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Mobile 2003 Software for Pocket PCs Product Reference Guide
AirBEAM Staging
The AirBEAM Smart staging support is intended to speedup and simplify the process of
staging custom or updated operating software onto mobile devices directly from
manufacturing. The staging support is part of the AirBEAM Smart CE client that is
integrated into the terminal.
The AirBEAM Smart support works by defaulting the AirBEAM client configuration to a
known set of values and launching the AirBEAM Smart package download logic. A staging
environment, including an RF network, FTP server and AirBEAM packages must be setup.
Ideally a staging network and server should be setup that matches the default AirBEAM
Staging client configuration.
The AirBEAM Smart staging utility is invoked from the AirBEAM platform folder by tapping
Start - Programs - File Explorer - Platform folder - AirBEAM folder - ABSTAGE.
The AirBEAM Staging support provides several benefits:
• Many devices can be simultaneously loaded over the RF network.
• The AirBEAM staging utility provides a simple single dialog user interface that is
used to quickly start the software installation process.