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F725-E SERIES TERMINALS User’s Manual[...]

F725-E SERIES TERMINALS User’s Manual[...]

F725-E SERIES TERMINALS USER'S MANUA L[...]

DATALOGI C S.p.A . Via Candini 2 40012 - Lippo di Calderara di Reno Bologna - It aly F725-E Series Terminals Ed.: 11/ 2003 ALL RI GHTS RESERVED Datalogic reserves the right to m ake modi fications and improvem ents without prior notification. Datalogic shall not be li able for technical or editorial errors or omissi ons contained herein, nor for in[...]

iii CONTENTS REFEREN CES ............................................................... v Conv entions .................................................................... v Refer ence Docu mentation .............................................. v Service, Support and Warranty ....................................... v SA FETY R EGULA TIONS ......[...]

iv GLOSSA RY.................................................................. 29 INDEX .......................................................................... 31[...]

v REFERENCES CONVENTI ONS This m anual uses t he following conventi ons: “User” or “Operator” ref ers to anyone usi ng a F725-E Terminal . “Device” refers to the F725-E Term inal. “You” refers t o the Syst em Adm inist rator or Technical Support person us ing thi s m anual to inst all, operate, maint ain or troubleshoot a F725-E Ter[...]

vi SA FETY REGULA TIONS NOTE Read this manual c arefully before performing any type of c onnecti on or repair on the terminal. The user is res ponsible f or any dam ages caused by i ncorrect use of the equipment or by inobservanc e of t he indicati on supplied in t his manual. GENERA L SAFETY RULES Use only the c omponent s suppli ed by the manufac[...]

vii LA SER SA F ETY The laser light is vis ible to the hum an eye and is emitt ed from the window indicated in the fi gure. F725-E AVOID EXPOSURE LASER LIGHT IS EMITTED FRO M THIS APERT URE CAUTION – CLASS 2 LASER LIGHT W HEN OPEN DO NO T STARE INT O BEAM LASER LIGHT DO NOT ST ARE INTO BEAM CLASS 2 LASER PRODUCT MAX . OUTPUT RADIATION 1.0 m W EMI[...]

viii F725-E/RF AVOID EXPOSURE LASER LIGHT IS EMITTED FRO M THIS APERT URE CAUTION – CLASS 2 LASER LIGHT W HEN OPEN DO NO T STARE INT O BEAM LASER LIGHT DO NOT ST ARE INTO BEAM CLASS 2 LASER PRODUCT MAX . OUTPUT RADIATION 1.0 m W EMITTED W AVE LEN GTH 630 ~ 680 nm EN60825-1:2001 This product com plies with 21 CFR Subchapter J Figure 2 - F725-E/RF [...]

ix ENGLISH The foll owing inform ation is provi ded to com ply with the rules impos ed by int ernational authori ties and refe rs to the c orrect us e of your term inal. STA NDA RD LA SER SA FETY REGULA TIONS This product c onform s to the appl icable requirem ents of both CDRH 21 CFR 1040 and EN 60825-1 at the dat e of manuf acture. For instal lat[...]

x DEUTSCH Die folgenden I nformat ionen stim m en mit den Sicherheits hinweisen überein, die von int ernationalen Behörden auf erlegt wurden, und sie beziehen s ich auf den k orrekten Gebrauch vom Term inal. NORM FÜR DI E LASERSICHERHE I T Dies Produkt ent spricht am Tag der Herst ellung den gülti gen EN 60825-1 und CDRH 21 CFR 1040 Normen f ü[...]

xi ESPA ÑOL Las inform aciones siguient es son pres entadas en conf ormidad con las dis posici ones de las aut oridades internac ionales y s e refieren al uso correc to del term inal. NORMATIVA S E S TÁNDA R PA RA LA SE GURI DA D LÁSER Este aparato result a conform e a las norm ativas vi gentes de seguridad láser a la f echa de produc ción: CD[...]

xii FRA NÇA IS Contact ez l'aut orité com pétente en la ges tion des appareils à radio fréquence de vot re pays pour vérifier l a nécess ité du permis d'usage. P our tout rens eignement vous pouvez vous adress er au site w eb: http:/ /europa.eu. int/co mm /enterpris e/rtte/ spect r.htm . DEUTSCH Um die Notwendigkei t der Verwendun[...]

xiii GENERA L V IEW Figure 3 - F725-E Ser ies Terminals Overview Key: A) Cradle com munic ations window B) Multi-f unction LED C) R eset key (pro tected) D) Laser beam output window A B C D[...]

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INTRODUC TION 1 1 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 TERM INA L DESCRIPTION Two different m odels of t his term inal are provided: Formula 725-E: com munic ates with the hos t com puter via a cradle connec tion; Formula 725-E/ RF: com munic ates with t he host com puter via radio frequency or norm al cradl e connecti on. 1.1.1 F725-E The F725-E Hand-Held Las er Te[...]

F725-E SERIE S TERMINALS 2 1 1.1.2 F725-E/RF The F725-E/RF term inal is a lightweight, compac t-sized and fully programm able radio frequenc y term inal 100% com patibl e with the Datalogic STA R-System ™, the RF narrow band solution f or mobil e applicat ions. It solves the mos t com plex applicati on needs, exploits the "overspeed" fe[...]

INTRODUC TION 3 1 Figure 4 - F725-E Ser ies Terminals Overview Key: A) Cradle com munic ations window B) Multi-f unction LED C) R eset key (pro tected) D) Laser beam output window The F725-E series term inals have a backlit LCD graphic display of 16 charac ters by 4 lines plus a line i n the upper part of t he display for the program mabl e icons: [...]

F725-E SERIE S TERMINALS 4 1 1.2 A PPL ICA T ION DEVELOPM ENT PROGRAMS By using t he optional EasyGen™ Application Generat or or the DS for Form ula™ s oftware pac kage, developers can easily c ustom ize applicat ions acc ording to the end user speci fic needs, solving the mos t com mon dat a collec tion applic ations s uch as invent ory, picki[...]

INTRODUC TION 5 1 1.3 DOWNLOA DING EA SYGEN™ DEM O By logging on to www. da ta lo gi c .c om / s er vi ce s /s upport and c lick ing on the Product s>Portabl e Data Collect ion Termi nals link , you can download for f ree the EasyGen™ Dem o Soft ware package containi ng the following item s: • EasyGen™ Demo Version (us er-friendly and hi[...]

F725-E SERIE S TERMINALS 6 1 1.5 A CCESSO RIES  F925 – F925 Dark Transceiver/ Charger - RS232/RS485  F925/4 Transceiver/ Charger - 4 slots - RS232(x1)/RS485(x4)  F902 T-Box  NCK RS485 Network/P C connecti on kit  Functional Case – order number 94ACC1267  FBK725-E Batt ery kit Ni Mh 725-E  FBS725-E Battery k it NiMh F725-E ([...]

CONNECTIONS 7 2 2 CONNECTIONS 2.1 CRA DLE To mak e the F725-E series term inal operative, i t is neces sary to insert it int o the Formul a 925 Transceiver Charger c radle or into the Formula 925/ 4 Multi Transc eiver Charger which has been previously c onnected to t he power supply and to a hos t com puter with an available RS232, RS485 or Eavesd [...]

F725-E SERIE S TERMINALS 8 2 2.2 CONNECTION T O THE HOST COM PUTER CA UTION Before proceedi ng with t his phase, make sure that both t he computer and the t erminal are swit ched off . 2.2.1 RS232 Connection To connec t the F925 cradl e to the host comput er, proceed as indicat ed below: 1- Connect the c able to the s erial port of the host c omput[...]

CONNECTIONS 9 2 Figure 8 - RS232 M ulti Cradle Connection Key: A) Host com puter B) Serial cable C) Multi-cradle F925/4 D) Power supply NOTE The RS232 connec tion allow s transmiss ion between t he host computer and t he first stati on of the multi-c radle. For this reason, it is neces sary to insert an RS232/RS485 c onverter bet ween the host and [...]

F725-E SERIE S TERMINALS 10 2 2.2.2 Co nnection with Eavesdrop Interface The cabl e Kit 94A054030 provides two cables; one f or Eavesdrop connect ions and one for Modem connecti ons. The Eavesdrop connec tion enables the F725-E term inal to be connect ed to an existing as ynchronous RS 232 line (for example between the host c omput er and video ter[...]

CONNECTIONS 11 2 2.2.3 RS485 Connection The RS485 line all ows connecting s everal terminal s to a single RS232 li ne by m eans of a network (see t he "Form ula 904/N User Manual). If the network is made usi ng the Formul a 902 T-Box, the line can be extended up to 1200 met ers and up to 32 different types of Formula c radles can be c onnected[...]

F725-E SERIE S TERMINALS 12 2 Figure 10 - RS485 C onnection Key: A) Host com puter B) Formul a 902 T-box C) Formula 904/N I nterconvert er D) Singl e cradle F925 E) Multi c radle F925/4 F) Power supply B A F E D C[...]

CONNECTIONS 13 2 2.2.4 RF Connect ion The RF c onnection allows the F725-E/ RF termi nal to com munic ate with the host vi a radio frequency us ing the STARGA TE™ RF base stati on connect ed to the host comput er. Figure 11 - RF Connecti on Key: A) Host com puter B) Power supply C) Formula 725-E/RF D) STA RGATE™ RF base st ation A B C D[...]

F725-E SERIE S TERMINALS 14 2 2.3 CONNECTION CABLE Several t ypes of cables are provi ded depending on the com puter and on the connec tion. The following cables and cable Ki ts are lis ted with their order number.  RS232 Connection wi th PC/A T or compati ble: cable 94A 054000 1 2 3 Cradl e s ide RJ45 2 8 5 Host/ PC s ide 9-pin D- sub (female) [...]

CONNECTIONS 15 2 The bl ack flat c able allowing the Modem c onnection has the following pinout: 1 2 4 Cradle side RJ45 2 4 5 DB25 side 25-pin D -sub (male) 3 7 Modem Cable 8 20 5 3 TX RTS CTS RX GND TO MO DEM CONNECT IONS  RS485 Connection: cabl e 94A 054020 7 6 3 RJ 7 6 3 RJ RX/T X RX/T X GND Twist ed P air[...]

F725-E SERIE S TERMINALS 16 3 3 USE A ND OPERA TION The F725-E and F725-E/RF are l ightweight, pock et-sized and f ully programm able term inals with 512 K B of RAM mem ory to manage large databases and 512 KB of Fl ash mem ory for applic ation programs of large dim ensions. NOTE It is nec essary to load an applic ation program onto the terminal to[...]

USE AND O PERATION 17 3 ARROW KEYS: activate d isplay scroll in the direct ion indicat ed by the arrow when the function i s ass igned by the applicati on program. Func tion F% activat es the "S elect" mode and only in this m ode you can use F6, F7 and F8 functi ons: <SHIFT><SHIFT><Up A rrow> = F5 “Select ” mode <[...]

F725-E SERIE S TERMINALS 18 3 NUM ERIC AND AL PHANUMER IC KEYS : allow the entry and di splay of the m ain num eric sym bol. I f the <SHIFT> has f irst been pres sed, the choice of alternat ive alphabetic characte rs will b e activated. BACKSPACE KEY: de letes the last charact er entered. SPACE KEY: allows the introduc tion of a blank spac e.[...]

USE AND O PERATION 19 3 3.2 BA RCODE SCANNING W hen reading a barc ode point the term inal las er beam at t he code from an appropri ate dist ance and sim ultaneous ly press t he trigger. The beam em itted by t he laser m ust com pletel y cover the barcode; the LED (and the ac oustic signal, if ac tivated) will indicate if the scan was c arried out[...]

F725-E SERIE S TERMINALS 20 3 3.3 DELETING THE APPLICA TIO N PROGRAM This procedure allows deleti ng applicati on programs devel oped with DS for Form ula™. If you want to delete programs provided or developed by EasyGen™, ref er to chapter 6 of the EasyGen™ manual. NOTE The follow ing procedure caus es data to be deleted even i f not complet[...]

USE AND O PERATION 21 3 3.4 DOWNLOA DING DATA T O HOST Data can be downloaded from the term inal to t he host PC in different ways, depending on the applic ation loaded and on the term inal model . If working with F725-E (batch m odel), t he applicati on software allows downloading data ont o the PC by si mply ins erting the term inal int o the cra[...]

F725-E SERIE S TERMINALS 22 4 4 MA INTE NA NCE NOTE Rechargeable batt ery pa cks (NiCd /NiMh) are not initial ly charged. Therefore the firs t operation to perform is to charge them in t he appropriate cradle. S ee chapter 2 and the f ollowing paragraph "Charging the Bat teries" . 4.1 CHA RGING T HE BA T T ERIES Battery c harge life depen[...]

MAINTE NANCE 23 4 NOTE During the battery recharge t he color of t he LED positi oned on the cradle c hanges from red to green. If us ing the NiCd batt ery pack, the LED color changes when 70-80% of the complete charge is reac hed. If using the NiMh battery pack, the LED col or changes when 50-60% of the complete charge is reached due to t he batte[...]

F725-E SERIE S TERMINALS 24 4 4.2 REPLA CING T HE BA T TERIES CA UTION Before proceedi ng, ensure that the terminal is swit ched off and that the dat a it cont ains has been downloaded onto t he host c omputer. To replace the bat teries c orrectly, proceed as fol lows. 1- Turn over the t erminal, place it on a soft surf ace and unscrew the cover on[...]

MAINTE NANCE 25 4 3- Cl ose the batt ery again b y fitt ing the c over as shown in the f igure and screw shut b y turning cl ockwise. NOTE Dispose of used batt eries in acc ordance with the relevan t laws in force. 4.3 CLEA NING T HE TERM INAL Clean the term inal f rom tim e to t ime with a s lightly dam p clot h. Do not use alc ohol, corros ive pr[...]

F725-E SERIE S TERMINALS 26 5 5 TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM CA USE REM EDY Flat batt eries. Recharge term inal. W hen the tri gger is pressed t he term inal does not com e on. Batterie s com pletely flat or brok en. Replace batt eries. Flat batt eries. Recharge term inal. W hen the tri gger is pressed, the term inal displ ays the m essage BATTERY LOW a[...]

TECHNIC AL FEATURES 27 6 6 TECHNICA L FEA TURE S Optical Features F725-E Std F725-E LR Li ght s o urc e Laser-sc anner; VLD sourc e; 630-680 nm Scan rate 35±5 scans /sec Minimum resolut ion 0.15 m m / 6 m ils 0.25 m m / 9.8 mi ls Skew angle ± 65° ± 60° Pitc h angle ± 65 ° Depth of fi eld 30 to 700 m m / 1.2 to 27.6 in (depends on the code de[...]

F725-E SERIE S TERMINALS 28 6 Programming Features Bar codes decoded S tandard 3/9 Extended 3/9 Italian pharm aceut ical Interleaved 2/ 5 ITF 14 Industri al 2/5 Matrix 2/5 UPC - EAN UPC only UPC/EA N + Addon 2 UPC/EA N + Addon 5 UPC-E only UPC 8 only UPC-A & EAN 13 only Codabar (NW 7) Monarch (2/7) PAKO Code 128 EAN 128 Delta A I BM MSI Code 93[...]

29 GLOSSA RY Barcode A pattern of variable-width bars and spac es which represents numeric or alphanumeri c data in binary f orm. The general format of a barcode sym bol cons ists of a leading margin, start charact er, data or m essage charac ter, c heck c haracter (if any), stop character, and t railing margin. W ithin this framework, eac h recogn[...]

30 Host A com puter that serves ot her termi nals in a netw ork, providing services such as network control , database acc ess, spec ial programs , supervis ory programs , or programm ing languages . Liquid Cry stal Display (LCD) A displ ay that uses liquid crys tal s ealed between two glass plat es. The cryst als are excited by prec ise elect rica[...]

31 INDEX A Accessor ies; 6 Applic ation Developm ent Programs ; 4 B Barcode Sc anning; 19 C Connections ; 7 Connection Cabl e; 14 Connection with Eavesdrop I nterface; 10 Cradle; 7 RF Connection; 13 RS232 Connecti on; 8 RS485 Connecti on; 11 D Deleting t he Applicat ion Program; 20 Downloading Data to Host ; 21 Downloading EasyGen™ Demo; 5 G Gene[...]

DATALOGIC S.p.A ., Via Candini, 2 40012 - Lippo di Calderara Bologna - I taly dichiar a che declares that the déclare que l e bescheinigt, daß das Ger ät declare que el F725-X, Hand Held Laser Terminal F725-X/LR, Hand Held Laser Terminal with L aser Long Range F925, Single Transceiver /Charger F925/4, Multi Transceiv er/Char g er e tutti i suoi [...]

DATALOGIC S.p.A ., Via Candini, 2 40012 - Lippo di Calderara Bologna - I taly dichiar a che declares that the déclare que l e bescheinigt, daß das Ger ät declare que el F725-E/RF 512 K, Hand Held Terminal F725-E/LR/RF 512K, Hand Held Terminal e tutti i suoi modelli and all i ts models et tous ses modèles und seine modelle y todos sus modelos so[...]