POSline TPC7020C manual

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ii Copyright © 2007. All right s reserved. No warranty of any kind is made in regard to this material, including, but not limited to, impl ied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Although every ef fort is made to assure accuracy and completeness, we can not be held liable for any errors contained herein no r incident[...]

iii L a s e r S a f e t y The portable dat a terminal complies with safety standard IEC 60825 for a Class I laser product. It also complies with CDRH as applicable to a Class II laser product. A void long term staring into direct laser light. Radiant Energy: The advanced portable dat a terminal uses two low-power visible laser diodes operating at 6[...]

iv T able of Content General Information .................................................................. .1 Introduction ........................................................................... . 1 Un p a ck ing ............................................................................. . 2 Device Out lin e .................................[...]

1 General Information 1.1. Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Bluetooth Personal Data Collector ( TP C) with LCD display . Along with superior portability and visually safe scanning Engine which include CCD and Laser two types, the TP C features a real-time clock, a buzzer , a dual-color status LED, also an UAR T port with optiona[...]

2 1.2. Unp acking The TP C package should cont ain: - 1 ea. Pocket-Sized Personal Data Collector - 1 ea. DB-9(F) serial communication cable ( For data upload and download) - 3 ea. AAA NiMH rechargeable batteries - 1 ea Power Adapter If any package content s are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer immediately . Optional Accessory - Blueto[...]

3 1.3. Device Outline Figure 1: Pocket-Sized P ersonal Dat a Collector Scan LCD Up Key Function LED Down UAR T port[...]

4 1.4. Battery Care In the interests of providing t he best product performance possible, the Personal Data Collector comes with high quality , rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) batte ries and a Power Adapter . After NiMH batteries are installed, connect the Power Adapter cable and the batteries charge right in the unit. Before you use new P[...]

5 batteries already loaded, pleas e press and hold both v and ^ keys for 30 sec. to turn on the TP C 3. 3 pcs AAA 700mAH NiMH rechar geable batteries (Use POSline supplied rechargeable batteries only)[...]

6 Getting S tart 2.1. Inst alling and charging battery Figure 2: Inserting Batteries Press the battery cover lock to remove the cover . Insert batteries according to t he orientation in the picture Replace the cover and lock it back. Charging Batteries W arning! Use the Power Adapter wit h NiMH batteries ONL Y! Connecting the Power Adapter with any[...]

7 2. Plug the Power Adapter connector into the socket on the side of the large end connector of t he Communication Cable. 3. Plug the Power Adapter into an outlet. While charging, the LED on the TP C lights up red. The LE D turns of f when the batteries are fully charged. Charging takes 3 to 5 hours. Figure 3: Connecting the Power Adapter It is nor[...]

8 2.2. Power on device to collect data The Personal Data Collector is pre-programmed with a basic dat a collection program, FREET ASK th at can read and store barcodes, do simple edits, and upload dat a to a PC through the Communication Cable. 2.2.1. Power on device Press and hold the v and ^ keys together to turn on the Personal Data Collector , t[...]

9 2.2.2. Menu operation The menu items show on LCD and a reverse item indicates current selection. Use ^ and v keys to change the item selection and confirm by pressing SCAN key . Menu tree list 1. Run T a sk 2. Delete Data 3. Setup 1. LCD Contrast 2. Beep V olume 3. System Clock 4. Barcode Set 5. Communication 6. Auto Power Off 4. Upload Data Sele[...]

1 0 2.3. Scan barcode Select 1.Run T ask under Main menu Enter into data input mode. Press SCAN key to scan barcode. Hold TP C to point at the tar geted barcode. Sweep the red light vertically across the barcode If decode success, a short beep emit *, LED flashes green Hold SCAN key will keep scanned data display on LCD Release to revert to “inpu[...]

1 1 2.4. Key in dat a When requiring to key in data m anually , there are two modes of data entry . Mode One : Press ^ key once start edit numeric Cursor digit add by one each ^ key Press v to move cursor right 1 digit Empty digit cause cursor back to start Press Scan key to confirm input data Press FN to giv e u p and back to “input” Mode T wo[...]

12 Dat a storage The TP C can retain more than 2,000 records. T o review stored data, press the ^ key . T o end review of stored data, press the FN key . T o exit scanning mode, press the FN key . T o view scanned data: Press v key in input mode to start view Use ^ key move to previous record Use v keys move to next record Use Scan + ^ key edit fie[...]

13 2.5. Upload Dat a There are three kinds of interf ace to upload data, Bluetooth®, RS-232 and HID. Once a communication device is set up (please refer to Device Setup, Communi cation), TP C will automatically detect its readiness before st arting uploading data. Figure 8: Upload Dat a 2.6. Upload dat a with Windows Sof tware Y ou can also upload[...]

14 Device Setup Select 3.Setup under Main Menu to enter Setup sub-menu. 3.1. LCD Contrast Use v and ^ keys to adjust LCD contra st from 1 to 22. Follow by SCAN to confirm. Figure 10: LCD Contrast 3.2. Beep V olume Use v and ^ keys to select V olume from Low , Medium, Loud and Quiet. Follow by SCAN to confirm. Figure 1 1: Beep V olume 3.3. System Cl[...]

15 3.4. Barcode Setup Use S CA N key to conrm setting and to go through dierent types of barcode, EAN/UPC, Code 39, Codabar , ITF 25, Code 128, Code 93 , RSS14 , RSS14 Ex p an d ed, RSS14 Limited. Press v and ^ keys to select On /O . Figu re 12: Barc od e Se t up 3.5. Communication 3.5.1. RS-232 Cable Select RS - 232 Cable Disable/Enable S[...]

1 6 Disable/Enable Xon/Xoff Control . Press SCAN to select Dis/Enable Host ACK/NAK . Press SCAN to select Set Host Response time. Press SCAN to select Dis/Enable Online Send Rec. Press SCAN to select Disable/Enable Offline Operate. Press SCAN to select 3.5. 2 . USB HID Cable Select USB HID Cable Set HID Language . Press SCAN to select Set Delay Set[...]

17 3.6. Auto Pow er off Use v and ^ keys to select the wait time of Auto Power off. Select to the setting of 1, 3, 5, 10, 30 minutes or Disable. Follow by SCAN key to confirm. Figure 13: Auto Power Off 3.7. Default Parameter The default settings will be restored whenever performing “ User reset ” operation, the “ Comm. Device ” parameter wi[...]

18 Codabar Enable ITF 25 Enable Code 128 Enabl e Code 93 Enabl e MSI Code Enable RSS 14 Disa b le RSS14 Expanded Disable RSS14 Limited Disable User Reset While TPC is powered off, press and hold SCAN key for more than 1.5 Sec. As soon as t he green LED Li t -up , pre ss FN key . Then, the user reset screen will appear . Press S CA N key to confirm [...]

19 Use Windows T ask Generator Before use WinT askGen for communication, power on TP C and press FN to enter the “Remote Screen”. Press ^ key to connect or disconnect with host, the green LED indicate the connect status. 1. Click Com munication Setting at the menu bar . 2. A setting window pops up. Select the right Com Port that TP C is connect[...]

20 3. Click Remote Device Setting . 4. Another setting window pops up. In this window , you can remotely change TP C settings. Press OK to confirm. 5. Click Uplo ad Dat a . 6. Press Con nect to connect the PC with TP C.[...]

21 7. Once connected, the numbers of Records and Fields inside the TP C are shown on the left top. If Upload & Delete Data is selected, those stored dat a will be deleted soon after uploading to a PC. Press Upload to start uploading. 8. When uploading is completed, all data will be displayed in the main window , and Upload Finished pops up.[...]

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23 Maintenance This device provides reliable and efficient operation with minimum of care. Although a specific maint enance is not required, but as to prolong the operating life of the device, the following precautions needs to be ensured. 6.1. Cleaning the Window and Housing Any visibly dirty , or scratch on the scan window will degrade reading pe[...]

24 6.3.Battery The lifetime of rechargeable batteries would rely on the number of times the batteries are rechar ged. In general, we recommend charge the device at the end of each working day or when the scanner requires charging.[...]