will show up If the backup process is complete press Cancel to get back to the menu screen The created NAND backup will have the filename...

Page 34: ... an image can also be found on our website if there is no other backup at hand After pressing OK a valid dbk file is searched and written into the Flash memory Note We actually don t provide a backup of the harddrive We re sure nobody wants to download a 4 GB file over the internet Attention 1 It is imperative to use a power source to run the restore process Attention 2 Never ever try to restore a...

Page 35: ... holding D B pressed and power the Zaurus on Now you should see the white bootscreen with the red SHARP Logo But this time the screen should scroll up revealing the following lines INIT version 2 78 booting INIT Entering runlevel 4 INIT Sending processes the TERM signal Lineo uLinux Kernel 2 4 20 on armv5tel zaurus login You may now login as zaurus or root In this mode the Zaurus won t react on th...

Page 36: ...ks www trisoft de Our homepage with information about and downloads for the SHARP Zaurus series www xtops de Homepage of Xtops Berlin Specialists for Li nux on mobile computers www streamlinecpus com Our partner for the US market Zaurus portals www z portal info Largest german speaking Zaurus Community www myzaurus com SHARP USA s homepage for the Zaurus www zaurususergroup org Large english speak...

Page 37: ... EA BL06 EA BL08K LiIon battery 3 7V 1700 mAh This item con tains a black bottom cover for use in SL C750 EA BL11 LiIon battery 3 7V 1800 mAh CE AG06 CompactFlash camera card CE RH2 Stereo headset and remote control for the MP 3 player ZPEN Extra stylus Third party accessories BIL 10BT CompactFlash 10 BaseT network adaptor BIL M56G CompactFlash 56K analog modem BIL GPS CompactFlash GPS module DCF ...

Page 38: ... 2001 Störfestigkeitseigenschaften EN 61000 4 2 ESD EN 61000 4 3 HF Feld EN 61000 4 4 Burst EN 61000 4 5 Surge EN 61000 4 6 HF Injekt EN 61000 4 8 Magnetfeld EN 61000 4 11 Dips Variation We keep the required documentation ready for insight Hemmingen den 5 4 2006 Marc Stephan Robert Fischer Notes about the operational environment The forementioned norms define limiting values for the appliance in l...

Page 39: ...5 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a parti...

Page 40: ...ercial end user is legally obliged to return spent batteries More information is available at Stiftung Gemeinsames Rücknahmesystem Batterien www grs batterien de Outside Germany please contact your local authorities for disposal or recycling information In general all old batteries can be returned to TRIsoft with free shipping of course Notice according to the WEEE directive Elektronikgerätegesetz...

Page 41: ...SL C1000 3x00 Quickstart TRIsoft OHG SHARP SL C1000 3x00 Page 41 ...

Reviews: