Uploading Driver Files 

Use

With this procedure you can upload driver files.

Prerequisites

·        You have obtained the required driver files and saved them in a folder of your choice in Windows Explorer. Information on the available drivers can be found in SAP Note 761833.

·        The connector is installed on the mobile device.

If this connector is not installed on the device, you can deploy it together with the driver files. The order of installation on the device is not relevant. The procedure for uploading a connector corresponds to the procedure described here. Enter Driver Add-On as type.

·        You started the SAP MI Web Console (see Starting the SAP MI Web Console.

Procedure

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       1.      Select the Upload Mobile Component tab.

       2.      Select  Upload Mobile Component. 

       3.      Enter Driver Add-On as type.

       4.      Under Application File, enter the driver file by navigating to the storage location of the required file with the Explorer and selecting the file.

If the SAP MI Web Console is run in a J2EE cluster, the mobile components are stored on only a single node of the cluster. In this case you must manually copy the mobile components to all the other nodes of the cluster (see Copying Mobile Components to All Nodes of the J2EE Cluster).

The file contains information about the name and version of the driver. You cannot make any entries in those fields. The name and version are displayed in the list of mobile components once they have been created.

       5.      Also enter the following data:

Field	Meaning
Description	Enter a description.
Version for Role-Based Assignment	If there are different versions of a mobile component, you can select a version here. The system then automatically uses this version when processing roles (see Assigning Mobile Components to a Role). There is no input field for the version in the role editor.
Build Number	You can specify the build number of the add-on to establish at a later date which build of a mobile component you uploaded.
Use IP Instead of Host Name	Access to the host using the IP address. If the mobile devices cannot access the host on which the installation files are stored using the host name, set this indicator. In this case the IP address is used for the download link instead of the host name.
Domain in URL	If the mobile devices can only reach the host on which the installation files are stored using their fully qualified name in the network, enter the network domain in this field.
Protocol	Enter the protocol to be used when the files are downloaded to the mobile device, for example, http or https.

For more information about the other fields, see Mobile Component Descriptor

       6.      Choose Create.

       7.      If you want to define additional settings, such as dependencies, you can do so in the Mobile Component Descriptor. Note that type ADDON is displayed here for driver files.

If you want to upload a new version of the driver, you do not need to create a new entry. You can simply change the existing entry.

Choose  in the line with the entry to be changed. Change the version, enter the corresponding runtime environment and select the installation file. Choose Change.

You can also make this modification in the MCD Editor. Note that type ADDON is displayed here for driver files.

Result

The driver files have been uploaded. You now need to deploy the uploaded files to the mobile device (see Assigning Mobile Components To Users ).

Driver files are assigned to users in the same way as mobile components are assigned to users.

The drivers are device specific, that is you cannot deploy a driver to every device. If the deployment fails for this reason, you get a corresponding message in the SAP MI Web Console.

You can configure the drivers using device configuration (see Configuration of Mobile Devices using Device Configurations).