Re: Product for Running Embedded C# Application

There is no terminal services *server* in Windows CE, so I doubt that you're
going to find that feature out there. Our devices can start programs via
Telnet sessions or Web sessions with our Web server on the device and a lot
of devices will do that. There's a Telnet server available to Windows CE
OEMs that essentially brings out the MS-DOS window to a network session, so
some devices might have that, too.

In just thinking about this, is your device a USB device? You know that
you're going to have to port a driver to Windows CE to use that, if so,
right? Any existing driver for desktop operating systems is not going to
work in CE.

Paul T.

"Yofnik" <yofnik@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Chris,
Thanks for your response.

We don't really have any environmental requirements at this point. I
am just doing some initial research on how to eliminate our need for a
"full computer" when our back end servers are doing most of the work.
The form factor should be small, but again - we have no hard
requirements.

The thing we really want to avoid is building a device ourselves. That
is why we want to buy (and possibly resell) a prepackaged device. I
don't want to worry about the packing, but I will if need be (any
suggestions for a good source of enclosures?).

I don't care if the device has keyboard and monitor ports. If it
doesn't, I was hoping to find something that would support terminal
services to start and stop applications. I don't know how realistic
this is.

We have minimal hard disk requirements. Our application just
communicates with specific hardware and forwards data to a back end
server. So the device will need minimal disk space for the OS, our
application, and possible some log files.

I checked out ICOPTech.com website and they might have something that
could help. Do you have any more advice given my comments above?

This is obviously something we don't have much experience with. Thanks
for you patience and assistance.



On Jan 31, 1:11 pm, "<ctacke/>" <ctacke[@]opennetcf[dot]com> wrote:
Do you have any specific environmental requirements? I mean if you're
just
after some box that can run a CF app and not plug in a monitor then
something like an iCOP ebox is cheap and effective, albeit fairly slow.
You
can also use a cheap mini-ATX board and run full-up XP or CE with a
faster
processor. There are ARM-based devices that tend to work better in
industrial temp or vibration environments, but as Paul said, there are
lots
of them out there. Do you need an enclosure, or do you have one you'll
plug
into? Do you have form factor requirements? Does it need storage space?
How much? How much RAM does it need? How will you get the app onto the
device? How will you handle black outs or brown outs, and will they
matter?
There are *lots* of variables to consider and what you end up with could
be
as cheap as around $300 or upward of $7k or just about anything in
between.

--
Chris Tacke
OpenNETCF Consulting
Managed Code in the Embedded Worldwww.opennetcf.com
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"Yofnik" <yof...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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I have tried a google search and found many devices for specific
applications. Many of them have more features than we want - like a
display. I want a low cost device that will run my application and
little else. Perhaps I am not searching for the right "thing". What is
such a device common referred to? Its certainly not a PDA or even a
handheld computer.

If someone has knowledge of a specific device like I am describing, I
would love to hear more info.

On Jan 31, 12:45 pm, "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT
no instrument no spam DOT com> wrote:
There are tons of Windows CE-based devices. That's what you should be
looking for: Windows CE, serial, USB, and Ethernet. If you need a
display
on the device, you'll need to look for that, too. We don't have
anything
that matches all of those requirements, but you might get the basic
idea
by
looking atwww.edasce.comorwww.lanpoint.com. There are many, many
vendors
of devices for various vertical markets and I'd be surprised if you
can't
find one with Google and some patience.

Paul T.

"Yofnik" <yof...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Hello,

We have already developed a desktop application in C# that
communicates with proprietary hardware devices over standard
ethernet
or serial cables.

In many cases we need to deploy this application in areas where full
desktops are overkill. We would like some minimal "appliance" or
single board computer type of hardware that can run our application
and communicate with our back end servers over the network.

I don't mind recompiling our application for the Compact Framework
(and adjusting some code if need be). However, I am having trouble
finding the type of device we should use. Can anyone recommend a
hardware product that will might be useful to us? All it really
needs
is network connectivity and standard I/O ports (serial, usb, and
ethernet) and the ability to run software writtenin C#.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. If this is not the best
group
for this quesiton I apologize and ask for pointers to a better
group.

Thanks to all.

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