ERG 2004 Mobile – Read Me ERG 2004 Mobile Overview The Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) is developed jointly by the U. S. Department of Transportation, Transport Canada, and the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation of Mexico (SCT) for use by firefighters, police, and other emergency services personnel who may be the first to arrive at the scene of a transportation incident involving a hazardous material. It is primarily a guide to aid first responders in (1) quickly identifying the specific or generic classification of the material(s) involved in the incident, and (2) protecting themselves and the general public during this initial response phase of the incident. ERG 2004 Mobile is a software version of the 2004 edition of the ERG distributed by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Its development was provided by the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Disclaimer ERG 2004 Mobile is a software version of the 2004 Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG). It contains information published in the ERG, and reflects corrections for errata published as of March 1, 2007. The published ERG, plus any published errata, should be the final authority over this software. ERG 2004 Mobile - PDA Version - Installation Guide Version 1.0 IMPORTANT INSTALLATION NOTES: Pocket PC 2003 (version 4.x) or later devices are supported. Attention phone users: Pocket PC phones (touch-screen/stylus interface) are supported, but not Smart phones. Contents • System Requirements • Installation • Quick-Start Instructions • Detailed Instructions • Uninstalling • Known Issues • Release History • ERG Overview • Disclaimer System Requirements To install and run ERG 2004 Mobile you need the following: • Pocket PC 2003 (version 4.x) or later device (includes Windows Mobile 2003 and Windows Mobile 5.0) • A device with 64MB or more of RAM is recommended, though a 32 MB device is adequate • Approximately 6 MB of storage memory, either on the device or on an expansion card, for the ERG and the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework • Approximately 5 MB of program memory to run the ERG application • Personal computer, on which is installed Microsoft ActiveSync 4 or later for synchronization with your handheld device. It is highly recommended to upgrade to the latest version of ActiveSync (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/activesync/default.mspx). To determine the version of your device’s operating system, select Start?Settings, select the System tab, and then select About. To determine the amount of memory on your device, from the same System tab, select Memory, and then the Main tab. If your device has an expansion card, you can go to the Storage Card tab to determine its free space. Attention phone users: the ERG is supported on Pocket PC phones, but is not supported on Smartphones. If you use a stylus to interface with the PDA on your phone, it is a Pocket PC, and the ERG will run; this includes Palm Treo's running Windows Mobile. Smartphones (such as the Motorola Q and the Samsung BlackJack) have a different input mechanism (keypad) and non-standard display sizes, and while the ERG setup program will allow installation to a Smartphone, the resulting ERG installation will not run. The ERG installation consists of two parts: installation to your desktop/laptop PC (documentation and files required by ActiveSync), and installation to your Pocket PC device. After the PC portion of the installation, Microsoft ActiveSync will install the ERG on your Pocket PC device. If your device is not in its cradle, then the ERG installation will continue the next time your device is cradled. Quick-Start Instructions 1. Cradle your device. 2. Download the setup program (ERG_PocketPC_Setup.exe) to your PC and run it. 3. The PC files, including this README, will be installed. 4. The Pocket PC setup program will start and install ERG 2004 Mobile onto your device. 5. Select the default location on the device, or select an alternative location (e.g., a storage card). 6. Upon completion of the installation, run the ERG by selecting the ERG 2004 Mobile icon at Start?Programs. Detailed Instructions 1. Click on the ERG_PocketPC_Setup.exe setup program from the CD-ROM. This installs the ERG documentation to your PC, as well as the files that Microsoft ActiveSync requires for installation to the device. By default, these files are located under the folder "C:\Program Files\DOT ERG 2004\PocketPC", and consist of: C:\Program Files \DOT ERG 2004 \PocketPC README.rtf (this file) \DeviceInstallerFiles (files used by ActiveSync) 2. When the desktop installation completes, the Pocket PC installation is launched. This will install the following: a. ERG system dependencies: Microsoft .NET CF (Compact Framework) 2.0 b. ERG 2004 Mobile application and database files 3. If the .NET Compact Framework is already installed on your device, you will first receive a prompt on your PC: “Microsoft .NET CF 2.0 is already installed. Do you want to proceed with the re-install/upgrade?” Answering “yes” is recommended to ensure that you have the latest version (for example, new service packs may be included). The remaining details of the installation depend on whether you have a Windows Mobile 5.0 (or later) or Pocket PC 2003 device. Regardless, upon completion of the installation, run the ERG by selecting the ERG 2004 Mobile icon at Start?Programs. Because of the extensive amount of data that the ERG provides, the initial startup may be lengthy while the ERG initializes and loads data. Subsequent activations of the ERG application should occur instantaneously, as the ERG will remain loaded, even if other applications are run, unless the Pocket PC’s operating system has need for additional memory or the device is reset. Windows Mobile 5.0 After completion of the PC portion of the installation, respond to any prompts presented on you Pocket PC device: 1. If you elected to re-install/upgrade the Microsoft .NET CF, a prompt will be presented indicating that the existing version will be removed before the new one is installed. Select “OK”. 2. If your device has a storage card, you will be prompted on the device to choose a location (Device or Card) to install each of the following: a. Microsoft .NET CF 2.0 – install this to the device b. ERG 2004 Mobile – note that optimum performance will be realized by installing to the device 3. An unknown publisher warning for the “DOT ERG 2004 Mobile.CAB” may be presented. Answer “Yes”. 4. You may be prompted to restart the device. The ERG is installed under the folder “\Program Files\ERG2004” on either the device or storage card, depending on what was selected for the destination. Pocket PC 2003 1. A dialog will appear on your PC asking if you want to “Install ERG 2004 Mobile and other pending applications using the default application install directory?” By default, the ERG application files and database will be installed in your device’s main memory at ”\Program Files\ERG2004”. If space on your device is limited, you may need to consider placing the ERG on an expansion card instead, if your device is so equipped. Note that optimum performance will be realized by installing to main memory. a. Answer “Yes” to continue installation to the default location if your device meets the memory requirements, OR b. Answer “No”. A “Select Destination Media” dialog is presented with a list of options. The default option will be “Main Memory”, and an indication of the amount of required and available space will be provided. If your device has an expansion card, it will be included as an option in this list, typically as “Storage Card”. Select the desired option and then press OK. On a storage card, the ERG is installed under a folder “\DOT ERG 2004 Mobile” 2. The Pocket PC installer will proceed to download the ERG and its dependencies to your device. 3. At completion of the download, an “Application Downloading Complete” dialog will be displayed on your PC and present the following message: “Please check your device for any additional operations that must be performed on the device to complete installation.” This is an indication that your device may be presenting additional dialogs to complete the installation. In particular, on some devices the installation of the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework may result in a Confirm File Replace dialog that displays messages similar to the following: “The file ‘\Windows\mscoree.dll’ is hidden, read-only, or a system file. Would you like to replace the existing file?” Answer this with the “Yes To All” option (“Yes” can also be selected, but this dialog may repeat for several other files.) Uninstalling Desktop Uninstall The desktop portion of the ERG installation can be uninstalled from your PC via the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs option. Select the ERG 2004 Mobile entry in the list of programs, and press its remove button. Pocket PC Uninstall There are two ways to uninstall the ERG from your Pocket PC: 1. On the device, go to Start?Settings?System?Remove Programs. Select DOT ERG 2004 Mobile from the list of programs, and then select Remove. 2. If your device is cradled with an ActiveSync connection, open ActiveSync and select Tools?Add/Remove Programs. A dialog listing the applications on your device is displayed. Find DOT ERG 2004 Mobile and clear the checkbox. The ERG’s third party dependency, “Microsoft .NET CF 2.0”, can be uninstalled in the same way IF you are sure that it is not needed by other applications on your device. Known Issues The ERG was designed for the standard Pocket PC display, that is, a rectangular, portrait-oriented display (240x320 resolution, or a 480x640 VGA). It will adjust for alternate screen sizes (e.g., square) and orientations (landscape), though certain parts of the interface will require scrolling of the screen that would not otherwise be required. Release History Application v1.0: initial public release