Dell Rugged Control Center Version 3.x User's Guide January 2020 Rev. A05 Notes, cautions, and warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2009 - 2020 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to Dell Rugged Control Center..................................................................5 Supported devices...............................................................................................................................................................5 Supported operating systems...........................................................................................................................................5 Chapter 2: Installing, uninstalling, and upgrading Dell Rugged Control Center.............................. 6 Install Dell Rugged Control Center.................................................................................................................................. 6 Uninstall Dell Rugged Control Center.............................................................................................................................6 Upgrade Dell Rugged Control Center............................................................................................................................. 6 Chapter 3: Using the Ribbon in Dell Rugged Control Center.......................................................... 8 Navigate Ribbon...................................................................................................................................................................8 Access Dashboard............................................................................................................................................................... 8 Use the Quick Access and Launch controls..................................................................................................................8 Adjust brightness and volume from Ribbon.................................................................................................................. 8 Customizing the Ribbon.....................................................................................................................................................9 Add Ribbon controls......................................................................................................................................................9 Remove Ribbon controls..............................................................................................................................................9 Add application shortcuts.......................................................................................................................................... 10 Add URL shortcuts...................................................................................................................................................... 10 Record and add keystroke combinations............................................................................................................... 10 Add Windows controls.................................................................................................................................................11 Use Flashlight.......................................................................................................................................................................11 Access system information...............................................................................................................................................11 Minimize Ribbon................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Chapter 4: Using the Dashboard in Dell Rugged Control Center................................................... 13 Access Dashboard..............................................................................................................................................................13 Customizing hardware controls......................................................................................................................................13 Add controls to the Dashboard.................................................................................................................................13 Remove controls from the Dashboard.................................................................................................................... 14 Adjust brightness and volume from the Dashboard.............................................................................................14 Customizing Quick Launch shortcuts........................................................................................................................... 14 Add Quick Launch shortcuts..................................................................................................................................... 14 Customize programmable buttons.................................................................................................................................15 Using Windows camera...............................................................................................................................................16 Chapter 5: Using the Global Positioning System in Dell Rugged Control Center........................... 18 Access GPS......................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Chapter 6: View system information in Dell Rugged Control Center............................................. 19 Access system information..............................................................................................................................................19 Hardware features.............................................................................................................................................................19 System information........................................................................................................................................................... 19 Battery information........................................................................................................................................................... 19 Contents 3 Chapter 7: Customizing settings in Dell Rugged Control Center...................................................21 Application settings........................................................................................................................................................... 21 Set Ribbon and startup preferences....................................................................................................................... 21 Keyboard backlight............................................................................................................................................................ 21 Set keyboard backlight color.................................................................................................................................... 22 Set battery timeout and AC timeout periods........................................................................................................22 Set keyboard backlight brightness and intensity.................................................................................................22 Night Mode......................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Set the Control Center colors .................................................................................................................................23 Set keyboard backlight color.................................................................................................................................... 23 Set LCD brightness level........................................................................................................................................... 23 Set keyboard backlight intensity..............................................................................................................................23 Set automatic schedule..............................................................................................................................................23 Stealth Mode......................................................................................................................................................................24 Turn Stealth Mode on or off.....................................................................................................................................24 Modify Stealth Mode settings..................................................................................................................................24 Barcode scanner................................................................................................................................................................24