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Pocket PC Development Scenarios.

All the scenarios assume the following.

• COMM-DRV/CE is installed on the computer.
• Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++ 3.0 is installed. If it is not then <click here> to download it.
• You have at least one available serial port on your computer.
• It is helpful to review the documentation for eMbedded Visual C++ 3.0 documentation as well as the Pocket PC emulator.

Desktop Or Laptop with 1 available serial port

1. Start eMbedded Visual C++
2. Click on Tools from the top menu then select Configure Platform Manager.
3. Expand the Pocket PC 2002 node and highlight Pocket PC 2002 Emulation.
4. Click the Properties button.
5. Select Emulator Startup Server under Startup Server:.
6. Click the Configure button next to Emulator Startup Server.
7. Set Serial Port 1: to None. This ensures that debug messages do not go to any serial ports on your desktop. You could as well set to a file as well.
8. Set Serial Port 2: to COMx where x is a COM1, COM2, COM3, or COM4. Note that the emulator only works with COM ports 1 through 4. Must serial cards or USB to serial converters allow you to reassign COM ports in the device manager.
9. Click OK.
10. At this point you can load the example project example1.vcw.
11. Make sure the four fields above the main windows are as follows
    1. Example1
    2. Pocket PC 2002
    3. Win32 (WCE X86) Release
    4. Pocket PC 2002 Emulation
12. At this point you can compile and start working with the product.

Desktop or Laptop with 2 available serial ports

This setup is ideal to completely test an application with on the local computer as you can run a serial communication application like HyperTerminal on the second available port to communicate with the Pocket PC emulator thus simulating the entire working environment.

1. Start eMbedded Visual C++
2. Click on Tools from the top menu then select Configure Platform Manager.
3. Expand the Pocket PC 2002 node and highlight Pocket PC 2002 Emulation.
4. Click the Properties button.
5. Select Emulator Startup Server under Startup Server:.
6. Click the Configure button next to Emulator Startup Server.
7. Set Serial Port 1: to None. This ensures that debug messages do not go to any serial ports on your desktop. You could as well set to a file as well.
8. Set Serial Port 2: to COMx where x is a COM1, COM2, COM3, or COM4. Note that the emulator only works with COM ports 1 through 4. Must serial cards or USB to serial converters allow you to reassign COM ports in the device manager.
9. Click OK.
10. At this point you can load the example project example1.vcw.
11. Make sure the four fields above the main windows are as follows
    1. Example1
    2. Pocket PC 2002
    3. Win32 (WCE X86) Release
    4. Pocket PC 2002 Emulation
12. Connect the two available serial ports with a null modem cable.
13. Open an application like HyperTerminal or any other serial communication application you may want to use with the emulator. At this point any data you send from the COMM-DRV/CE application will appear in the opened application and visa versa.
14. At this point you can compile and start working with the product.