Device Management Client Registry Settings (Windows CE 5.0)
The registry stores information necessary to configure the system for applications and target devices. The registry also contains information that the operating system continually references during operation.
The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\ApplicationDownload registry key contains the configuration parameters for device management. The following table shows the named values for the ApplicationDownload configuration parameters.
Note The default registry values vary depending on which Catalog items are included in your OS design. For more information, see Default Registry Settings.
| Value : type | Description |
|---|---|
| Server : REG_SZ | Retrieved from the Control Panel UI or set up by the OEM. |
| EnableEditServer : REG_DWORD | If this value is set to 1.0 by the OEM, the user can change the server in the Control Panel UI. |
| SvrFmt : REG_SZ | This is the format string of the server, for example - https://%s/devicemgmt/server/aspx. The %s is replaced with the server name that is changed using Control Panel. With the server name and SvrFmt, Control Panel constructs the value of the Server parameter. |
| RetryTime : REG_DWORD | Default setting is 00-00-00 00:03:00, which means three minutes. Time between failure and the next retry. The format to use is yy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss. |
| MaxRetry : REG_DWORD | Default setting is 5. Specifies how many times to retry before a task is deleted. |
| DevIdRequired : REG_DWORD | The system management scenario allows the case where the target device does not have a target device identifier. In such a case, the inventory information provider DLL does not provide a target device identifier and the value needs to be set to 0.
When the target device is started, the target device checks whether the inventory information provider returned a target device identifier. If it did not, the DevIdRequired value is checked. If the flag is 1 or not present, the service cannot be started. |
| FastNetworkSpeed : REG_WORD | Default value is 1000000 bits per second. Specifies the boundary between the fast and slow network. If the current link speed is greater than or equal to the FastNetworkSpeed value, the device management client will assume a fast network. |
| Port : REG_WORD | Default value is 80. Specifies the TCP port to which the device management client should send the HTTP request. This should be the same as the TCP port configured on the Systems Management Server. |
| SecurePort : REG_WORD | Default value is 443. Specifies the SSL port to which the device management client should send the HTTPS request. This should be the same as the SSL port configured on the Systems Management Server. |
The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\ApplicationDownload\InfoSrc\0000 registry key contains the machine inventory information provider. An OEM can replace this with a custom registry key or add a custom registry key as HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\ApplicationDownload\InfoSrc\0001, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\ApplicationDownload\InfoSrc\0002, and so on. All the output of these information provider DLLs will be concatenated and sent to the server when polling.
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