Dolphin® Power Tools User’s Guide Rev A
8/6/08
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System Section
The System section contains child sections that configure various system settings. For specifics on each
sections and their keys, refer to the Description sections in the DeviceConfig.exm file itself.
About Section
The About section sets a unique device name and description for the terminal.
By default, this section is enabled and applied to the terminal after each cold boot.
Device ID Tab
The values of the DeviceName and DeviceDescription keys appear in the Device name and
Description fields on the Device ID tab on the terminal.
On the Dolphin terminal, tap Start > Settings > About > Device ID tab.
Note: ActiveSync recognizes the Device name and Description from this applet.
DeviceName Restrictions
• The DeviceName must begin with a letter.
• The DeviceName cannot exceed 15 characters in length.
• Any text outside brackets (“[xxxx]”) will appear as text in the Device name field.
Content What appears in the Device name field…
[SERIALNUMBER] The terminal’s serial number pulled dynamically from the kernel.
This is the serial number that appears in SysInfo (see page 6-15) as the Terminal Serial
Number (see page 6-17).
[MODELNUMBER] The terminal’s model number pulled dynamically from the kernel.
This is the serial number that appears in SysInfo (see page 6-15) as the Model Number
(see page 6-17).
Key Name Description Default Value Available Values
DeviceName Sets the name of the device. ID
[SerialNumber]
See DeviceName Restrictions on
page 3-9.
DeviceDescription Sets the device description. N/A User-defined; however, the description
cannot exceed 15 characters in
length.