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Update/Flash BIOS and EC in UEFI Shell Mode 

1.  Prepare the Tablet PC to be updated by plugging in the 

AC Adapter

USB hub

, the 

USB drive

 (prepared in the previous section), and the 

USB keyboard

 

2.  Power on the Tablet PC while pressing 

DEL

 key on the keyboard to 

enter the 

BIOS Setup Menu

3.  Use the direction keys on the keyboard to navigate to the submenu 

Save & Exit

”, and then choose “

Launch EFI Shell from file system 

device

” by pressing 

Enter

. Now the Tablet PC will load into UEFI Shell 

mode, and user can enter the update command. 

 

 

Summary of Contents for M101B Series

Page 1: ...e using this product and save this manual for future use Rugged Tablet PC M101B Series Windows 10 IoT Enterprise Windows Embedded 8 1 Industry Pro Windows 7 Professional for Embedded System OS Installation Guide Version 1 2 Release date 13 Jan 2017 ...

Page 2: ...llation Guide i Document Revision History Version Date Note Author 1 0 11 Jul 2016 Initial release Karen Liu 1 1 23 May 2016 Add Winmate SDK Support Karen Liu 1 2 13 Jan 2017 Add how to change touch keyboard size Karen Liu ...

Page 3: ...h BIOS and EC in UEFI Shell Mode 16 SETTING UP OS FIRST TIME 22 Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 22 DRIVER INSTALLATION 29 Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 29 Windows Embedded 8 1 Industry Pro 30 Windows 7 Professional for Embedded System 31 UTILITY INSTALLATION 32 List of Winmate AP Utilities 32 Hot Tab Driver Installation Guide 33 Adjusting COM Port Settings 36 COM Port Settings 36 Adjusting COM Port Number 3...

Page 4: ...cribes the procedure how to update BIOS or change BIOS settings to install the OS different from Winmate shipment For Standard installation Windows OS installation you can use Winmate s Recovery CD DVD or use Recovery Partition and follow procedures described in the M101B Series User Manual For alternative way if customer installs OS from Microsoft CD DVD this document explains some key important ...

Page 5: ...IOS navigation keys To enter the BIOS setup you need to connect an external USB keyboard press Del key when the prompt appears on the screen during start up The prompt screen shows only few seconds so need press Del key quickly BIOS Navigation Keys The following keys are enabled during POST Key Function Del Enters the BIOS setup menu F7 Display the boot menu Lists all bootable devices that are con...

Page 6: ...ring the BIOS Setup Key Function F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save Exit Esc Exit Change Opt Enter Select or execute command Cursor Moves to the previous item Cursor Goes to the next item Cursor Moves to the previous item Cursor Goes to the next item ...

Page 7: ...ge UEFI LEGACY mode in BIOS settings to install OS that is different from Winmate shipping Default Windows 8 8 1 change to Windows 7 The instruction below describes how to change Windows 8 8 1 to Windows 7 1 Enter BIOS Setup utility 2 Go to Miscellaneous Configuration at BIOS setup menu ...

Page 8: ...M101B Series OS Installation Guide 7 3 Change OS setting to Windows 7 4 Go to CSM Configuration change Storage and Video to Legacy only ...

Page 9: ...8 5 Go to Boot menu and change setting Boot Mode select to LEGACY ...

Page 10: ...M101B Series OS Installation Guide 9 Default Windows 7 change to Windows 8 1 1 Enter BIOS Setup menu 2 Go into item Miscellaneous Configuration at BIOS setup menu 3 Change OS setting to Windows 8 X ...

Page 11: ...10 4 Go to CSM Configuration change Storage and Video to UEFI ...

Page 12: ... can put your install device to Boot Option 1 then you will start install process IMPORTANT Pay attention to the mode you created on the Recovery DVD PE3 0 only support legacy mode for Windows 7 PE5 0 can support Win7 8 8 1 at legacy or UEFI mode Creation and installion processes of the choosen mode must match ...

Page 13: ... to be updated 2 One empty USB drive 3 Winmate BIOS Update files 4 USB hub powered with an external AC adapter Note if the USB Hub is not externally AC powered the BIOS and EC firmware update run the risk of being corrupted 5 USB keyboard 6 Another Windows PC to prepare update USB drive Where to Download BIOS Update Files Download the latest BIOS version from Winmate Download Center Go to Go to ht...

Page 14: ...Installation Guide 13 Preparing USB Drive with BIOS EC FW Update Files 1 Plug in an empty USB drive to a PC and format it to FAT32 Navigate on Removable Disk and right click the mouse In a drop down menu select Format ...

Page 15: ...BIOS update zipped file for UEFI and place all files into a folder named BIOS_Update into the USB drive NOTE The actual files listed in the screenshot below may be different In the Compressed Folder Tools window choose BIOS version you need and select Extract All to extract files ...

Page 16: ...M101B Series OS Installation Guide 15 You have compressed BIOS Update file to USB drive disk 3 The USB drive is now ready to be used to perform BIOS and EC firmware updates ...

Page 17: ... section and the USB keyboard 2 Power on the Tablet PC while pressing DEL key on the keyboard to enter the BIOS Setup Menu 3 Use the direction keys on the keyboard to navigate to the submenu Save Exit and then choose Launch EFI Shell from file system device by pressing Enter Now the Tablet PC will load into UEFI Shell mode and user can enter the update command ...

Page 18: ...ces and their designation 5 From the list of USB devices find the device shown as Removable Hard Disk and identify its designation i e fs4 Please note this designation may be different from the user s own session so please take note and identify it as it will be used as a command NOTE If Removable Hard Disk is not shown as a loaded device on screen please restart the Tablet PC and start from Step ...

Page 19: ...hown below 7 Once in the USB drive s directory enter the command cd BIOS_Update to browse into the folder with update files 8 Once in the BIOS_Update directory enter command update to start the script to run the BIOS update procedure 9 The update script will scan through the BIOS on the tablet and replace it with a new BIOS The user will see block of data being programmed with percentages ...

Page 20: ...it may cause permanent damage to the Tablet PC that may require substantial hardware repair 10 Once the BIOS update is complete FPT Operation Passed message will appear on the screen and the update script will automatically bring up the EC firmware update program You will need to enter Y on the keyboard to initiate the EC firmware update ...

Page 21: ...omatically at completion CAUTION Do not unplug the AC Adapter the update USB or shutdown the Tablet PC during this update as it may cause permanent damage to the Tablet PC that may require substantial hardware repair 12 To ensure the BIOS and EC firmware updates are applied successfully please restart the Tablet PC and press the DEL on the keyboard while the tablet is starting up to boot into BIOS...

Page 22: ...M101B Series OS Installation Guide 21 13 In the BIOS Setup Menu check the Main tab You can confirm that updates for Project Version and the EC Version were successfully applied ...

Page 23: ...or other OS follow on screen instructions from Microsoft Windows 10 IoT Enterprise Follow the steps below to complete the setup process 1 Press the power button to turn on the computer 2 First select your country region your preferred app language your preferred keyboard layout and your time zone and then click Next 3 In the opened window click Install now ...

Page 24: ...B Series OS Installation Guide 23 4 Enter the product key to activate Windows click Next 5 Microsoft license will appear Carefully read the terms of license select I accept the license terms then click Next ...

Page 25: ...24 6 Select the type of installation you want We recommend you to choose custom Click Custom to continue 7 Choose the place where to install Windows then click Next ...

Page 26: ...101B Series OS Installation Guide 25 8 Windows setup window will pop up Windows might create additional partitions for you system files Click Ok 9 Windows have created partition 2 Click Next to continue ...

Page 27: ...26 10 Windows setup warning message pops up read it carefully and then click Cancel Click Next to continue 11 Installing Windows Please wait ...

Page 28: ...Guide 27 12 Now you are ready to Setup your system Click Use Express settings 13 Read any introductory screens describing features of your computer and click Next upon completing each You are now done with the initial setup process ...

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Page 30: ...10 IoT Enterprise Download drivers from Winmate Download Center Go to http www winmate com Support Download Center Rugged Tablet PCs M101B BL BT Driver Win 10 IoT Driver Download drivers from Winmate Partner Portal https app box com files 0 f 6014373665 Driver Win 10 IoT Driver Installation Sequence 1 Chipset 2 Graphics 3 MBI 4 PV_Bay Trial_MD Intel_TXE FW 5 TXE 6 Audio 7 GPS 8 Wi Fi BT 9 WWAN Aft...

Page 31: ...wnload drivers from Winmate Partner Portal https app box com files 0 f 6014373665 Driver Win 8 1 Driver Driver Installation Sequence 1 Chipset 2 Graphic 3 TXE 4 Audio 5 LAN 6 GPS 7 Wi Fi BT 8 MBI 9 Docking 10 Others a Hot Tab Driver b WWAN 3G Huawei c WWAN LTE Sierra d BR Intermec Easyset e UHF Thing Magic After completing the OS driver installation you can install drivers for Utilities ...

Page 32: ...n 7 Driver Download drivers from Winmate Partner Portal https app box com files 0 f 6014373665 Driver Win 7 Driver Driver Installation Sequence 1 Chipset 2 Graphic 3 TXE 4 Audio 5 LAN 6 GPS 7 Wi Fi BT 8 Sensor Hub 9 Docking 10 USB 3 0 11 Others a Hot Tab Driver b WWAN 3G Huawei c WWAN LTE Sierra d BR Intermec Easyset e UHF Thing Magic After completing the OS driver installation you can install dri...

Page 33: ... Utility from Winmate Download Center Go to http www winmate com Support Download Center Rugged Tablet PCs M101B BL BT Utility List of Winmate AP Utilities for M101B Series Rugged Tablet PC Item Type Description 1 Utility M101B Series Hot Tab Refer to utility User Manual for detailed AP Utility installation instructions M101B Series Rugged Tablet PC Hot Tab Version Hot Tab Version HW Trigger defau...

Page 34: ... OS Windows 7 Windows 8 1 and Windows 10 IoT Hot Tab Driver Installation steps 1 Uninstall the old version Before you start the new signature Hot Tab driver installation please remove the old Hot Tab Port IO driver in Windows s Device Manager Select PortIO Driver under System devices and right click on it In the drop down menu select Uninstall to remove the driver ...

Page 35: ... OK to confirm device uninstall 2 Install the new driver i Type cmd in the run box ii The cmd exe will appear in Programs iii Right click on the cmd exe and click on Run as administrator to start command prompt ...

Page 36: ...tall to install the driver v When Windows Security dialog appear select install to continue the installation When the driver is successfully installed you can see Drivers Updated successfully message in the dos prompt WMMIO device also have been added to the Device Manger under System devices ...

Page 37: ...stalling Winmate AP Utility you may require to adjust serial COM port settings to match with Winmate AP settings COM Port Settings Serial COM Port Settings Serial Port Number Device COM 1 RS232 at I O COM 2 RS232 of Expansion Port optional COM 3 HF RFID optional COM 4 Bluetooth Auto Pairing COM 9 GPS COM 12 RS232 at Docking optional COM4 COM 15 Barcode Reader optional COM 20 UHF RFID optional Refe...

Page 38: ...1B Series OS Installation Guide 37 Adjusting COM Port Number 1 Go to the Device Manager Expand the Ports COM LPT Right click on the device and click on Properties 2 In the Ports Settings tab click Advanced ...

Page 39: ...he COM Port Number Change COM port number from COM4 to COM15 Click OK 4 Check the device management that has been changed COM15 and then restart your device NOTE For UHF module Micro needs to be set COM20 for Hot Tab ...

Page 40: ... Guide 39 Setting Up Bluetooth COM Port Instruction 1 Open the Bluetooth Devices Control Panel 2 In the Options tab select Turn discovery on and allow Bluetooth devices to connect to this computer 3 In the COM Ports tab click Add ...

Page 41: ...nitiates the connection and click OK NOTE The COM port number you just added would be auto paired when the Bluetooth Barcode scanner scans the barcode sticks on the tablet PC 5 Click OK to close the Bluetooth Devices Control Panel ...

Page 42: ...Touch Keyboard Size 2 Unzip Touch size zip file to the FM10 desktop with Touch Keyboard size reg Modify the Touch Keyboard size reg 3 Set the number to adjust touch keyboard size The minimum number you can set is 6 IMPORTANT The Monitor Size does not mean the actual screen size The bigger the number the smaller the Touch Keyboard will be The smaller the number the bigger the Touch Keyboard will be...

Page 43: ...42 Example Setting 6 Setting 15 ...

Page 44: ...ovides Software Development Kit SDK for M101B Series Rugged Tablet PC Winmate Download Center Go to http www winmate com Support Download Center Rugged Tablet PCs M101B BL BT Development Kit Download SDK from Winmate File Share https app box com files 0 f 7233497641 SDK ...

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