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Setting up Development Environment with Visual Studio 2013

This article describes the setting up of the application development environment with VS2013 for Windows Embedded Compact 2013(WEC2013). WEC2013 development can only be done on VS2012/2013/2015.








Install the following software on your development PC.

Visual Studio

Application development for WEC2013 could be done with VS2012/2013/2015 and for this article, download and install Visual Studio 2013. Also, the Community Edition of Visual Studio 2013 will work too. As the Community Edition is free in many cases, you can check the (terms for details).

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On WEC2013 application debugging is done only via Ethernet connection.

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WEC2013 is not available for the Colibri PXA Series, Colibri T20 (Nvidia Tegra 2), Apalis TK1(No support for Windows Embedded Compact).

SDK

Download and install WEC2013 SDK from here.

Remote Display tool

The Remote Display Tool allows you to see the display content of the Toradex module. On WEC2013 remote display works over Ethernet only. Download the Remote Display V3 over Ethernet package.

Installation Instructions (Manual Start)

  1. Copy CerDisp.exe to any folder on the Colibri/Apalis. Execute it and click the "Start" button.
  2. Copy CerHost.exe to any location on your PC, and execute it. Choose the Menu "File -> Connect". After a few seconds, the Colibri/Apalis module will show up in the list of available devices. Select the device and press OK.

Installation Instructions (Automatic Start)

  1. Copy the folders \AutoRun\ and \AutoCopy\ either
  • to the Colibri \FlashDisk\ folder
  • to the root folder of a USB pen drive
  • to the root folder of an SD/MMC card
    Whenever you boot the module or insert the pen drive or SD/MMC card, the cerdisp.exe tool will automatically run.
  1. Copy CerHost.exe to any location on your PC, and execute it. Choose the Menu "File -> Connect". After a few seconds, the module will show up in the list of available devices. Select the device and press OK. If it doesn't show the module name, please fill the module IP address and press OK.
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We noticed that the Remote Display V3 (over Ethernet) loses connection as soon as the software keyboard (SIP) appears or disappears from the screen. Remote Display may or may not automatically reconnect. As a workaround, you can disable the SIP by adding a registry key

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\SIP]
Disabled = dword:1

With this development environment setup is complete.



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