Partner Tech MF-2350 manual

U S E R G U I D E 1 / 79 MF-2350 User Guide V ersion 1.1 December 1 st , 2010[...]

U S E R G U I D E 2 / 79 T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Notices & Saf ety Infor mation .......... .......... ................ .......... ........... .......... ..................... .......... ... 4 Box Content s...... .......... ........... .......... ................... ........... .......... ........... .................... ........... ........ 8 O ver[...]

U S E R G U I D E 3 / 79 T urn GSM/GPRS on/ off .......... .......... .................. ........... .......... ........... .......... ......... 3 9 Using GSM functionality ..... .......... ........... ................. ........... .......... ........... ............ 40 Sending SMS .. ........... .......... ........... ................... .........[...]

U S E R G U I D E 4 / 79 N O TICES & S AFETY I NFORMA TIO N Copyright This publica tion , including all photogr aphs, illustrati ons a nd so ftware, is pro tected under internati onal copyright la ws, with all rights r eserved. Neithe r this manual, nor any o f the material c ontaine d h erein, ma y be reproduce d without written c onsent of Pa[...]

U S E R G U I D E 5 / 79 – Shielded in terconnect cables and a shielded AC power c able mus t be e mploye d with this equipment to e nsure c ompliance with the pertinent RF emission limit s g overnin g this device. Chang es or modifications not e xpre ssly app rov ed by the s ys tem’ s manufacturer could void the user ’ s authority to opera t[...]

U S E R G U I D E 6 / 79 screen. – Use the product with approved equipment : Use your product only with the computer s and accessories iden tified as suit able for use with your product. – Adjus t th e volume : T urn down the volume befor e using hea dphones or other a udio devices. Device sto rag e – When de vice will not be used for a long [...]

U S E R G U I D E 7 / 79 batt ery is charge d i n u nusual conditions, i t wi ll cause loss of safe ty fun ctions, o r abnormal chemical r eactions, causing th e ba ttery to rupture, gener ate heat, or cause smok e and flame. – Do not try to d amag e the battery . Do not drive a nai l into the batt ery , strik e it with a hammer , or t re ad on i[...]

U S E R G U I D E 8 / 79 B O X C ONTENTS – MF-2350 device – AC adapto r and power cor d – Batt ery – Stylus – Hand str ap – Device-to-PC USB cable – Screen pro tection fi lm – Paper r oll[...]

U S E R G U I D E 9 / 79 O VERVIEW List of f ea t ures[...]

U S E R G U I D E 10 / 79 MF-2350 device includes the f ol lowing f eature s. Standard Fea ture s Optional Fea tures 2” Thermal Printer W iF i 802.11 b/g Bluetooth Cla ss2 MSR 3-track re ader Integr ate d microphone IC card re ader Quad-band GSM/GPRS RFID 13.56MHz rea der Barc ode scanner (1D) GPS Camera F in gerprint sc anner COM port sharing So[...]

U S E R G U I D E 11 / 79 P owering on/off Device has three dif feren t power s tates: O ff , Standby , and On. Below table show s how to power on/o ff , ent er Standby mode, and wak e-up from Standby mode. O ff  On Press Re set pinhole On  O ff Press and hold Re set pinhole for 5 seconds On  Standby Press P ower k ey Standby  On Press [...]

U S E R G U I D E 12 / 79 Hot swap main ba ttery When Backup bat tery is enabled, hot sw ap of the main battery is possible. 3) P ress P ower k ey to enter Standby mode. 4) Remove main bat tery , and r eplace with another bat tery . 5) P ress P ower k ey to wak e up device.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 13 / 79 S T ANDARD F EA TURES Device Se ttings Stylus 1) Start > Settings > Contr o l Pan el > Stylus. 2) In the Double-tap tab, a dju st spee d for double-t ap by tapping /clicking in the grid. 3) In the Calibra tion tab, click on the Recalibr ate but ton to calibrat e stylus. Scr e en will display a point, use the s t y[...]

U S E R G U I D E 14 / 79 Ke ypad lighting 1) Start > Settings > Contr o l Pan el > Ke yPa dLe d. 2) Tw o ch oices are av a ilable: o T urn on k eypa d lighting when user pre sses an y k ey , and lighting s ta ys on. o T urn on k eypa d lighting when user pre sses an y k ey , but lighting st ay s on only for a defined period of time. 3) D [...]

U S E R G U I D E 15 / 79 Print er Printer languag e support Printer supports f onts f or the foll o wing languages: – Latin base d languages (E nglish and all European languages) – T r aditional Chinese – Simplified Chinese – Japanese Printer firmw are upda te 1) D ouble-click on My Device to open Explorer wind ow . 2) In the menu bar on t[...]

U S E R G U I D E 16 / 79 T est utility 1) Start > Programs > Uti lities > Prin ter . A tes t uti lity will appear (right). 2) T e st Print butt on: pre define d tes t data will b e print ed.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 17 / 79 3) BarCode b utto n: sample barcodes will be print ed. 4) Y ou can also ent er te xt to print manually (lef t). Click Print button to print (right).[...]

U S E R G U I D E 18 / 79 5) Click on the Clear butto n to erase the tex t field. 6) Load Image b utton: loa d th e image that y ou wan t to print.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 19 / 79 7) P rint Image butt o n: the image loade d will be printed. 8) T o line fe ed the pap er , enter a val ue in the text ar ea on the left side of LineFee d button. Then click on LineF e ed but ton. Print e r will blan k print 0.12 5cm for e ach line.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 20 / 79 Printer se ttings 1) Start > Programs > Uti lities > Prin ter . A tes t uti lity will appear (right). 2) P rinting speed and densi ty can be customiz ed. 3) Sp eed: v alues betw een 1 (slowe st) and 32 (f ast est). Def a ult is 22. 4) D ensity: values between 1 (dark est) and 4 (ligh tes t). D efa u lt is 4. 5) Cl[...]

U S E R G U I D E 21 / 79 W iF i 80 2. 11 b/ g T urn W iF i on/off 1) Start > Settings > Contr o l Pan el. Then double-click on W iF i_Pow er icon. 2) Se lect WLan On (right pic) to turn W iF i on, or WLan O ff (left pic) to turn of f W iF i.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 22 / 79 Connection settings 1) After W iF i is turned on, the window below should appear after a f ew seconds. Select a wireless network in the list and click on Connect , or click Ad d New to ad d new network. 2) Se lect the encryption and authentica tion type. If require d , please en ter the network k ey of the wireless netw or[...]

U S E R G U I D E 23 / 79 3) Status will show the con nection stat us. When it say s “Connected t o [network]” this indicat es connection w as succe ssful. Icon in the ta skbar also shows connec ted. Y o u can also view signal str ength for c o nnected wir eless network. The s treng th of the signal will vary depending on the dist ance betwee n[...]

U S E R G U I D E 24 / 79 5) P ress Log.. button to check the connection log details.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 25 / 79 IP Informa tion & MAC addre ss 1) Y ou can check IP inf ormation in the IP Information tab. Pr ess Deta ils.. button to obtain more in formation, such as the MAC addr ess of yo ur W iF i hardwar e . 2) P ress Renew but ton to re initialize IP in forma tion. Device will reques t new IP addr ess from the wirele ss access[...]

U S E R G U I D E 26 / 79 3) For IPv6 informa t ion, select the IPv6 Information tab.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 27 / 79 Setup IP addre ss manually 1) Start > Settings > Networ k and Dial-up Connections 2) Se lect Specify an IP addre ss and enter y our IP ad dress , subnet mask, and g atewa y informa ti on. Click on OK button t o apply settings.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 28 / 79 Bluet ooth T urn Bluetooth on/ off 1) Start > Settings > Contr o l Pan el. Then double-click on Bluetoo th_Pow er icon. 2) T ra y icon appears in ta skbar as disable d s tatus (le ft). This is normal. Af ter about 10 seconds, tra y icon will change to show Bluet ooth is enabled (right). Plea se note that RFID needs t[...]

U S E R G U I D E 29 / 79 3) T o turn off Blue tooth, right click on the ta skbar icon. Select Bluetoo th OFF as shown below . The t askbar icon will disap pear .[...]

U S E R G U I D E 30 / 79 Sear ch and connect Bluetooth devices 1) Right click on t ra y icon and select Bluetoo th Manager . Or , you can also double-click on Bluetoo th Device Manager icon in the Contr ol Panel. 2) Click on Scan Device but ton. Bluetoo t h devices will appear in the lis t during the search. 3) Right click on on e of the devices t[...]

U S E R G U I D E 31 / 79 MSR Using the MSR 1) Start > Programs > Uti lities > MSR. A t es t utilit y will appear (right). 2) P hy sically swipe a magn etic c ard in device, and the track data will display onscr een. 3) T o close uti lity , click on the OK button or X butt o n on the top right side of t he window .[...]

U S E R G U I D E 32 / 79 Microp hone Using the microphone 1) Start > Programs > Uti lities > Micr ophone_T est. A te s t uti lity will app ear (rig ht). 2) Se lect your rec o rding set tin gs sample ra te, bits, channel, and reco rding time (left). A summary of your selection will be shown under Info. (righ t).[...]

U S E R G U I D E 33 / 79 3) P ress REC but ton to s tart recor d ing. Speak normally . Please note that r ecording volume and quality will depend on how far you ar e f rom the device. 4) Wh en recor d ing is finished, the Status will be shown as below .[...]

U S E R G U I D E 34 / 79 5) P ress the Play but ton to listen to your r ecording. The r ecor ding can also be f ound in . W A V f o rmat in My Dev ice root direct ory . If you wish to k eep the . W A V file, please copy to ano ther location, or it will be overwritt en the next time you r ecor d. 6) T o close uti lity , click on the Exit butto n , [...]

U S E R G U I D E 35 / 79 O PTIONAL F EA TURES IC c ard Using the IC card re ader 1) Start > Programs > Uti lities > IC_Car d . A te st utility will app ear (right). 2) P hy sically insert IC card into device. Click on On button t o enable IC card r eader .[...]

U S E R G U I D E 36 / 79 3) If an IC card is no t in device, or is not a proper IC c ard, re ad will fail (left). If IC card is detect ed corr ectly , card inf ormation will be shown (right). 4) AP DU(Select) will show applied pr otocol contr ol informa tion and user data informa ti on. Y ou ca n choose ISO / EM V f or car d st andard.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 37 / 79 5) Click on Status but ton to display curr ent s tatus. 6) T o obtain some v ersion a nd firmware inf ormation on the IC card re ader , click on the V er butt on.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 38 / 79 7) T o turn off the IC c ard module, click on the O ff button. 8) T o close uti lity , click on the OK but ton or X butt on on the top right side of t he window .[...]

U S E R G U I D E 39 / 79 GSM/GPR S Insert SIM card 1) Un lock and remove bat tery fr om the PDA and insert SIM car d into device. Push SIM card firmly in to the slot w ith IC chip facing down. 2) P ut bat tery back, and lock batt ery . T urn GSM/GPRS on/o ff 1) Start > Settings > Contr o l Pan el. Then double-click on GSM/GPRS P ower icon. 2[...]

U S E R G U I D E 40 / 79 Using GSM functionality 1) P ress the green phone but ton on the k eypad. 2) Enter the four digit Pin code f or your SIM card. Ple ase n ot e, you only hav e three at tempts t o enter PIN co d e. If you fail all thre e at tempts, y o u will need to ent er the ten digit PUK number inste ad. Y ou will have ten attem pts to e[...]

U S E R G U I D E 41 / 79 4) T o view recen t call list, clic k and hold 5) Y ou can view Diale d , Receiv ed, or Misse d calls by clicking on the diff erent tabs on t op. Y o u can also Call or Delet e numbers in the lis t by selecting the number and click ing on Call or Delete butt ons on the bot tom. Click on Exit to ret urn to main phone int er[...]

U S E R G U I D E 42 / 79 7) Op en the Phone Book by clicking button. 8) Y ou can Edi t, Call, Delete, or Send SMS to a co ntact after selecting the cont act in the list. 9) T o add a con tact, click on the New button. F i ll in the informa ti on in the window that appears and click OK. Y o u can sav e as many c o nta cts as allowed by y our SIM ca[...]

U S E R G U I D E 43 / 79 10) T o obtain some de tailed inf o rmation, click on button.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 44 / 79 Sending SMS 1) P ress the green phone but ton on the k eypad. 2) Click on b utt on. The SMS manager will appear as below . Y ou can view Unrea d, R ead, Unsent, and Sent messag e by clicking through the dif feren t tabs on to p. 3) Click on New butto n to c ompose a message. Ent er your SMS messag e and click Send.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 45 / 79 Using GPRS functionality 1) P ress the green phone but ton on the k eypad. 2) Click on GPRS button. In the lis t that appear s, select your SIM card oper at or and click OK. A sta t us window will app ear showing c onnection sta tus (right).[...]

U S E R G U I D E 46 / 79 RFID T urn RFID on/o ff 1) Start > Programs > Uti lities > RFI D. A t est utility will appear (right). 2) Click on Open button t o enable RFID. The s tatus area (righ t ) shows curren t s tatus. Please not e that Bluet ooth needs t o be disabled f or RFID to activat e, because they share the same COM port.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 47 / 79 3) T o deactiva te the RFID rea d er , pres s the Close button. T o simply disable the antenna, click on Antenn aO ff butt on. 4) T o close uti lity , click on the OK or X butt on on the top right side of the window .[...]

U S E R G U I D E 48 / 79 Re ading & writing RFID card 1) P ut a RFID tag on the top back side of device and press MF_UID but ton. T ag ID will b e display ed in s tatus ar ea. 2) P ress BlockR ead button to re ad and write block. Y ou can increment and decr ement block data by using the buttons at the bo ttom of the uti lity .[...]

U S E R G U I D E 49 / 79 3) P ress V er butto n to displa y F ir mw are ver sion of the RFID module. Re ading & writing ISO 15693 RFID card 1) Click on the ISO button t o open the ISO 15693 tag window . Y ou can rea d ISO 15693 tag ID , and read and writ e block data.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 50 / 79 Barc o de sc anner Using the Barcode Scanne r 1) Start > Programs > Uti lities > Bar code_Scanner . A te s t uti lity will appear (righ t). 2) Click on the Start butt on (left) – the laser will activat e. Scan a barc ode. If re ad wa s successful, y o u should hear a beep, and dat a will be display ed (righ t). [...]

U S E R G U I D E 51 / 79 3) T o clear the data in the list, click on the Clear butt on. 4) T o close uti lity , click on the OK but ton or X butt on on the top right side of t he window .[...]

U S E R G U I D E 52 / 79 Continuous scanning mode 1) T o initiate c ontinuous scanning, click on the Auto button. In this mode, the laser will be on/of f conti nuously , t o rea d barc o des one aft er another . 2) P ress the Stop butt on to s top scanning.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 53 / 79 Barcode se ttings 1) Click on the Barcode t ab. Select which barcode types y ou wan t the scanner to dec ode by clicking on the checkbox ne xt to each type. Click on the Apply butto n to apply settings. 2) Click on the Detail tab. Here, y o u can change se tt ings f or each barc ode type. Select the barcode type by clickin[...]

U S E R G U I D E 54 / 79 3) Click on the Defa ult tab. Here y ou can r eset the scanner settings to fact o ry defa ult settings by click ing on Load factory default (left). A pop-up window will appear asking for con f irmation (right).[...]

U S E R G U I D E 55 / 79 GPS T urn GPS on/of f 1) Start > Settings > Contr o l Pan el. Then double-click on GPS Pow er icon. 2) Se lect GPS On (right pic) to turn GPS on, or GPS O ff (left pic) to turn of f GPS. Click on the OK button in the to p right corner to apply setting.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 56 / 79 V i ew GPS data 1) If you use your own GPS softwar e, you only nee d to enab le GPS in the Con trol P an el, and set your softw are t o receive data on C OM6, baud ra te 9600. 2) Start > Programs > Uti lities > GPS. A t est utility wi ll appear (right). 3) T o view GPS data using the tes t utilit y , click GPS Rea[...]

U S E R G U I D E 57 / 79 4) Click on GPS Rea d Stop but ton to s top disp laying the GPS data.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 58 / 79 Camer a T urn Camera on/ off 1) Start > Programs > Uti lities > Camer a. A tes t utility will appear (right). 2) Click on Open butto n to enable camer a. Click on Close butt on to disable camer a.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 59 / 79 Using Camera utility 1) Click on the Setting butt on (left). Select screensho t capture r esolution, image for mat, and save loc ation. Click on the OK butto n to sav e settings (righ t ). 2) Click on the Preview Start bu tton to activa te camer a. Click on the Preview Stop but ton to st op the camer a.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 60 / 79 3) Use the slider bar to adju st display r esolution (zoom in and z oo m out). 4) Click on the Flash On button to turn on the LED flash (left). Click on th e Flash O ff button t o turn of f the LED flash (right).[...]

U S E R G U I D E 61 / 79 5) T o mak e a screensho t, click on Capture butto n. The image file res olution, f ormat, and sav e directory are define d in Settings. 6) Y ou can select an image filter by selecting from the E ff ect pull-down list. Pr eview of the eff ect is displaye d immediat ely (ex ample: Sepia eff ect is selecte d in right image b[...]

U S E R G U I D E 62 / 79 7) T o adjus t the image exposur e ra te manually , unch eck the Au to checkbox. T hen use the Exposure Rate slide bar to select your e xposure. T o av oid accidental chang e in exposure, you can check the Lock checkbo x to lock curren t setti ng. 8) T o flip the image verticall y , che ck the V ertical checkbo x. T o flip[...]

U S E R G U I D E 63 / 79 F ingerprint scanne r Enroll F i ngerprin t 1) Start > Programs > Uti lities > F ingerprint_Utility . A tes t uti lity wi ll appear (right). 2) Click on Run… and select F ingerPrint (left). The main utilit y pag e appears (right).[...]

U S E R G U I D E 64 / 79 3) Click on the Enroll butto n to st art fingerprint r egistra tion proce ss (left). Y ou will se e a new window . Click on th e Enroll button on this sc reen (right). 4) Swipe t he finger y ou want to regis ter on the fingerprint sc anner (on back of device). T o swipe correc tly , ple ase swipe fing er downwar ds. A good[...]

U S E R G U I D E 65 / 79 5) If swipe is bad, display will show me ssages as below . 6) Four good swipes ar e requir ed. Enrollment is finished when y ou see pop-up window with Success message (right). Click on the OK butt on in the pop-up window .[...]

U S E R G U I D E 66 / 79 7) Enter a name to sav e the fingerprint. Click on the Sa ve button to sa ve. Pop-up window appears for c o nfirmation, click on Y es butt on to apply . 8) N O TE : Once you sa ve fing erprint, you will need it each time yo u star t the device. T o complete the finger p rint enrollme nt proce ss, click on the Save-Exit but[...]

U S E R G U I D E 67 / 79 Delete F ingerprint 1) Click on the Enroll butto n (left). Since a fingerprint is alr ea dy enrolle d, you nee d to swipe it befo re you can enr oll another fingerprint, or delet e exis t ing fingerprin t. 2) Click on the Delete butt on (left). Select which fingerprin t you wan t to delet e , then click on the Delete butt [...]

U S E R G U I D E 68 / 79 3) A pop-up window appear s. Click th e Y e s butt on to c o nfirm fingerprint dele te. 4) Click on the Save- Exit button to finish.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 69 / 79 Regis ter P asswor d 1) Y ou can choose to pa ssword pr otect device inst ea d of using fingerprint. A t the b ot tom of window , under Active L AP , select lap_pw . Click on the Set button. A pop-up window will confirm setting (right). 2) Click on Enroll but ton to r e giste r passw ord.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 70 / 79 3) If you hav e not set a passw ord yet, lea ve Old Passw ord field b lank. Ent er your passw ord in New Pass wo rd and Confirm password fields. T o sav e, click on the OK button on to p right of window , or press the Ent er ke y on the physic al k eypad. 4) Y ou can also set pa ssword pro tection in Start > Settings &g[...]

U S E R G U I D E 71 / 79 6) T o quit utilit y , click on the OK button on top righ t of screen (le ft). Then click on th e X button (righ t).[...]

U S E R G U I D E 72 / 79 A CCESSORIES Cr adle T esting COM port on cra d le 1) D ouble-click on My Device to open Explorer wind ow . 2) In the menu bar on top of the scr een, select V iew> Options. A pop-up window appears. 3) Un check box “Hide pro tected oper ating s ystem files (R ecommended)” 4) Click on the OK button in the pop-up windo[...]

U S E R G U I D E 73 / 79 Interf ace info rmation of cra d le – DC jack o Connector for AC adaptor o Supplies cradle and device with power – Spare ba ttery charging slot – USB-A connector o USB host o USB device (client) interface (fo r example USB memory) – RS-232 DSUB-9 (male) connect or Pin# Pin name Description 2 RXD_2 Ext. uart ch-2, i[...]

U S E R G U I D E 74 / 79 U PGRADING THE OS There are 2 wa ys to upgr ade the OS. Y ou can upgr ade using a microS D card, or upgr ade by connecting device to a PC via USB. Please not e, there ar e two types o f OS image files. Do not install wr ong OS as this ma y cause unpre dictable beha vior on device. – TKxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxF .DI For device s w[...]

U S E R G U I D E 75 / 79 4) Release the P ower butto n only when you see the firs t screen with flow ers 5) At the bott om of the scre en, a message should appear: “W aiting for Dow nloading…” 6) On your computer , an alert will appear - F ound N ew Hardware 7) Found New Hardwar e W izard 8) Cho ose Insta ll from a list or specific location([...]

U S E R G U I D E 76 / 79 9) Click on the Browse… butt on to loca te your driv e r file(s) 10) Pass the W indows Logo T est by click ing on Continue An y way butt o n 11) Click on the F inish butto n.[...]

U S E R G U I D E 77 / 79 Upgra de OS from PC to device 1) Remove microSD from device 2) If not done yet, plea se ins tall the Device Driver (see pr evio us section) 3) Cop y the USB Download Utility into a f older on your P C. The files are: dot180bulkusb.inf / do t170 bulkusb.s ys / USBDo wnLoad.ex e 4) P ress and hold the Pow er butt on, and pre[...]

U S E R G U I D E 78 / 79 A PPENDIX Device specifications CPU Intel® Monahan™ P XA320 624 MHz Opera ting Sys tem Microsoft W indows™ CE 5.0 Prof essional Display 3.5” TFT LCD with touch scr een, 260K color , 240*320 Memory 256M Flash, 128MB SDRAM Communication W iF i 802.11b/g Bluetooth 2.0 Cla ss2 T elecom st andards (optional) Quad-band GS[...]

U S E R G U I D E 79 / 79 Cr adle RS-232 Serial port USB port Spare ba ttery charging slot Acces sories Hand str ap Leather carrying c ase with shoulder str ap Environmen tal specs – Drop t est 1.2m on c oncre te floor (6 sides, 10 time s each) – Opera tion temp: -10 ~ 50 ° C – Storag e temp: -20 ~ 60°C – Humidity: 25°C, 50%R.H. 40°C, 3[...]