3 Setting Up Mobile Device

The following section describes the setup of Microsoft Windows 10 Mobile devices/Tablets for use onboard the ship.

Installing an Application

  1. Right click the Add-AppDevPackage.ps1 and select Run with PowerShell

  2. Follow the installation steps presented

  3. Select A- Yes to All and press the Enter key to proceed with the installation

  4. Press the Enter key to close the PowerShell application once the installation is successful You should see the OHC Mustering application in Windows Programs

Uninstalling an Application

Before you uninstall the application, ensure that it is not running. Uninstalling a running application will cause issues when you try to reinstall it at a later stage.

  1. Go to Windows Programs, OHC Mustering.

  2. Right-click and select Uninstall.

  3. At the prompt, click the Uninstall button

Connecting Mobile Devices to a PC

After downloading the application onto the mobile device, and launching the application for the first time, the Device Server Setting Screen is shown. As an Administrator, you should set the correct Mobile Web Service Host name and Port number, and then tap on Connect.

Once the connection to the Mobile Server is established, a Device Registration screen will prompt. At the Device Registration screen,

  1. Choose the appropriate MAC ID from the drop-down list.

  2. Enter the Device Name and the click the Activate & Register button to activate and register the device to MOB table.

If registration of the device is successful, the application loads and creates the database in a SQLite DB file and download the required tables and data from Mobile Schema to the SQLite DB.

  • Application binaries are installed into folder C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Packages\af9e2835-d828-441e-acef-3b74d389fb04_ygkypzx4b378t\LocalState

  • Application logs are located into folder C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Packages\af9e2835-d828-441e-acef-3b74d389fb04_ygkypzx4b378t\LocalState\Log – ddmmyyyy.txt

  • All photos are located into folder C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Packages\af9e2835-d828-441e-acef-3b74d389fb04_ygkypzx4b378t\LocalState\ProfilePhotoFolder

  • Database is located in the folder C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Packages\af9e2835-d828-441e-acef-3b74d389fb04_ygkypzx4b378t\LocalState\MusteringDB.sqlitezz