Hi,
start out playing around with WEC 2013. Unfortunately I am using Win 7 on my host machine. Active Sync 4.5 isn’t able to install there, and Mobile Center is only for Vista. It seems, that Mobile Center 6.5 is integrated in the Win7 OS, but my board isn’t detected.
So, how can I do something like ActiveSync does on older Versions of Windows on a more modern Version?
With best regards
Gerhard
Hi,
Microsoft removed Active Sync from Windows Embedded Compact 2013.
If you only use it for debugging than you can use Ethernet debugging.
I have read the article that explains how to use remote debugging with WEC2013. Personally I think Microsoft really dropped the ball with removing support for mobile device center in WEC2013. Its just too inconvenient to use WEC2013 without mobile device center. In my opinion its not worth it. However, I still want to try it, but there is a bunch of unanswered questions…
What is the recommended way to copy files to a Colibri running WEC2013 since mobile device center isn’t supported? Please tell me there is another way besides using an “autocopy” folder on an SD card or USB drive.
What is the recommended way to browse the remote file system of a Colibri running WEC2013 from my PC?
What is the recommended way to remotely edit the CE registry of a Colibri running WEC2013 from my PC?
What is the recommended way to use remote display to a Colibri running WEC2013 on my custom base board which doesn’t have an Ethernet port?
@ed.nafziger:
You are right, unfortunately MS has remove quite a lot of the useful features. If you use a lot of the missing features, it may be the best solution to stay with CE 7. Main features added in WEC 2013 are VS2013 / VS2015 support and multicore support for .NET. If you not really need this, why switching to WEC 2013?
Q: What is the recommended way to copy files to a Colibri running WEC2013 since mobile device center isn’t supported?
A: You can deploy the files in the Project Properties → Deployment → Aditional files. It has a special syntax, just copy it from an existing setup.
Q: What is the recommended way to browse the remote file system of a Colibri running WEC2013 from my PC?
A: Currently there is no out of the box solution. As this normally is only used for development, you could for example use a small FTP server on your target device. You could also use the mass storage device as described here. This feature will be available in imag V2.0 beta 1 release.
Q: What is the recommended way to remotely edit the CE registry of a Colibri running WEC2013 from my PC?
A:You should still be able to do this over the ethernet using the remote tools.
Q: What is the recommended way to use remote display to a Colibri running WEC2013 on my custom base board which doesn’t have an Ethernet port?
A: There is no out of the box solution for this.