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– if the USB-CF Card is improperly seated in the PocketPC®. Remove the USB-
CF card and reinsert it into the PocketPC’s compact flash card slot and wait a
few seconds before starting to download the firmware. Downloading Guide
3. Read error:
The following error occurs:
– if the UBA does not communicate with the PocketPC®, and/or it is likely that UBA Pocket PC
the firmware on the UBA is corrupt. A force download of the firmware into the
UBA is necessary in this case. Downloading Kit
– To force a download:
– Turn OFF the UBA power, change DIP Switches 6, 7, 8 to ON and turn the
Rev 1.0
UBA power back ON. Then try downloading the firmware. Once the DOWNLOAD KIT CONTENTS
firmware is downloaded, change all the DIP Switches to OFF and cycle the
power of the UBA from OFF to ON again. 1- POCKET PC
– If the problem continues, disconnect and reconnect the USB cable and/or Manufacturer: DELL
Model: Axim X50
cycle the UBA power OFF and On again.
Processor: Intel PXA270 (ARM)
– If the problem still persists, as a last resort remove the USB-CF Card and Operating System: Windows mobile 2003 2nd edition
reinsert it into the compact flash card slot. Then, wait a few seconds, and
Software: Microsoft® ActiveSync® Version 3.7.1
restart downloading the firmware.
4. For any other error:
1- USB COMPACT FLASH CARD
– Reconnect the USB cable and/or cycle the UBA power OFF and ON. Manufacturer: Ratoc Systems
Model: CFU1U
– Retry downloading the firmware again. Or
– If the problem still persists, remove the USB-CF card and reinsert it into 1- UBA SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD APPLICATION
compact flash card slot. Vendor: JCM American Corporation Located at:
Application Version: 1.0 or greater http://www.jcm-american.com/
5. Game resets continuously: (on CD or at the JCM Website) products/software/apps.asp/
– Take the UBA out of the machine, use a separate power supply to activate it UBA_Installer.zip
and then download the firmware into it. INSTALLATION PREPARATION
® NOTE: If ActiveSync® is already installed on your
6. PocketPC screen is dark when running on battery:
computer, skip ahead to the Choosing a Partnership
– Go to Start->Settings->System->Brightness and under the “On battery power” INSTALLING ACTIVESYNC® Section.
option move the sliding bar to the right to increase the PocketPC’s brightness.
1. Insert the Microsoft® ActiveSync® 3.7.1 application CD and Click
This Download Procedure is now complete.
on the ActiveSync® Screen that appears (See Figure
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1).
mentioned herein may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.
Furthermore, ™, ® and © are not always mentioned in each case throughout this publication. 2. Click on in the left column of the Screen that
appears (See Figure 2).
3. The Screen will advance to its next page (See Figure 3): Click on
the Screen Button to begin the ActiveSync® Application Installation
process. During the installation process a Web Page Dialog Box will appear on
top of the screen (See Figure 4).
4. Click twice while advancing through the Security Warning Screens pic-
tured in Figure 5 and Figure 6 and a second Setup Status Bar will run from 0% to
100%; then the Installer Screen pictured in Figure 7 will appear.
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5. The progress bar below the “Download” Screen Button shows the downloading
progress rate of the firmware being installed (See Figure 18 a), and the text area
below it shows the communication status occurring during the firmware down-
load (See Figure 18 b).
6. When the download is complete, an Information dialog box will appear on top of
the Pocket PC final download screen (See Figure 18 c).
To install the same firmware into another UBA, just reconnect the USB cable
into the USB slot at the front on the next UBA, (wait for about 3 seconds to
let the PocketPC® load the USB drivers) and click the download
button again to begin another download.
Figure 1 Getting Started Screen Figure 2 Start Here Screen 1
NOTE: DONOT connect the PocketPC
to your computer until ActiveSync is
completely installed!

b
c
a
b
c
Figure 3 Start Here Screen 2 Figure 4 Web Page Message Dialog

a
Figure 17 Pocket PC Start UBA Figure 18 Pocket PC UBA Download
Download Screen Complete Screen

TROUBLE SHOOTING THE FIRMWARE DOWNLOADS

1. Write error:
Figure 5 Security Warning Screen 1 Figure 6 Security Warning Screen 2
The following error occurs:
– if the USB cables are not connected properly.
– if the USB-CF Card is improperly seated in the PocketPC®. Remove the USB-
CF card and reinsert it into the PocketPC’s compact flash card slot.
2. Failed to open port:
The following error occurs:
– if the USB cables are not connected properly.
– if the USB drivers are not completely loaded. The drivers usually take about 2-
3 seconds to load after the UBA is connected. Try downloading after a 2-3
Figure 7 Installer Status Bar Dialog Figure 8 ActiveSync Installer Screen second wait.

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UBA TOOL APPLICATION ACTIVATION 5. Click on the Figure 8 Screen to begin the installation and select the
installation folder pictured in Figure 10. The Status Bar shown in Figure 9 will
MOVING FILES TO THE POCKETPC run from 0% to 100% completing the ActiveSync® installation, and the Figure 11
The following steps provide the instructions necessary to activate the Screen will then appear. DO NOT Click ”NEXT” on the Figure 11 Screen, just
application: continue on to the Choosing a Partnership section.
1. Make sure the PocketPC® is connected to the PC and that it is turned ON.
2. Open the Mobile Device folder by clicking on the “My Computer” Screen Button
Icon on your Computer’s desktop, and double click on the
folder into which you want the installed files
copied.
3. Open the UBA Downloader CD shipped with the UBA Downloder
Kit or download the UBA_Installer.zip file from “http://www.jcm-
american.com/products/software/apps.asp”; decompress the files
and place them into a folder named “UBAInstaller” on your desktop.
4. Copy the “UBAInstaller” folder into the Mobile Device folder just Figure 10 Install Status Bar Screen
created within the “My Computer” desktop. The .cab files inside the Figure 9 Select Install Folder
“UBAInstaller” folder are labeled “UBAInstaller.PPC2003 _ARMV4”, “HCD-
CAB.ARMV4” and “usbmsc.PPC2003_ARMV4”.
6. ActiveSync® is now installed on
your computer.
5. In the PocketPC’s Start Menu File→ Programs→ File Explorer→ UBAInstaller
Folder, double click on the first .cab file to begin installing the first set of UBA
files. Then do the same for the second and third .cab files.
6. Download and transfer the UBA firmware specific to your UBA into the “\Mobile
Device\UBA Installer” folder on your computer (i.e., and/or
).
Your PocketPC® UBA Installer Application is now ready to use.
RUNNING THE UBA SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD APPLICATION Figure 11 Getting Connected Screen
1. Connect a USB Compact Flash card into the CF Slot on the PocketPC as CHOOSING A PARTNERSHIP
explained on page 30 of the PocketPC® owner’s manual. To synchronize data transfer between your computer and the Pocket PC®
2. Connect one end of the USB dongle cable provided to the USB-CF card and perform the following steps.
connect the other end to the slot on the front of the UBA using a standard USB
1. Externally power the Cradle Port, and connect the PocketPC® to the PC via the
extension cable.
Cradle Port using the USB Sync Cable. Figure 11 will then disappear and advance
3. Click on the “UBADwnApp” application located in the “Start Menu/File Explorer/
to the Figure 12 screen if you just installed ActiveSync®.
My Documents”, Folder of the PocketPC® and enter the path and name of the
2. Select in the Figure 12 window that appears when the
UBA firmware file located in the UBAInstaller Folder.The keyboard can be acti- ®
PocketPC is connected for the first time, and Click to continue.
vated and hidden again by clicking on the small icon located in the bottom
3. Select and click again on that screen
right corner of the PocketPC® screen (See Figure 17 a). You can also use the File (See Figure 13).
Explorer Screen Button to select the file being installed (See Figure 17 b). 4. Select the option on the next screen that
4. Click on the Screen Button to begin downloading the firmware into the appears (See Figure 14) and click again on this screen.
UBA (See Figure 17 c).
NOTE: Depending on the PC Operating System being
used, this step may be optional and not occur. In this case
just skip directly to Step 5.

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5. On the next screen that appears, do not synchronize any kind of information;
instead deselect all the options present and click one last time
(See Figure 15).

Figure 12 Set-up Partnership Screen

Uncheck All & Click

Figure 15 Select Sync Settings Screen

6. Click on the final Setup Complete Screen pictured in Figure 16 to com-
plete the partnership selection.

Figure 13 Specify Data Synchronization Screen

Figure 16 Setup Complete Screen

Partinership selection is now complete.

Figure 14 Select Partner Count Screen

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