CreativityCorp has responded to the growth of the Apple iOS
operating system for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch mobile devices by
providing 'client side' software for iOS that runs projects developed in
Mobile Data Studio and the predecessor Pocket PC Creations, and communicates with the Mobile Data Studio server.
The iOS devices can be deployed alongside Android and Windows Mobile devices
communicating with the Mobile Data Studio server.
'Mobile Data for iOS' is approved by Apple for
listing in the App Store as a client for Mobile Data Studio server. Mobile
Data for Apple iOS is a 'Free' download from the App Store and is compatible
with iOS 4 and 5 operating systems.
Search App Store for 'Mobile Data Studio'
Installation of Mobile Data for iOS Software
Download from App Store: Mobile Data
for iOS is available as a free download at the Apple App
Store via iTunes, search for 'Mobile Data Studio'.
The Mobile Data for iOS is 'full' software that will
interface both with Trial Mobile Data Studio and serve as
a client on purchase of Mobile Data Studio (amongst the
number of client devices licensed with Mobile Data Studio).
Mobile Data available as an Application: After
installation 'Mobile Data' and
its 'MDS' icon will appear in Applications.
Settings in Mobile Data for Communications:
Mobile Data for iOS communicates with the Mobile Data Studio
server using the wireless TCP/IP functions of Mobile Data Studio,
see page 10 Wireless (TCP/IP) functions.
Communication from the iOS device to the Mobile Data Studio
server can either be via the mobile phone network or a WiFi
connection. The 'Settings' menu will present when Mobile Data is first
opened on the iOS device, requiring entry of 'Server
Details'. The Address is the IP address of
the server hosting Mobile Data Studio, the TCP Port
by default is 2001, but another may be specified,
Password to match that on the Mobile Data Studio server, and Unit ID
being the identification assigned to the mobile client
device (without space). 'Options' for client server
relationship are Network encryption, providing a secure 256-bit AES encrypted connection between the mobile client and server
(requiring a ten character password),
Autoconnect which enables
automatic connection whenever Mobile Data is open and the
Mobile Data Studio server is running,
Pull sessions enables receipt of sessions from the server and should be left on.
Submit new sessions enables automatic submission of sessions originating on the mobile device when they are closed. Submit old sessions relates to sessions which have originated on the
Mobile Data Studio server, and when enabled submits them on closure of the session.
Installation of Projects to iOS Device
Projects developed in Mobile Data Studio are installed to Apple iOS devices via TCP/IP communication, not ActiveSync or other sync tools. Open a project in Mobile Data Studio
and click on the 'Install' icon, and select a device to which the project
will be installed via click on the Install button. In the example shown below,
of the nine connected devices, the iPhone, iPad, and iPod are iOS devices. Another method to
install a project is described on page 10 Wireless (TCP/IP) Functions; open the
Wireless Activity monitor and make the connection from the iOS device, which
will then appear in the monitor. Open one or more projects in Mobile Data
Studio. Click (right) on the icon for the iOS device and 'Update Project' to
install project/s to the iOS device. The Mobile Data for iOS pre-installed projects can be opened in Mobile Data Studio for editing and communication: being
Field Service Report, Track Assets, Office Workstation, found in the Examples folder at C:\Program Files\Mobile Data Studio\Examples or C:\Program Files (x86) \Mobile Data Studio\Examples.
Use on iOS Device
The list of installed projects are shown in the Project Window.
Below are shown the three projects provided in Mobile Data for iOS, they can be deleted
if not required. Click on a project icon to open a session; initially the Session
Window will be blank, tap the 'Start New Session' button to open a session, open
sessions for the Field Service Report and Track Assets
projects are shown below.
When sessions are finished or saved they appear in the Session Window
awaiting further management via the Session Menu at the bottom of the
screen, shown via the Menu button. These controls apply both to sessions filled on
the iOS device and to sessions sent to the iOS
client device by the Mobile Data Studio server. Sessions that have arrived from
the Mobile Data Studio server are shown in red. Marked sessions shown in green can be sent to
the Mobile Data Studio server via TCP/IP either individually or in a batch. Please review
page 10 Wireless (TCP/IP) functions to understand their operation. The Duplicate (Dup)
function applies to individual selected sessions, providing a convenient
duplicate of data, but as a unique new session. For projects installed to the
iPad, the
Visual Style Header should be screen resolution in pixels wide and 50 or 60 pixels
high; see Office Workstation project on iPad below. Text font size may be
convenient at size 12 on the iPad, and that will still be convenient for iPhone
if the smaller screen iPhone is operated in Landscape rather than Portrait mode.
The Formatter point can be used to expand detail in Sessions Lists in Apple iOS, gathering data from multiple points. Please NOTE that not all of the points and point functions applying in
Windows Mobile are supported in iOS; exceptions are Outlook point, File point,
Print and Voice points. These may be supported if the iOS operating
system permits and there is demonstrable demand.
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