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Confidential

Nov 1999

Revision 1.0

WebPAD™ 1.5 System
The Ultimate Internet Personal Access Device

GXLV Processor

System consists of three pieces:
— Tablet
— Base Station
— Cradle

9.5x11.75 inch tablet with interactive 10
inch DSTN screen (800x600 color)

Weighs 3.25 pounds

Preloaded, preconfigured software. Just
power up and use.

Familiar Internet browser user interface

Allows user to select and access
“Favorite” web sites

Wireless operation
— Transmits over a 2.4 GHz radio

frequency signal

— 300 feet range from base station

Battery operated
— 3 hours of active use

Speaker

Internal Microphone

LED

User Defined Button 1

User Defined Button 2

Power Button

LED

Scroll Pad

Cradle

DC Power

Headphone

Microphone
USB Port

Speaker

External DC

Reset Button

Stylus

USB Port

National Semiconductor is a registered trademark and WebPAD is a trademark of National Semiconductor Corporation. All other products mentioned herein are trademarks of their
respective owners and are hereby recognized as such.

Summary of Contents for WebPAD 1.5

Page 1: ...r user interface Allows user to select and access Favorite web sites Wireless operation Transmits over a 2 4 GHz radio frequency signal 300 feet range from base station Battery operated 3 hours of act...

Page 2: ...wser Fonts 8 2 1 3 Browser Colors 9 2 1 4 Browser Network 9 2 2 BUTTONS CONFIGURATION OPTIONS 10 2 3 RADIO CONFIGURATION OPTIONS 11 2 4 SOFTWARE IMAGE VERSION 11 3 0 Favorite Sites Window 12 4 0 Setup...

Page 3: ...Revision 1 0 Confidential 3 www national com Table of Contents Continued 5 0 Upgrading Tablet Software 15 5 1 REMOTE UPGRADES 15...

Page 4: ...text whether for an email search criteria or to enter a URL a virtual keyboard is available The keypad works the same as a normal keyboard and is accessed from the QNX menu button or the Virtual Keybo...

Page 5: ...wer button Two user definable buttons Four buttons that form the scroll pad The power button is in the upper right hand corner of the tablet To turn the system on simply press the power but ton The sy...

Page 6: ...Link Status Terminal window User defined button if configured MediaPlayer usr photon bin mplayer QNX menu MediaPlayer Terminal window User defined button if configured RealPlayer usr photon bin rvpla...

Page 7: ...f the email tool The Incoming Server and Outgoing Server sections must be filled out completely Contact the administrator of the mail system if configuration assistance in needed Also the user should...

Page 8: ...r Cache This screen allows the user to modify the settings for the browser cache Configuration settings for the cache are as shown in Figure 2 Max Connections Specifies the maximum number of simultane...

Page 9: ...to implement the changes The tablet can only run with a SOCKS proxy or HTTP proxy but not both Therefore if the user selects one of the proxy servers the other is automatically deselected Home Page S...

Page 10: ...ues are CMD KEY MAC When a button with the action of CMD is pressed a command is exe cuted The KEY action is used to define the button as a particular key from the keyboard The MAC action invokes a ma...

Page 11: ...n Links at the bottom of the page will go to either the initial WebPAD system configuration page or to the browser configuration page FIGURE 8 Radio Configuration Screen Hardware Button Configuration...

Page 12: ...button in the Favorite Sites window while the site is open Sites are listed in the order they are added As the list grows use the Sort button to alphabetize the entries New sites appear at the bottom...

Page 13: ...of moving between previ ously loaded pages reloading pages and stopping the loading of a page via the icon in the top border of the browser To follow links between pages simply touch the link and the...

Page 14: ...er button directly beneath where the information has been entered 7 Touch the Save button to save all changes This last step reboots the access point When the access point completes the reboot process...

Page 15: ...on is already set up to handle this topology without any extra configuration The DECT based base station however does not support multiple tablets These base stations only support a one to one topolog...

Page 16: ...2 Locate the link to the latest version of the software and touch it to start the download process 3 When a question appears in the dialog box asking if the update should be performed touch the Yes b...

Page 17: ...pport nsc com Deutsch Tel 49 0 1 80 530 85 85 English Tel 49 0 1 80 532 78 32 Francais Tel 49 0 1 80 532 93 58 Italiano Tel 49 0 1 80 534 16 80 National Semiconductor Asia Pacific Customer Response Gr...

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