Unitech PT600 manuale d’uso

USER’S GUIDE PORTABLE DATA COLLECTION TERMINAL PT600 DOCUMENT NUMBER: 350600 - 0010[...]

NOTICE The unit is equipped with a NiMH battery pack, however it may not be powered on due to discharging of the battery by putting in storage for a period of time. In the case of above situation happened, plug in an 9V A C - DC adapter and recharge the NiMH battery pack about 14~16 hours or put into cradle about 2.5 hours with 12V AC - DC adapter [...]

Table of Content Page Chapter 1 Introduction .......................................... 1 1.1 Technical Specification ................................ 2 1.2 Interface Ports ............................................. 8 1.3 Using the Keyboard ..................................... 9 1.4 Triggering Scanner Module .......................... 11 1.5 Ap[...]

- 1 - Ch apter 1 Introduction The PT600 Portable Data Terminal, referred as PDT hereafter, with integrated laser scanner or pen scanner is a rugged , compact and lightweight hand - held data collection terminal with good reliability, flexibility an d maintainability. Its compact size and form makes it even fits in your packet. The PDT incorporates [...]

- 2 - 1.1 Technical Specification SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING TOOLS Language Assembly, C language (MS C, Turbo C, Visual C) JobGen Plus A Windows - based transaction program generator JobGen Pro A Dos - based transaction program generator FormCaching A built - in program generator CPU/MEMORY CPU 16 - bit 8088 compatible microprocessor CPU Memory 512KB to [...]

- 3 - COMMUNICATION In terface One EIA RS232C with miniature DIN - 9p male connector, Support TX/RX, CTS/RTS, GND, up to 57.6Kbps (default value is 19.2 Kbps ) One IR port, Support TX/RX, from 19.2 to 57.6 K bps Handshaking Xon/Xoff or CTS/RTS Protocol None or Multi - protocol Fil e Transfer Build - in Kermit server or Multi - protocol POWER SUPPLY[...]

- 4 - • Built - in power - on self test and diagnostic program • Host command remote contro l Integrated Laser Diode Scanner • Scan rate 36 scans/sec • Skew Tolerance ± 65 ° from normal • Pitch Angle ± 55 ° of normal • Power consumption 60mA typ.@5V Integrated clip - on P en Scanner • Res o l u tion 0.12mm(5mil) • Dept of field [...]

- 5 - Depth of Field diagram[...]

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- 7 - Diagram shown with a clip - on pen scanner 45° 45°[...]

- 8 - 1.2 Interface Ports The PT600 has a RS232C serial port with miniature RJ10 connector, Communication by Infrared LED which on the left side of lower cabinet and charging pads locate on the bottom. Pin Signal Direction Description 1 DC9 V Input External power input 2 TXD Output Transmit date 3 RXD Input Receive date 4 N.C. 5 GND Reference Groun[...]

- 9 - 1.3 Using the Keyboard The keypad of PT600 consists of 27 rubber keys, the   key is used to switch on/off the unit and other 26 keys are used to control the unit and key in data. The use o f keyboard is categorized to th ree modes: normal mode , command mode , and alpha(betic) mode . All keys except   key may produce a sound (tone[...]

- 10 - NORMAL mode Keyboard of the PT600 is initialized to normal mode after powered on. In normal mode, the cursor is a block sign and the keyboard is mainly used to i nput numeric data and use F1 - F4 four function - keys. The keypad layout of available keys in normal mode is shown on right picture.   key for next data search   key fo[...]

- 11 - ALPHA mode Press [ALPHA] key to toggle between normal mode and alpha mode of keyboard. In alpha mode, the cursor is an underscore sign and the keyboard is available to i nput upper case letters. In alpha mode, every numeric key contains 3 characters individually. Pressing the key [ è ] and [ ç ] to choose among three available characters. [...]

- 12 - 1.5 Application Development Environment The system of PT600 provides DOS functions and device drivers for application development, including bar code decoding, keypad input, display output, serial input/output communication, real - time - clock access a nd power management control. The PT600 can be programmed by the high - level Windows - ba[...]

- 13 - 1.6 Optional Charging/Communication Cradle An optional charging/communication cradle (dock ing station), PT016, gives users a convenient accessory for daily use of the PT600. The cradle has been incorporated a quick charge circuit that th e NiMH battery pack installed in the unit along with an extra spare pack can be fully charged in about 2[...]

- 14 - Chapter 2 Power System 2.1 Power Supply Main Power The PDT is operated by a rechargeable NiMH battery pack with two AA size 1.2V 1500mAH capacity or two AA alkaline batteries for the main power source. Back up Power An onboard 3V 190mAH Lithium battery (CR2032) is used as the secondary power source to back up the data in RTC ( real time cloc[...]

- 15 - When the main battery low condition occurs, the main battery can continue to supply power for about 10 ~ 30 minutes, however the unit may reach the system power cutoff point and automatically turn itself off. Meanwhile the unit continues to back - up the data contents in RTC and RAM, but it cannot be powered up until the batteries have been [...]

- 16 - Remove battery pack Remove backup battery Lithium Back up Battery 1. Refer to the procedure in previous paragraph, un - screw the backup battery cover and as illustration above to remove the lithium ba ttery. 2. Insert a new battery into the holder with correct orientation. 3. Put the battery cover back. * * Make sure to back up your data in[...]

- 17 - 2.4 Recharging the Battery Pack When the PDT sh ows “Main battery low” message or sign , the battery pack in PDT needs to be recharged. There are two ways to charge the battery: regular and quick charging as shown below. AC to 9V DC Transformer Outer shell Inner shell Positive(+) Negative(-) Regular Charging Plug one end of an AC - 9VDC [...]

- 18 - Charging Considerations It is important to consider the surrounding temperature whenever you are cha rging the NiMH battery pack. The process is most efficient at normal room temperature or slightly cooler. It is essential that you charge batteries within the stated range of 32 ° F to 113 ° F (0 ° C to 45 ° C). Charging batteries outside[...]

- 19 - Chapter 3 Operation The system of PDT may op erate in various modes for different purposes. The figure below shows the operating flow of the PDT. press press press and hold down enter program then press press and keys CMD EXIT ENTER CMD <− <− then press PWR PWR name (for two press 2 press 1 seconds) OFF SUPERVISOR mode 1.SUPERVISOR[...]

- 20 - The first line indicates the model code and ve rsion number (e.g. V1.00). The second line shows the size of the total installed RAM (i.e. 4608 KB). The third line prompts a ">" which indicates that the terminal passed the Power - on - test and is ready to be used. 3.2 User Mode and System Commands Ther e are eight system command[...]

- 21 - from a Host computer. In this mode, data input from bar code reader or keyboard is displayed on screen and output to RS - 232 port. Data received from the seria l port is displayed on the LCD screen. Communication parameters, such as baud rate, data bits, parity, stop bits and flow control, must be set to be compatible with the destination i[...]

- 22 - TYP This command dumps the content of a file on the PDT' s LCD. The content of the file will be displayed 128 (16 character x 8 line) characters at a time. Press any key to show the next page or hit [CMD] then [ALPHA ] keys to return to User mode prompt . If you try to display a program or binary file, you may onl y see unintelligible c[...]

- 23 - 1. DATE & TIME: set system clock/calendar When selects “ 1.DATE & TIME ” in SET command menu , the screen as right will be sh own on PDT’s LCD and let you set the system date and time of Real Time Clock chip (RTC). The system date and time can be retrieved in application and used as time stamp for data collection. The second li[...]

- 24 - 3.4 Upload/Download by ESC Command The way to make file upload/download by Kermit server described in section 3.2 will need the operator to set the PDT to Kermit server mode by invoking user comman d “3.COM” in User mode or calling system function in application program. The hardware and software of PDT is designed that the unit can be w[...]

- 25 - Chapter 4 Built - in Application: FormCaching The system of PDT includes a built - in application, FormCaching, that allows user to create a data entry application by specifying field prompt, type, length, input method and delimiter,...,etc. without writing program and loading to the terminal. 4.1 Specification of FormCaching DATA FIEL D DEF[...]

- 26 - 4.2 How to Create a FormCaching You will need to enter Supervisor mode and select “4.FORM” category in order to set the configuration of FormCaching (refer to the PT600 Programming Reference Manual for how to enter the Supervisor mode). After selecting the “4.FORM” in Supervisor mode, the screen will show as above. The syste m will f[...]

- 27 - After collecting data, the FORM.DAT file can be uploaded to host either by invoking kermit server in User mode described in section 3.2 or remote ESC command described in 3.4. 4.4 Default Setting of FormCaching In default, the FormCaching is initialized with settings as shown in the table below. DATA FIELD SPECIFICATION: field number=2 Categ[...]

- 28 - Warning This is a Class A product in a domestic environment this produc t may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.[...]