41.55 (Jul 11 2024)

Release Notes

VoC

(NEW)

ScanSettings: Added Reduce quiet zone option to Interleaved 2 of 5 symbology.

(FIXED)

Fixed the symptom that scanner does not work in low battery.


EmKit

(NEW)

Program Buttons: Added new abilities to map a specific keycode (Direct input) to the buttons on the navigation bar.

(IMPROVED)

Applied better UX design for the EmKit home screen and the following solution apps.


Operating System

(NEW)

Added an ability to control the following notification panel-related features through a configuration profile.

  • Notification Show Alarm: Connect the Clock app by selecting the clock in the notification panel
  • Quick Settings Editable: Edit quick setting panel items

Added an ability to enable or disable the Splitscreen feature using configuration profile.

(IMPROVED)



Improved the update operations of the system update app (FOTA client app) when trying to update via intent.

  • Silent update (update without user confirmation)
  • Update while screen is locked

Removed the confusing battery health detail information and Integrated the battery health information to the EmKit > EmHealthReport instead of the Settings > Battery, for better understanding.


Scanner Settings

(NEW)



Added Enable read fail option to control the transmission of the READ_FAIL message when a scanning is failed. It will help users not get confused when pressing the scan button accidentally.

More> ScanSettings User Guide - Notification

Added the Clear Data setting in the Option menu to remove the currently entered string from the field and enter the newly decoded data.

More> ScanSettings User Guide - Option

Added the availability to conduct the '/x0' (KEYCODE_UNKNOWN) on the wedge > suffix.

More> Send a KeyCode with Barcode Data

Added the ability to apply the group separator value to GS1 DataMatrix and GS1 QR.


Wireless

(NEW)

Added a setting to set the Wi-Fi country code to determine characteristics such as the power level and the channels, etc.

More> Instruction of WLAN Detail Settings







41.54 (Nov 17 2023)

Release Notes

PM451 VoC

(NEW)

Requested to provide "Wake & sleep motions" feature

→ Added the Wake & sleep motions in the Settings > Display.

(IMPROVED)

Requested to allow WPA protocol connection

→ Allowed to connect a SSID using the WPA protocol connection.

(FIXED)

Requested to fix the symptom that a wrong barcode is read instead of the aimed one (only for EX30 scanner).

→ Adjusted the default fixed offset.

Reported the symptom the decoded data is abnormal with SE965.

→ Improved stability of SE965 scanner type's decoding procedure by blocking additional decoding while the previous decoding is in progress.


EmKit

(NEW)

System Information: Added radio generation & antenna information in Radio > WLAN section.

Program Buttons: Added flashlight function to map with a button.

EmSettings: Added an option to select whether to use or not the manual screen rotation icon on the navigation bar.

(IMPROVED)

Scan2Set: Improved to provision devices using mobile data (Android 11 and above)


ScanSettings

(NEW)

Added DPM enhance mode setting to read DPM (Direct Part Marks) better (Only for 2D scanner).

Added Mobile phone / Display mode setting to improve the reading performance when scanning barcodes displayed on the screen that may be reflective. (N6703 scanner only)

Added Intercharacter delay setting to deliver a delay time between each character of the decoded data.

Added new PEW action, Change to lower case, to change all characters to lower case.

(IMPROVED)

PEW > Send Delay action can be applied between the other actions.


Operating System

(NEW)

Added a feature that displays device information when scanning a special barcode.

Added new battery health index in Settings > Battery for more accurate battery lifetime estimation.

Added an ability to calculate the battery lifetime indexes by OS itself.

(IMPROVED)



Updated Iran Standard Time, IRST (Tehran) to UTC+03:30.

System restricts setup wizard proceeding when a provisioning configuration exists in the enterprise storage to wait for the automatic provisioning.
Improved system update (FOTA) to display an error message to check why the update failed.
System restricts not display of the power menu when the side scan button and power button are pressed at about the same time. (To prevent inconvenience caused by mis-pressing.)

 

Network

(NEW)

Added a setting for PNO (Wi-Fi preferred network offload) Scan frequency culling.

(IMPROVED)

Improved the private mobile network setting to have ability to automatic setting.






41.53 (Mar 15 2023)

Release Notes

EmKit

(NEW)

EmSettings: Added ability to set notifications (sound & vibration) when pressing a button on the keypad.

More> EmSettings Guide - Physical keypad settings

(IMPROVED)

EmSettings: Categorized settings and improved UI for intuitive recognition.

(IMPROVED)

Program Buttons: New smart remap feature and improved UI helps you remap and control the button functions easier.

More> Program Buttons (V2) User Guide


Scanner / ScanSettings

(NEW)

Added a setting to adjust the size of TouchScan button.

More> ScanSettings User Guide - Basic - TouchScan

(NEW)

Added a setting to exit the auto scan mode by button.

More> ScanSettings User Guide - Basic - Auto Scan

(NEW)

Added a setting to make the trigger always turned on.

More> ScanSettings User Guide - Basic - Always trigger enable

(NEW)

Added an option to read a QR code with no quiet zone (low-contrast background), No Quiet Zone.


Device Settings

(IMPROVED)

Improved system update (FOTA) to display an error message to check why the update failed.


Operating System

(NEW)

Certificates

  • Added LOAD MORE button to see up-to-date certification labels from web page.
(IMPROVED)

Hot Swap Mode

  • Enhanced stability of hot swap mode by restricting the time to enter hot swap mode to the time of completion of booting.
(IMPROVED)

Date & Time

  • Improved to keep the manually set date and time even after factory reset or rebooting.
    (Timezone may not be kept.)





41.52 (Nov 18 2022)

Release Notes

EmKit

(NEW)

EmSettings: Added Hide Navigation setting. Disable to hide the navigation bar on the bottom of the screen.

(NEW)

Program Buttons: Meta option for mapping the Ctrl and Shift key combination behavior easily.

(IMPROVED)

Program Buttons: Default mapped features of SoftLeftKey & SoftRightKey has been changed.


Before

After

SoftLeftKeyLeftPttKeyAppSwitchKey
SoftRightKeyDoScanBackKey
(IMPROVED)
  • Direct Clone: Improved backup category name for better understanding of the listed applications.
  • EmLogTool: Added confirm popup when pressing the back button without saving the logging configuration.

Scanner / ScanSettings

(NEW)

Added IP Send function that sends the barcode data to an IP address through TCP/UDP protocol.

(NEW)

Added new PEW actions, Send up to char / string that send only the part before a specific character or string.

(NEW)

Added new PEW action, Change to upper case that change all characters to uppercase.

(NEW)

Added QR Code symbology's detail option, Non square decoding to improve the scan performance when the QR code's finder pattern is slightly out of standard.

(FIXED)Fixed the issue that the multiple barcode settings are reset when turning the scanner or the device on again.

Device Settings

(NEW)

Added a feature to lock the touch action using a button.

(NEW)

Added a setting to use a floating action button to show/hide the virtual keyboard

Network

(NEW)

Added a setting for PNO (Wi-Fi preferred network offload) Scan Interval.





41.51 (Jul 12 2022)

  • SDK: v3.25.03
Release Notes

Experience enhanced and added features in PM451 Android 11 compared to Android 9.

<New in PM451 Android 11>

Convenience Features

Privacy & Security

Enterprise

  • Dark theme
  • Built-in Screen Record
  • Join Wi-Fi by QR code
  • One-time Permissions
  • Permissions auto-reset
  • Scoped storage
  • Work profile enhancements

Refer to THIS ARTICLE to find more detail.


Upgrade from Android 9 to 11

PM451 can be upgraded to Android 11 using FOTA. (OS package (PFU) is not provided.)

Please contact Point Mobile sales team if you want to upgrade your PM451.


Refer to this article to find how to upgrade.