Chapter 7 AirBEAM Smart
Introduction
The AirBEAM Smart product allows specially designed software packages to be transferred between a host server
and Zebra handheld devices. Before transfer, AirBEAM Smart checks and compares package version, so that only
updated packages are loaded.
AirBEAM Smart resides on client devices and allows them to request, download and install software, as well as to
upload files and status data. Both download and upload of files can be accomplished in a single communications
session. The ability to transfer software over a network can greatly reduce the logistical efforts of client software
management.
In an AirBEAM Smart system, a network-accessible host server acts as the storage point for the software transfer.
The AirBEAM Smart Client uses the industry standard FTP or TFTP file transfer protocols to check the host system
for updates and if necessary, to transfer updated software.
AirBEAM Package Builder
In a typical distributed AirBEAM Smart system, software to be transferred is organized into packages. In general,
an AirBEAM Smart package is simply a set of files that are assigned attributes both as an entire package and as
individual component files. The package is assigned a version number and the transfer occurs when an updated
version is available.
An AirBEAM Smart package can optionally contain developer-specified logic to be used to install the package.
Installation logic is typically used to update client device flash images. Examples of common AirBEAM Smart
packages would include packages for custom client application software and AirBEAM Smart Client software.
Once these packages are built, they are installed on the host server for retrieval by the handheld device. The
AirBEAM Package Builder is a utility used to define, generate and install AirBEAM packages to a server. The
packages are then loaded from the server onto a client device equipped with an AirBEAM Smart Client executable.
For detailed instructions on how to define, generate and install AirBEAM packages to the server, refer to the
AirBEAM Package Builder Product Reference Guide, p/n 72-55769-xx.
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